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With the coming of World Sleep Day, interesting findings about the sleep habits of people around the world are on the agenda. According to the data analyzed by the Online PR Service B2Press, New Zealand, Finland and the Netherlands are among the countries that sleep the most.

With the coming of World Sleep Day, which is the 3rd Friday of March every year, the ongoing suggestions and discussions about sleep, which is an important part of both mental and physical health of the human body, are on the agenda again. According to common views, the average sleep time required by the human body is expressed as 8 hours, while the World Economic Forum's (WEF) research draws the map of the countries that sleep the most. According to data analyzed by Online PR Service B2Press, New Zealand, Finland, Netherlands, Australia and the United Kingdom are in the top five in the world with over 7 hours of sleep time. Belgium, Ireland and France follow them. In Turkey, the situation follows a similar course. According to the Turkey Sleep Research, almost half of the country prefers 8 hours of sleep a day, while this period reaches 9-10 hours on weekends. 1 out of every 2 people who participated in the survey states that they do not wake up energetically in the morning.

1 out of 4 people have sleep problems in the pandemic

Pointing out that lifestyle, environmental conditions and psychological processes directly affect sleep patterns, Online PR Service B2Press underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic causes many people around the world to have sleep problems, and reports that 1 out of every 4 people experience sleep problems during the pandemic process. Experts who call this problem 'coronasomnia' emphasize that sleep disorders increase during the epidemic process. While B2Press highlights that women's risk of insomnia is 40% higher than men, South Korea and Saudi Arabia come first among the countries suffering from sleep deprivation.

People around the world most often dream of 'dogs'

People who can complete REM sleep, which constitutes 20% of the total sleep, can spend about 2 hours of their sleep every night dreaming. Research by B2Press reveals interesting details about which dreams people see the most around the world. In the studies carried out in 185 countries, "dogs" stand out in dreams seen and researched in 19 countries around the world, followed by dreams about pregnancy, snakes and travel. In Turkey, while the subject of dreams is mostly nature, many people dream that they are dealing with gardening.