In these 10 countries, people sleep the most

Although people need different amounts of sleep, one thing is certain: sleep is important for our physical and mental health. In our weekly ranking, we take a look at sleep patterns around the world and show you in which countries people sleep the most.

Working, household, leisure activities or sleeping: What do we actually spend most of our time on in everyday life? Even though there are 24 hours in each day, we all spend our days differently.

People sleep a lot here

The media and news company visual capitalist conducted an international analysis of the sleep duration of people between the ages of 15 and 64.

At just under eight hours, people in South Korea sleep the least. The following ranking shows you the countries in which people spend the most time sleeping.

10th place: Netherlands

In the Netherlands, people sleep on average eight hours and 23 minutes. This puts our neighboring country above the average for the generally recommended length of sleep.

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