Poles second longest working nation in EU

Taking into account full-time employment and self-employment, an average working week in Greece is the longest in the EU, amounts to 43.9 hours. The second result belongs to Poland where the working week totals 42.5 hours, according to Eurostat. Hence, Poles are the second longest working nation in the European Union. Finns and the French work an average of 39.5 hours per week. The Greeks' working week is the longest, but the unemployment rate in Greece is the highest in the EU. It stands at 26 percent, Eurostat also informed. Whereas, Poland's unemployment, according to Eurostat criteria, is only 7.8 percent. The EU average is 9.8 percent.