As my grandpa would say: “nobody doubts that the Mexicans built pyramids”
1 question, 1 observation
1. Is USA no longer in the OECD?
2. This seems like a good visualization of how “average” as the arithmetic mean is deceiving. The median value would probably be more appropriate in this visualization, which would be somewhere around Ireland/Poland. The outliers at the top really skew the mean.
I always wondered about the hours worked stats, how they are gathered?
It’s the kind of stat where I could see cultural differences in what counts as work and what doesn’t.
![[OC] Share of workers usually working 50+ hours per week across OECD countries](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1788456267-1796x1024.png)
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As my grandpa would say: “nobody doubts that the Mexicans built pyramids”
1 question, 1 observation
1. Is USA no longer in the OECD?
2. This seems like a good visualization of how “average” as the arithmetic mean is deceiving. The median value would probably be more appropriate in this visualization, which would be somewhere around Ireland/Poland. The outliers at the top really skew the mean.
I always wondered about the hours worked stats, how they are gathered?
It’s the kind of stat where I could see cultural differences in what counts as work and what doesn’t.
So many countries are straight up lazy. No excuse
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