How Sick-Day Culture Differs Around The World

How Sick-Day Culture Differs Around The World

Half of https://www.statista.com/topics/4944/south-korea/

do not take sick leave.

At least, that's what the results of a survey of adults aged 18 to 64 carried out by Statista as part of its https://www.statista.com/global-consumer-survey/

show.

Another Asian country to also display a high share of people who said they had not taken sick leave in the previous 12 months was Japan at 40 percent.

https://www.statista.com/chart/30942/share-saying-no-sick-days-taken-last-12-months-by-country/

You will find more infographics at https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/

In South Korea, employers are not obliged to grant their employees time off for non-work-related illnesses or injuries.

At the other end of the scale, Australian respondents mirrored a different sick day culture, with only 15 percent reporting an absence-free 12 months.

It's a similar, if less pronounced, story in Germany, Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom, where between 19 and 25 percent of respondents reported the same.

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Mon, 09/22/2025 - 04:15

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