Japan, Australia and South Africa top the most workaholic countries in the world, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos Global and Reuters.
The survey conducted on 13,000 people in developed countries aimed to see who are least likely to use their vacation days.
Although full-time workers are provided with paid vacation days, there exists a large fraction of the world work force that does not utilize the same.
The survey found that Japanese workers are least likely to use their vacation days and were therefore dubbed the most workaholic, followed by Austrlia and South Africa.
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Japan tops the most workaholic countries list as only 33 percent of people take all their allotted vacation days.The average worker clocks 1714 hours per year.[PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo February 15, 2011. ]REUTERSOnly 47 percent of South Africans take all their allotted vacation days, the survey found.While the employers are required to offer 21 vacation days, the workers only get 12 federal holidays.[PHOTO: South African state workers seeking higher wages take part in a strike in Johannesburg August 26, 2010.]Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoThe survey found that only 53 percent of people take all their allotted vacation days in South Korea.Employees get 15 federal holidays while employers are required to offer 19 days.[PHOTO: A worker moves stacks of Korean won for delivery to commercial banks at the Bank of Korea's headquarters in Seoul January 20, 2011. The demand for Korean won notes usually picks up ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which begins February 3, as companies give out special cash bonuses to their employees and parents give money to their children. ]REUTERS/Truth LeemOnly 57 percent of people take all their allotted vacation days in United States, making it the fifth most workaholic country worldwide.Americans have 10 federal holidays and clock an average of 1,768 hours per year.[PHOTO: A stars and stripes flies above an eagle on the United States embassy in central London, November 29, 2010.]REUTERSOnly 59 percent of Brazilians take all their allotted vacation days.There are 11 federal holidays in Brazil, while employers are required to offer 30 additional vacation days.[PHOTO: Brazilian journalist Colvis Rossi writes an email on his iPad before a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva February 28, 2011.]REUTERSWith only 59 percent of people taking all their allotted vacation days, India ranks eighth in the most workaholic countries list.In an aspect that stands apart, Indian employees get 16 federal holidays while employers are only required to offer 12 vacation days.[PHOTO: A labourer works inside a steel factory in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri February 25, 2010. ]Reuters PhotoOnly 65 percent of Chinese employees take all their allotted vacation days.There are 11 federal holidays in China. Employers have to offer at least 10 vacation days.[PHOTO: Migrant workers mark their time before leaving a metal works factory in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan February 17, 2011.]REUTERSIn Poland, 66 percent of people take all their allotted vacation days.There are 10 public holidays.Poles clock and average of 1,966 hours per year.[PHOTO: A public service worker blows on a horn as he takes part in a march through central Warsaw in a protest organized by the Solidarity trade union to demand salary hikes, September 22, 2010.]REUTERS/Kacper PempelIdentical to the numbers in Poland, 66 percent of Italians take all their allotted vacation days.Italians have 11 federal holidays as against 10 that Poles enjoy.Italians work an average of 1,773 hours per year.[PHOTO: A masked reveller poses in Saint Mark's Square during the Venetian Carnival in Venice on February 7, 2010. ]REUTERS/Max Rossi67 percent of Russian employees take all their allotted vacation days, according to the survey.With 12 federal holidays, Russians work an average of 1,997 hours per year.[PHOTO: Workers harvest tulips at the 'Sovkhoz Oktyabrskiy' private greenhouse, in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk March 3, 2011. Millions of Russian men will acknowledge women they love by presenting flowers and souvenirs to them on International Women's Day on March 8.]REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin67 percent of Mexicans take all their allotted vacation days.Mexicans clock an average of 1,857 work hours per year.[PHOTO: A worker carries beach chairs next to a tourist sunbathing on Marlin beach in Cancun February 1, 2011.]REUTERS/Gerardo Garcia
