Working conditions

throughout the OECD

United States

Canada

Mexico

United Kingdom

France

Belgium

Germany

Czech Republic

Korea

Australia

Japan

New Zealand

56459 55408

46155

39862
37794
35837 34632
Average annual pay (US dollars)

19389

13355

14.9
13.6
12.7
12.0

7.4
6.2 6.3
of pay to purchase a house
Housing affordability: years

4.3 4.3
2.7
Average hours worked per day

7.5
6.8 6.5 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.6
6.3
6.0 6.0
5.3

15
14 14
13 13
Public holidays per year

12 12 12
11
10 10
9

102

75 73
International labour conventions ratified

70 68
62
51
47
41
29
24
14

20
19
17
International labour conventions denounced

10
8 9
8
7 7

2
0 0

9.4 9.1
8.4
7.8 8.0 7.8
6.8
6.3
5.4 5.7
5.3
Unemployment rate

3.8

3.3
Government spending on unemployment

1.7 1.7
as a per cent of GDP

0.6 0.6 0.5

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4
Part time employment
Women employed
Young people
employed

United Kingdom

Czech Republic
United States

New Zealand
Germany

Australia
Belgium
Canada

Mexico

France

Japan
Korea

52-infographics.blogspot.com
Designed by Gareth Parry
Data from the International Labour Organisation, Wikipedia,
the World Travel Guide, Numbeo’s property investment index,
Google, and the OECD library
Data from dates between 2004 and 2008
Week #13 20101009