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    {
      "country": "DE",
      "name": "Germany",
      "flag": "🇩🇪",
      "weeklyHours": {
        "value": 33.5,
        "year": 2025,
        "basis": "annual"
      },
      "annualHours": {
        "value": 1332,
        "year": 2025
      },
      "leave": {
        "maternityDays": 458,
        "paternityDays": 60,
        "maternityScore": 1,
        "paternityScore": 1,
        "whoPays": "Government",
        "year": 2026
      },
      "caveats": [
        "OECD: the data are intended for comparisons of trends over time; they are unsuitable for comparisons of the level of average annual hours of work for a given year, because of differences in their sources and method of calculation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "country": "US",
      "name": "United States",
      "flag": "🇺🇸",
      "weeklyHours": {
        "value": 37.5,
        "year": 2025,
        "basis": "annual"
      },
      "annualHours": {
        "value": 1800,
        "year": 2025
      },
      "leave": {
        "maternityDays": 84,
        "paternityDays": 84,
        "maternityScore": 0.86,
        "paternityScore": 1,
        "year": 2026
      },
      "caveats": [
        "OECD: the data are intended for comparisons of trends over time; they are unsuitable for comparisons of the level of average annual hours of work for a given year, because of differences in their sources and method of calculation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "country": "TH",
      "name": "Thailand",
      "flag": "🇹🇭",
      "weeklyHours": {
        "value": 42.4,
        "year": 2025,
        "basis": "annual"
      },
      "leave": {
        "maternityDays": 90,
        "paternityDays": 0,
        "maternityScore": 0.92,
        "paternityScore": 0,
        "whoPays": "Employer and Government",
        "year": 2026
      },
      "caveats": []
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Weekly hours are hours ACTUALLY worked per employed person, averaged over full- and part-time workers alike — a low figure can mean a large part-time share as much as a short full-time week.",
    "Leave figures are what the law provides (Women, Business and the Law), not what is taken; a legal score below 1 marks a partial provision. Statutory minimum annual leave is not in this dataset; it is hand-curated separately (employment_rules).",
    "OECD: the data are intended for comparisons of trends over time; they are unsuitable for comparisons of the level of average annual hours of work for a given year, because of differences in their sources and method of calculation."
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "ilostat-hours",
        "label": "ILOSTAT — mean weekly hours actually worked",
        "attribution": "Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in the main job, total sex, whole economy, from ILOSTAT (DF_HOW_TEMP_SEX_ECO_NB). Newest year per country; where only quarterly rows exist the newest year with at least three quarters is averaged.",
        "updated": "2026-09-04",
        "url": "https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/working-time/"
      },
      {
        "id": "oecd-hours",
        "label": "OECD — average annual hours actually worked",
        "attribution": "Average annual hours actually worked per worker, total employment, from the OECD Employment Database (DSD_HW@DF_AVG_ANN_HRS_WKD). OECD: the data are intended for comparisons of trends over time; they are unsuitable for comparisons of the level of average annual hours of work for a given year, because of differences in their sources and method of calculation.",
        "updated": "2026-09-04",
        "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/hours-worked.html"
      },
      {
        "id": "wbl-parenthood",
        "label": "World Bank — Women, Business and the Law 2026",
        "attribution": "Length of paid leave available to mothers and to fathers in calendar days, who pays maternity benefits, and the legal-framework score for each, from the Parenthood topic of Women, Business and the Law. Measures what the law provides, not take-up.",
        "updated": "2026-09-04",
        "year": 2026,
        "url": "https://wbl.worldbank.org/"
      }
    ],
    "citation": "Geo-Parity — Working Hours & Parental Leave. Data: ILOSTAT — mean weekly hours actually worked, OECD — average annual hours actually worked and World Bank — Women, Business and the Law 2026 (2026). https://geo-parity.com/work/?tab=hours",
    "permalink": "https://geo-parity.com/work/?tab=hours",
    "terms": "Free to use and quote with attribution. Figures are estimates for orientation, not advice."
  }
}