ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Male — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Male — Value is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 56.77 No in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 22.46 No in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.34 No, and the mean is 41.41 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 76.5%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 45.4%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 56.77 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 2 | Iceland | 54.45 No | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Bhutan | 54.23 No | 2022 | — | flat |
| 4 | Mongolia | 54.14 No | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 50.59 No | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 50.3 No | 2008 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 7 | Belgium | 49.98 No | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 8 | France | 48.08 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 9 | Switzerland | 47.61 No | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 10 | Jordan | 47.27 No | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 47.02 No | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 46.53 No | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Canada | 46.27 No | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 14 | Myanmar | 46.2 No | 2020 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 15 | Qatar | 46 No | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 45.92 No | 2024 | up 76.5% | flat |
| 17 | Montenegro | 45.67 No | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 18 | Serbia | 45.65 No | 2024 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 19 | Greece | 45.51 No | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 20 | Malta | 45.45 No | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 21 | Israel | 45.35 No | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 22 | Cyprus | 45.19 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 45.14 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 24 | Ireland | 45.01 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 44.91 No | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 44.74 No | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 44.65 No | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 44.47 No | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 44.18 No | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 30 | Australia | 44.17 No | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 31 | Uruguay | 43.62 No | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 32 | Poland | 43.58 No | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 33 | Austria | 43.38 No | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 34 | Jamaica | 43.19 No | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | New Zealand | 43 No | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 36 | Egypt | 42.82 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 37 | Malaysia | 42.8 No | 2022 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.77 No | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 39 | India | 42.72 No | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 40 | Norway | 42.41 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 41 | Czechia | 42.38 No | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 42 | Colombia | 41.99 No | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 43 | Germany | 41.98 No | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 41.88 No | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 45 | Italy | 41.57 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 46 | Grenada | 41.11 No | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 41 No | 2015 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 40.87 No | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 49 | Slovakia | 40.71 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 50 | Lithuania | 40.61 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 40.51 No | 2025 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 52 | Latvia | 40.49 No | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 40.23 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 40.23 No | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 55 | Seychelles | 40.05 No | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 40 No | 2020 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 57 | Slovenia | 39.95 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 39.93 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 39.9 No | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | Saint Lucia | 39.8 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 39.57 No | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 62 | Chile | 39.5 No | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 63 | Namibia | 39.34 No | 2018 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 64 | Mexico | 39.25 No | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 38.95 No | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 38.93 No | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 38.69 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 68 | Finland | 38.31 No | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 69 | Denmark | 38.23 No | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 70 | Angola | 38.11 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 71 | Romania | 38.01 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 72 | Japan | 37.6 No | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 73 | Russian Federation | 37.58 No | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 74 | Sweden | 37.22 No | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 75 | Estonia | 37.04 No | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 76 | Ukraine | 37 No | 2020 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.86 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 36.62 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 79 | Thailand | 36.26 No | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 36.12 No | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 81 | Zambia | 35.06 No | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritius | 34.87 No | 2024 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 83 | Indonesia | 32.21 No | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 31.8 No | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 31.69 No | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 86 | Georgia | 30.32 No | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 30.05 No | 2017 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 28.32 No | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 24.27 No | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.46 No | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 44.38 No
- United States of America 41.76 No
- Republic of Moldova 42.03 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 41.4 No
- Türkiye 40.57 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.39 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 36.74 No
- Viet Nam 35.16 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 34.02 No
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.