:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UZ6QT6DI5FEWTDJXSRMSXKFHEQ.jpg "Colombia is the country of the world that gets up early")
A study conducted by World of statisticsa widely recognized Twitter account, determined that Colombia is the country in the world where you get up early. In the ranking published on Saturday March 11, the country finds itself in first position which recognizes it as the nation where its inhabitants start their day earlier. According to the information gathered, The average time Colombians get up is 6:30 a.m.
Second on the list is Indonesia, which gets up on average at 6:55 a.m. and is the only one besides Colombia that reportedly has an average time to get up above 7 a.m. The podium is closed by Japan and Mexicowho share the average time to get up: 7h09 After Denmark (7:19) appear the UNITED STATES (7h20), Germany (7h25) yes Brazil (7:31 a.m.), the other Latin American country on this early bird list. On the other hand, the cases of Greece and Saudi Arabia stand out, located in the last places of the list. Both countries start their average day at 8:25 a.m. and 8:27 a.m., respectively.
Although the account did not reveal the origin of the figures or the methodology used, the result drew mixed reactions on Twitter, as it is not a result that makes the community that uses said social network very proud.
Most of the comments on Twitter reacting to the results of this study pointed out that a large part of the reason why Colombia is such an early bird is due to the large amount of car traffic, which causes traffic jams and traffic jams in the “late hours”. bec”. Therefore, to compensate for this delay, it is very common for Colombians to get up earlier and therefore not be late for work.
Bogotá is the case to show this trend, but it is a situation that is not foreign to most urban centers in the country. According to the mobility research firm Inrixin its annual study Global Traffic Dashboard, The country’s capital is listed as the sixth city in the world with the highest car traffic. The report, released on January 10, shows how long citizens spend in traffic in different capitals around the world. In this direction, Bogotá lost an average of 122 hours per year in traffic in 2022.
A year earlier, the journalist from BBC Bob Pishue, gave an in-depth analysis of the numbers this study showed in 2021, when it was ranked as the eighth busiest city in the world, losing around 94 hours in traffic jams per year:
“Bogotá has been in the top positions for several years and everything indicates that this year 2022 it will enter the top 5 again, because delays increased by 36% compared to the first half of last year”
On the other hand, the tendency of Colombians to get up early leads them, in turn, to go to bed earlier. In fact, a study by the Irish awning company Block Blinds in 2019, he ranked our country among the top five early birds in the world.
Application data analysis sleep cycle, this firm drew statistical figures that determined an average state of sleep in each country of the world. To do this, they used data collected in 2018 from some 920,000 users. The results showed that, among 60 countries, the five that go to bed earlier are South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia and Denmark. On average, these countries go to bed between 10:56 p.m. and 11:36 p.m.