Self-Sufficiency Subcomponent: Work Ethic – Actual Vacation Time

How much vacation a society takes each year is just another intuitive measure of how much it values leisure versus hard work and its rewards. When we look at this measure, the picture isn’t all that different from what we have seen so far. Japanese workers appear to take very few vacations (about one week per year on average), consistent with a strong work ethic reflected in our other measures. India and China are toward the top of the list, with the average vacation time around two weeks per year. The norm in the US is about three-and-a-half weeks. German, French and Spanish workers appear to take the most vacation, with Italian and Greek workers not far behind. On average, Europeans take six to seven weeks of vacation per year.

每年社会需要多少假期，这只是对休闲与艰苦工作及其回报的重视程度的直观衡量。当我们看这个措施时，这幅画与目前为止所看到的不一样。日本工人似乎只有很少的假期（平均每年约一个星期），符合我们其他措施反映的强烈的工作道德。印度和中国在排名榜首位，平均休假时间约为每年两周。美国的规范大概是三个半星期。德语，法语和西班牙语工作人员似乎度过了最大的假期，意大利和希腊工作人员远远落后于此。平均来说，欧洲人每年休假六至七周。