ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — Female — 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 — Female — Value is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 53.16 No in Bhutan; the lowest is 17.62 No in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.07 No, and the mean is 34.37 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 67.0%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 58.3%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 53.16 No | 2022 | — | rising |
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 50 No | 2015 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 47.06 No | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 45.5 No | 2008 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 5 | Seychelles | 43.33 No | 2024 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 42.83 No | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 7 | Myanmar | 42.78 No | 2020 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 42.5 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Montenegro | 41.86 No | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 41.8 No | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 40.75 No | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 12 | Serbia | 40.59 No | 2024 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 40.03 No | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 40.01 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 39.41 No | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 16 | Grenada | 39.13 No | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 39.12 No | 2024 | up 49.1% | falling |
| 18 | France | 39.1 No | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Belarus | 39 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 20 | Spain | 38.6 No | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 37.92 No | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 37.82 No | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.64 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 37.43 No | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Portugal | 37.09 No | 2025 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 37.06 No | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 36.75 No | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 28 | Poland | 36.74 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 29 | Slovakia | 36.73 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 36.7 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 31 | Lithuania | 36.55 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 32 | Hungary | 36.53 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 36.41 No | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 34 | Iceland | 36.27 No | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 35 | Jordan | 36.22 No | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 36 | Israel | 36.12 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 35.79 No | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 38 | Italy | 35.51 No | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Finland | 35.36 No | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 40 | Austria | 35.34 No | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 41 | Cyprus | 35.31 No | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 42 | Senegal | 35.26 No | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 35.24 No | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 44 | Jamaica | 35.11 No | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 45 | Croatia | 35.03 No | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 46 | Belize | 35 No | 2020 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 47 | Estonia | 34.85 No | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 48 | Canada | 34.61 No | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 34.44 No | 2024 | up 67.0% | falling |
| 49 | Thailand | 34.44 No | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 51 | Albania | 34.35 No | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 34.28 No | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 53 | Pakistan | 34.26 No | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 54 | Ukraine | 34 No | 2020 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 33.9 No | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 56 | Mexico | 32.74 No | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 57 | Norway | 32.57 No | 2024 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 32 No | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 31.84 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 60 | Namibia | 31.66 No | 2018 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 61 | Colombia | 31.64 No | 2025 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 62 | Australia | 31.57 No | 2020 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 63 | India | 31.55 No | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 64 | Ireland | 31.4 No | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 65 | Argentina | 30.96 No | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 66 | Switzerland | 30.59 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 30.56 No | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 30.51 No | 2024 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 69 | Germany | 30.17 No | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 70 | Egypt | 30.12 No | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 71 | Japan | 30 No | 2020 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 29.35 No | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 73 | Palestine | 28.77 No | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 74 | Zambia | 28.72 No | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 28.55 No | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 76 | New Zealand | 28 No | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 27.05 No | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 78 | Denmark | 26.8 No | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 25.79 No | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 25.71 No | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 81 | Georgia | 25.52 No | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 24.61 No | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 83 | Philippines | 24.37 No | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 84 | Armenia | 23.57 No | 2017 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 23.06 No | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 86 | Rwanda | 20.04 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 87 | Panama | 18.75 No | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.62 No | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Republic of Moldova 38.27 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 36.92 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37.33 No
- United States of America 34 No
- Türkiye 33.25 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 31.66 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 31.37 No
- Viet Nam 31.21 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28.94 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.