Work-life balance city rankings released, average weekly working hours of Hong Kong people, high proportion of overworked population

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2020-11-27 10:00

Last update date: 2020-11-27 10:00

[Work-life balance] Hong Kong has long man-hours and high work pressure. Overtime work has become the norm.

Kisi, a US mobile phone security technology company, recently announced the 2020 work-life balance city rankings. Hong Kong is ranked among the worst among the 50 cities in a number of statistics.

The ranking is based on the four major components of the city’s work pressure, social security, whether the city is livable, and the impact of the new crown pneumonia, involving 19 factors such as weekly working hours, the proportion of overworked population, air pollution index, and expected unemployment figures. The work-life balance index of each city.

2020 work-life balance index in 50 cities around the world▼▼▼

Research shows that Oslo, Norway, has an overall score of 100 and is the city with the best work-life balance.

Hong Kong's score is only 57.8, ranking 45th out of 50 regions, and the ranking is down 10 places from 2019; while Seoul, South Korea, only scored 1 point.

Comparison of weekly working hours and the proportion of overworked population▼▼▼

Comparing the proportion of overworked population, 29.9% of people in Hong Kong work more than 48 hours a week, ranking first; on the contrary, the overworked population of Budapest, Hungary is only 4.2%.

In terms of working hours per week, Hong Kong people spend a total of 50.1 hours working and commuting a week. Working hours are the fourth longest. People in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia work an average of 52 hours a week, which is the longest.

Living index in cities around the world▼▼▼

Another item with the worst performance in Hong Kong is the Air Pollution Index, which scored only 25 points. In addition, the happiness index also failed, with only 37.4 points ranking second from the bottom.

Predicted unemployment impact index▼▼▼

This year, many countries are affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and many people are unemployed. The study predicts the future unemployment impact index of 50 regions. Hong Kong is as high as 93 points, ranking seventh; Bangkok is the city most affected by the epidemic.

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