You're not comparing like numbers. Here's the OECD data: http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS

You're not comparing like numbers. Here's the OECD data: http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS Average annual hours: France: 1489 US: 1788