Each year the average resident in Bangkok, Thailand, works 2,191 hours and only gets nine paid vacation days. However, workers also get 16 public holidays per year, so that works out to a total of five weeks of paid time off.
First published September 19, 2015: 1:21 PM ET
Source: UBS "Prices and earnings 2015" report. Average annual working hours were calculated by tallying the number of hours worked per day, and the number of days worked per week. Vacation and legal holiday time were deducted to reach the final figures.
