Countries by Job Strain
Complete ranking of 35 countries • Percentage of employees • Data refreshed May 5, 2026
Leader
Greece
Field size
35 countries
Lowest rank
Norway
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About Job Strain Rankings
Greece leads all 35 countries in Job Strain with a value of 47.94% of employees, while Norway ranks last at 13.83% of employees. This represents a 3-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Job Strain Measures
Share of employees whose job demands outweigh available job resources, from OECD How's Life / Well-Being.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Job Strain across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 13.83% of employees (Norway) to 47.94% of employees (Greece) — a 3-fold difference across 35 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries dominate this ranking, holding 14 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 23.56% of employees to 31.16% of employees. The overall spread from 13.83% of employees to 47.94% of employees reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Greece and Turkey are separated by only 12%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Job Strain
The 5 strongest Job Strain reads.
Lowest Job Strain
The 5 lowest Job Strain reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from OECD How's Life / Well-Being, covering 35 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
