OECD: Denmark has world's healthiest work-life balance

Denmark ranks first in work-life balance - with the lowest child poverty among developed nations and a higher than average time spent on leisure and personal care

With the world's lowest child-poverty rate, a high percentage of new mothers working, and a higher than average time spent on leisure, the OECD has found Denmark to have the best work-life balance.

The OECD ranking is based on three key variables:

Percentage of employees working very long hours (more than 50 hours a week)
The employment rate for women with children
The time spent on "leisure and personal care" (including sleeping.)

Some quick facts about work-life balance in Denmark:

Danes work 1563 hours a year, lower than the OECD average of 1739 hours
The official working week is 37 hours. Overtime is usually compensated financially or with time off instead
Employees are entitled to five weeks vacation and to take time off with full pay on the first day a child is sick
People in Denmark devote 68% of their day, or 16.3 hours, to personal care and leisure - well above the OECD average
78% of Danish mothers are employed after their children begin school, higher than the OECD average of 66%, suggesting that mothers in Denmark have better opportunities to balance career and family life

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