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Fewest hours at workplace: Paris is No.1

Last updated on: October 5, 2012 12:00 IST
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Not just 9,000 kilometres separate Mexico City and Paris, but also a good 800 annual working hours.

While people in Mexico City work the longest hours - 2,375 hours per year-  in Paris, people work for just 1558 hours, says a UBS study on Price and Earnings.

This difference is also due to the fact that workers in the French capital have five times as much vacation.

People in Paris and Lyon spend the fewest hours at their workplace. Geneva and Zurich together with Rome have the longest working hours in Western Europe.

Paris

Working hours per year: 1,558

Paid vacation per year: 30 days

(Annual working hours including vacation (paid) and legal holidays; weighted average of 14 professions (excluding primary school teachers).

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Lyon 

Working hours per year: 1,642

Paid vacation per year: 27 days

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Working hours per year: 1,674

Paid vacation per year: 30 days

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Working hours per year: 1,696

Paid vacation per year: 22 days

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Working hours per year: 1,707

Paid vacation per year: 21 days

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Helsinki

Working hours per year: 1,713

Paid vacation per year: 29 days

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Brussels

Working hours per year: 1,730

Paid vacation per year: 20 days 

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Frankfurt

Working hours per year: 1,731

Paid vacation per year: 28 days

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Madrid

Working hours per year: 1,734

Paid vacation per year: 30 days

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Berlin

Working hours per year: 1,742

Paid vacation per year: 29 days

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Oslo

Working hours per year: 1,749

Paid vacation per year: 25 days

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Milan

Working hours per year: 1,753

Paid vacation per year: 23 days

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Amsterdam

Working hours per year: 1,755

Paid vacation per year: 24 days

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Munich 

Working hours per year: 1,756

Paid vacation per year: 26 days

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Tallinn

Working hours per year: 1,760

Paid vacation per year: 28 days

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Working hours per year: 1,761

Paid vacation per year: 29 days

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Working hours per year: 1,779

Paid vacation per year: 22 days

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Montreal

Working hours per year: 1,783

Paid vacation per year: 13 days

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Working hours per year: 1,786

Paid vacation per year: 25 days 

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Vilnius

Working hours per year: 1,789

Paid vacation per year: 24 days