The_King Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Singaporeans are a sleep-deprived lot to say the least. From the minute we wake to the minute we lay our heads down in bed, we have to be hyper-connected, hyper-updated and on hyper alert – especially with the pandemic situation. No wonder we are so tired. And it’s not just the number of hours of sleep we have (or rather, have not) been getting that is causing the so-called power shortage. It’s also the duration we spend at work and on the Internet, at least according to an article posted by UK bedding manufacturer Sleepseeker. In fact, of the world’s 15 most fatigued countries, Singapore tops the list. In it, we’ve even outdone China and Japan, the only two other Asian countries included. COUNTRY FATIGUE SCORE (OUT OF 10) Singapore 7.20 Mexico 7.01 Brazil 6.28 USA 5.57 Japan 5.32 UK 4.82 New Zealand 4.74 Australia 4.72 China 4.59 Canada 4.39 Italy 3.85 Switzerland 3.12 Germany 3.11 France 2.44 The Netherlands 2.01 The “fatigue score” out of 10 that each country received was gleaned from data such as Statista (the average hours and minutes below the recommended eight hours of sleep in each country); Wikipedia (the average number of hours worked in each country per year); and BusinessFibre.co.uk (the daily amount of screen time that people in different countries recorded). The fourth data source was Google Keyword Planner, which tracked the number of sleep-related search terms in each country. To better represent locations such as China, where the number of Google users is very low compared to its population, they based the numbers on the rate per 100,000 instead of each country's population. But back to the situation in Singapore. It is no surprise that we're perpetually moaning "so tired" when you look at the number of hours we worked per year in the table below COUNTRIES THAT WORK THE MOST HOURS PER YEAR COUNTRY HOURS Mexico 2,255 Singapore 2,238 China 2,174 USA 1,757 New Zealand 1,752 Japan 1,738 Italy 1,723 Brazil 1,709 Canada 1,696 UK 1,670 Australia 1,613 Switzerland 1,590 France 1,514 The Netherlands 1,430 Germany 1,354 We accumulated 2,238 hours each year on average – longer than China’s 2,174 hours and even surpassing Japan’s workaholic culture that gave it 1,723 hours. The article’s interesting find was Mexico’s top position. Its workers accumulated 2,255 hours per annum – the longest work hours in the world – and perhaps an indication that its “growing economy is impacting the work-life balance of its working population”. COUNTRIES THAT SPEND THE MOST TIME ON THE INTERNET DAILY COUNTRY DURATION Brazil 9 hours, 29 minutes Mexico 8 hours, 1 minute Singapore 7 hours, 2 minutes USA 6 hours, 31 minutes Italy 6 hours, 4 minutes New Zealand 5 hours, 55 minutes China 5 hours, 52 minutes Canada 5 hours, 51 minutes UK 5 hours, 46 minutes Australia 5 hours, 4 minutes Switzerland 4 hours, 58 minutes The Netherlands 4 hours, 44 minutes France 4 hours, 38 minutes Germany 4 hours 37 minutes Japan 3 hours, 45 minutes Work aside, time spent online is also robbing Singaporeans of much-needed R&R – 7 hours and 2 minutes, to be exact, according to the article. But not as much as Brazil (9 hours and 29 minutes) and Mexico (8 hours and 1 minute). If you're thinking the long work hours might have accounted for the extensive time spent online, the article did not make the connection. However, Mexico and Singapore (countries with the longest working hours each year) did place in the second and third positions respectively for countries that spent the most time daily on the Internet. Source: CNA/bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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