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Unsurprisingly, Scandinavian countries took many of the top spots on their ranking. Finland, which has been named the Happiest Country in the World by the World Happiness Report five years in a row, took the second spot on this list. Mothers get a whopping 161 weeks of maternity leave (
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"It can be easy to let your work–life balance stray more to the work side," Anthony Fleming, Compare the Market's general manager for
European countries like Germany and Spain also ranked high for work-life balance, due to their lower number of hours worked per year. German employees work the least amount of hours in the world, clocking in 1,349 hours per year. That's compared to the U.S., where employees work 1,801 hours per year. What would you do with nearly 500 extra hours of free time?
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Take a look at the 20 countries that made the list — along with their average hours worked per year, total number of weeks of paid family leave and their happiness scores.