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1 | 2024-05-31 11:46:10 | 2024-07-09 05:00:00 | 2024-06-04 09:59:43 | unlisted | ALBJ4LuLy5tILL-v6sOgZawtMYzs80K2IGyFb8qKw_nh45Bqv76Zg1LVWY7s6LoWW1XrGtBN-8TQ0Ds5KhuuSA | <Image filename="how-important-leisure-is-to-people-in-life-desktop.png"/> Free time is important to most people around the world, according to data from the European Values Study and World Values Survey. The chart shows that in most countries, leisure is important to more than 80% of people. However, the percentage of people who find leisure very important in life varies more. In some countries, it is the majority, while in others, it is less than a third. Valuing leisure a lot doesn’t mean that people [value work](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-work-is-to-people-in-life) less or [work](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-working-hours-per-worker?time=latest&country=GBR~DEU~USA~NGA~MEX~IDN~JPN~RUS~BRA~CHN) fewer hours. [Work is important to most people](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-work-is-to-people-in-life) globally; but people also value enjoying free time, such as with their [family](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-family-is-to-people-in-life) and [friends](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-friends-are-to-people-in-life?country=GBR~JPN~USA~DEU~RUS~BRA~CHN~EGY~MEX~IDN~ETH~NGA). [Explore this data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-leisure-is-to-people-in-life) → | How much do people value leisure? |