- By Poorva Karki
- Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:31 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Top 10 Countries With Best Work-Life Balance In 2024: ‘Work-life balance’- something that should have been a greater concern decades ago while the country was making its Labour Laws, reduced to mere words as people continuously ‘preached’ the ‘hymns of overworking’. In fact, the line between ‘hard work’ and ‘overworking’ gradually faded away, as many organisations began to recognise ‘poor work-life balance’ as the only sign of ‘loyalty and growth’. Fast forward to 2024- the peak of the type of hustle culture where employees are even suggested and expected to work 70 hours per week- only now people have begun to see the back draws. Terms like ‘toxic work culture’- despite existing for decades- are now becoming mainstream, mainly after a young and talented youth reportedly lost her life due to an ‘overwhelming workload’.
For those unaware, 26-year-old CA Anna Sebastian Perayil working in Pune’s multinational consulting firm Ernst & Young (EY), died due to overworking, as per her mother Anita Augustine. Ever since the sad news of Perayil’s death broke out, people began to come forward with their own instances. Amid all the controversy around the matter going on in India, a few countries garnered praise for being some of the best nations for ‘work-life balance’. Yes, believe it or not, but countries like these exist. So for this one, we will be taking a look at these very countries that are on the top 10 spots for their commendable ‘work-life balance’ in 2024. The list, by Remote, was released a while back, which considered factors like population, Happiness Index, leaves and more.
Global Work Life Balance Index 2024:
| S. no | Country | Index Score/ 100 | Happiness Index |
| 1 | New Zealand | 80.76 | 7 |
| 2 | Ireland | 77.89 | 6 |
| 3 | Belgium | 73.45 | 6 |
| 4 | Denmark | 73.45 | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 72.75 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany | 71.84 | 6 |
| 7 | Finland | 71.55 | 7 |
| 8 | Australia | 71.35 | 7 |
| 9 | Norway | 70.85 | 7 |
| 10 | Spain | 70.6 | 6 |
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Coming back to India, the nation reportedly stands at the 48th position. Whereas its Index Score is 38.83 out of 100, and a Happiness Index of 4. All in all, ‘barely passing’ in terms of ‘school exam rules’.
