These are the countries with the best work-life balance

These are the countries with the best work-life balanceThese are the countries with the best work-life balanceAll eyes are on the worlds best soccer teams right now, but what about which countries have the best work-life balance for their employees? OK, so it isnt quite as exciting but if you have no work life balance then you have no time to watch soccer so there you go.Reportlinker collected several country data to highlight the different working patternsaround the world and found that our friends in Germany are feeling the most balanced with the average employee working 26 hours per week. France isnt far behind with35 to 39 per week.This is not surprising considering that in France employers have not been permitted to force employees (via threats of being fired) to put in mora than 35 hours of work time per week since 2002. They are working way fewer hours than their colleagues in North America, Eastern Europe and Asia due to these laws. The U.S. falls right in the middle with 34 hours per week.As for other countries with good work-life balance, Scandinavian countries rank quite high as well46.5% of workers putting in 35 to 39 hours per week in Finland26% work 40 to 44 hours (through 2016)Almost 63% ofemployees in Norwaywork 35 to 39 hours per week, with just 6% working 40 to 44 hours.Through 2016 8% of employees in Norway work only 10 to 19 hours per weekIn Denmark(through 2016), 58% of employees worked 35 to 39 hours per week, with only 6% working 40 to 44 hoursCountries where they are putting in way more than 9 to 5In 2016, 56.7% ofTurkeys employeesworked 40- 49 hours per week. Another 15% worked 50-59 hoursIn Romania, about 95% of employees work 40-49 hours per weekBut the country with the most hours worked per week is?InMexico,the average is approximately 43 hours worked per weekUnited States employees fall right in the middle of the global rankings (about 34 hours worked per week), while Germans work the least (about 26 hours).