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Here we see a bar graph of the average number of hours a typical employee works in a year broken down by country. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), South Korea's workers put in the most hours at an average of 2193 per year. Coming in at a close second is Chile at 2068, while Germany and the Netherlands round out the group at 1408 and 1377 hours, respectively. For the full list of figures, hover over the image here.

There's a recession on, I'd be surprised if this were the first man to do this.