According to Reuters:
True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world’s wealthy nations, according to a study published Monday.
The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).”
The study finds that French men and women above the age of 15 spend an average of about 2 hours and 15 minutes a day eating and drinking. That’s nearly twice as much as Mexicans, Canadians, and Americans. Also, a French adult sleeps an average of 8 hours and 50 minutes a day. The second-place Americans sleep just below 8 hours and 40 minutes. Mexicans and Japanese were found to have the least leisure time among the 18 surveyed OECD members.
Reuters also notes that:
“Italian men have nearly 80 minutes a day of leisure more than women. Much of the additional work of Italian women is apparently spent cleaning the house,” the OECD said in a statement.
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