Sick days per year used in Europe. Germany tops the list — the average employee takes 5 (fully paid) weeks off a year!

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1. Its really a huge problem in Germany. In 2023 we had a recession with -0.3 % GDP. If you normalize the sick days to pre-Covid levels it would actually have been an increase by 0.5 %.

   The reasons are complex, though. A maturing society with more older (and therefore sicker) people in combination with a worker shortage (which means you can get away with being more often sick) and less regulation after covid (you don’t have to see a doctor, but you can call the doctor to call in sick).

2. I only had two sick days in 7 years. Go Denmark

3. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/9wyieAJKLT

4. Why are Germans so sickly?

5. What is the source?

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