Poles, Hungarians and Estonians work the longest in Europe, while Germans, French and Danes work the shortest [source: Industrial relations and social dialogue Working time in 2019–2020 by Eurofund p. 22]
Poles, Hungarians and Estonians work the longest in Europe, while Germans, French and Danes work the shortest [source: Industrial relations and social dialogue Working time in 2019–2020 by Eurofund p. 22]
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[Source](https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef21038en.pdf)
>In 2020, the average collectively agreed normal annual working time was approximately 1,703 hours in the EU27, 1,665 hours in the EU14 and 1,809 hours in the EU13 (Figure 11). This means that workers in the EU13 working the average collectively agreed normal working time would have worked, on average, 144 hours longer than their counterparts in the EU14 – the equivalent of over 3.5 working weeks in the EU13. Overall, the EU’s longest annual working hours (1,848 hours) are found in Hungary and Poland, where collective bargaining does not play a substantial role in determining working time standards. The shortest annual working hours are found in Germany (1,574 hours), France (1,610 hours) and Denmark (1,635 hours). This means that, in 2020, workers in Hungary and Poland working the average collectively agreed normal working time would have worked approximately 274 hours more than their
ounterparts in Germany. This is equivalent to nearly 7 weeks of work in Hungary or Poland.