I, like many others, am a strong proponent of flexible schedules and output-oriented work over the prominent “clock-watching” or “9 to 5” culture. So, it’s fitting that I should kick this blog off with a quick comparison of hours worked to productivity.

The below chart shows a negative correlation (correlation coefficient of -0.66 to be exact), between the average weekly hours worked and GDP per capita for OECD countries.

Data was gathered from the OECD database, which can be found at stats.oecd.org.