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Which countries work from home the most?
The practice of working from home was slowly on the rise in many countries around the world long before the Covid-19 pandemic but global lockdowns saw a rapid change in where people work, with more now electing for fully remote or hybrid working.
However, certain countries around the world have been more accepting of the working from home premise than others, with English-speaking countries typically allowing people to work remotely more often than elsewhere.
English-speaking countries WFH the most
According to a study carried out in 2023 by CESifo, which surveyed 42,000 workers from 34 countries around the world, countries where English is the dominant language are more open to the concept of working from home, with an average of 1.4 days spent working remotely versus a global average of 0.9 days.
Canada took the top spot in the survey, with an average of 1.7 days spent working from home per week. The country is followed by the United Kingdom (1.5 days) and the United States (1.4 days) in second and third respectively.
1.7 days spent working from home per week | Canada
1.5 | United Kingdom
1.4 | United States
1.3 | Australia
1.0 | New Zealand
The rest of the world
Elsewhere around the world, there was a large range of responses to the survey with European countries like Germany, the Netherlands and Finland joining Chile with an average of 1 day spent working from home each week – the same as New Zealand.
Meanwhile, in countries such as South Korea (0.4 days), Japan (0.5 days) and France (0.6 days), working from home is a much less common practice.
1.0 days spent working from home per week | Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Chile
0.9 | Sweden, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Singapore
0.8 | Portugal, Mexico, Austria, Hungary, Romania, China
0.7 | Italy, Poland, Czechia, Norway, Turkey, Israel, Taiwan
0.6 | France, Denmark, Malaysia
0.5 | Greece, Japan
0.4 | South Korea
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