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Mumbai works the hardest: Check out the cities where employees toil and chill

An average employee in Mumbai works 3,315 hours a year, which is the highest in the world, a UBS study states. Here are 10 cities where employees work the most and least.

June 07, 2018 / 18:16 IST
Mumbai | An average employee in Mumbai works for 3,315 hours a year, a report by Swiss investment bank UBS revealed. This is the highest as compared to 77 cities UBS assessed. (Image: Reuters)
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Mumbai | An average employee in Mumbai works for 3,315 hours a year, a report by Swiss investment bank UBS revealed. This is the highest as compared to 77 cities UBS assessed. (Image: Reuters)
Hanoi | The Vietnamese capital ranked number two on the index with employees working an average 2,691 hours annually. (Image: Reuters)
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Hanoi | The Vietnamese capital ranked number two on the index with employees working an average 2,691 hours annually. (Image: Reuters)
Mexico City | The capital city ranks third on the list. An average employee works around 2,622 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
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Mexico City | The capital city ranks third on the list. An average employee works around 2,622 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
New Delhi | This is the second Indian city to feature in the top five. An employee in the Indian capital works an average 2,511 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
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New Delhi | This is the second Indian city to feature in the top five. An employee in the Indian capital works an average 2,511 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
Bogota | The capital of Colombia is the fifth city on the index with the longest working hours. On average, an employee here works for 2,358 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
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Bogota | The capital of Colombia is the fifth city on the index with the longest working hours. On average, an employee here works for 2,358 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
Moscow | Russia's cosmopolitan capital, on the other hand, features on the opposite end of the continuum. Here, employees work an average 1,720 hours annually. (Image: Reuters)
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Moscow | Russia's cosmopolitan capital, on the other hand, features on the opposite end of the continuum. Here, employees work an average 1,720 hours annually. (Image: Reuters)
Copenhagen | In the capital city of Denmark, employees don't have to toil much. They work an average 1,712 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
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Copenhagen | In the capital city of Denmark, employees don't have to toil much. They work an average 1,712 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
Paris | Paris ranks third from last on the index implying that employees don't overwork in the city. Average working hours are 1,663 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
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Paris | Paris ranks third from last on the index implying that employees don't overwork in the city. Average working hours are 1,663 hours a year. (Image: Reuters)
Rome | The city has the second least number of working hours and employees on average work for 1,581 hours. (Image: Reuters)
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Rome | The city has the second least number of working hours and employees on average work for 1,581 hours. (Image: Reuters)
Lagos | The city in Nigeria has the least number of working hours as employees work a meagre 610 hours a year on average. (Image: Reuters)
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Lagos | The city in Nigeria has the least number of working hours as employees work a meagre 610 hours a year on average. (Image: Reuters)
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first published: Jun 7, 2018 05:28 pm

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