According to the Global Survey of Working Arrangements (G-SWA), led by the Ifo Institute alongside researchers from King’s College London, Stanford University and others, Germans work from home an average of 1.6 days per week. Only Finland does more in the EU, with 1.7 days. The European average lies between 1 and 1.5 days per week for full-time employees with higher education. The global average is 1.2 day per week.

France, meanwhile, ranks below this average (1 day per week), reflecting a continued preference for office-based work. This places it closer to countries like Spain or Italy, where remote work is still relatively limited. In Europe, people in Greece (0.6 days), Denmark and Norway (both 0.9 days) spend the least amount of time working from home. 

Globally, Canada (1.9 days) and the UK (1.8 days) lead the ranking. South Korea (0.5 days) and China (0.6 days) show the lowest levels of remote work.

The report, based on data from over 16,000 university-educated full-time workers in 40 countries, also reveals that the global working from home has stabilised since 2023, despite headlines about return-to-office mandates.

The data also reveal clear behavioural trends: employees with children are more likely to adopt hybrid working patterns, whilst those without children tend to work either fully remotely or fully onsite. Across all regions, men and women work from home at similar rates, but women with children express the strongest preference for remote work--a signal that flexibility remains key to work-life balance, especially for working mothers.

The report does not mention Luxembourg. However, according , only 3% of cross-border workers in Luxembourg telework several times a week, compared to 21% of resident employees.