The balance between quality of life and work has long since become a key aspect of competitiveness among companies, cities and countries. competitiveness among companies, cities and countries. The technology company Kisi technology company, Kisi, prepares every year a ranking of the cities that offer the best balance between these two aspects, measuring 19 factors covering work intensity - which includes the percentage of workers working more than 48 hours a week, vacations, moonlighting, among others - society and institutions, and livability.

The number one city in the 2022 ranking is Oslo, followed by Bern, Helsinki and Zurich.. In the top 100 there are only three Latin American cities: Montevideo (94th), Buenos Aires (95th) and Sao Paulo (97th) .. The Uruguayan capital also stands out as one of the five cities with the highest levels of overwork.

You can view the ranking of the top 100 cities with the best balance between work and quality of life HERE

Most overworked cities

(with the highest percentage of workers working more than 48 hours per week)

Source: Kisi