According to statistics, 9 in the morningall the the world is in motion. A purely illustrative fact because, due to the time differences between the different regions, when most Argentines get up, for example, the Spaniards are already at midday.
Nor does the moment in which a country wakes up have to coincide with the moment of every person who lives there. Because of different personal needsthe time to get out of bed varies significantly.
It goes without saying that customs have a great influence on the program start the day. However, many analysts have tried to relate it to productivity: the later, the less productive.
Which country wakes up first?
The World Population Review website has published statistics on 40 countries to determine where people get up earlier. He says that “most of us tend to wake up around 7 in the morning.” This includes the United States which is in the middle of the ranking (7.20).
In 2024, according to this ranking, South Africa moved to Colombia like the country where people get up first. On average, people start their day at 6.24 in the morning.
Inhabited by around 60 million people, of whom almost 79% are black, 8.9% white, 8.9% mixed race and 2.5% Indian, South Africa has eleven official languages and its GDP per capita occupies 95th place out of 196 countries surveyed.
The period from 7 to 8 in the morning is the most populated in the ranking. Photo: Pexels.Colombia remains the first country in America, followed by Costa Rica. Together with Indonesia, they are the countries where people get up first 7 in the morning.
The strip that goes from From 7 to 8 in the morning and the most populated in the rankingG. In this category stand out several developed countries and some of those considered the best to live in, such as Switzerland, Denmark and Australia.
Customs certainly have a huge influence on when to get up. Countries where this time is after 8 am (Kuwait, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Portugal and Greece) show only some coincidences in the case of Mediterranean countries.
In South Africa the day starts at 6.24am. Photo: Pexels.The last place this year was for Saudi Arabiawhere people, always according to this ranking, get up 8.27 in the morning.
The complete ranking is as follows:
- South Africa 6.24
- Colombia 6.31
- Costa Rica 6.38
- Indonesia 6.55
- Mexico and Japan 7.09
- New Zealand 7.11
- Australia and Switzerland 7.13
- Czech Republic 7.15
- Slovakia 7.18
- Denmark 7.19
- United States and Austria 7.20
- Sweden 7.21
- Hungary 7.22
- Thailand 7.24
- Germany and Poland 7.25
- Philippines 7.28; Brazil 7.31
- Qatar 7.32
- United Kingdom and Canada 7.33
- India 7.36
- South Korea and Singapore 7.38
- Chile and Belgium 7.40
- Malaysia 7.41
- China 7.42
- United Arab Emirates and Norway 7.43
- Finland 7.44
- Netherlands 7.47
- Ireland 7.50
- France and Ukraine 7.51
- Italy 7.52; Israel 7.54
- Romania and Kuwait 8.01
- Türkiye 8.02
- Spain 8.05
- Russia 8.06
- Portugal 8.22
- Greece 8.25 and Saudi Arabia 8.27.
Source: Clarin
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