ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employed person in agriculture — 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 — Value is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 56.74 No in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 20.27 No in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.02 No, and the mean is 39.39 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 78.8%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 51.4%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 56.74 No | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Bhutan | 53.66 No | 2022 | — | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 51.33 No | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 50.19 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 48.8 No | 2008 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 6 | Jordan | 47.06 No | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 7 | Belgium | 46.97 No | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 8 | Qatar | 46 No | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 45.69 No | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | France | 45.45 No | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 11 | Myanmar | 45.04 No | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 44.63 No | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Malta | 44.45 No | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 44.32 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 15 | Montenegro | 44.01 No | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 43.68 No | 2024 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 17 | Israel | 43.5 No | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 43.4 No | 2024 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 19 | Cyprus | 43.33 No | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Ireland | 43.31 No | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 43.29 No | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 42.74 No | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 42.6 No | 2022 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 42.44 No | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 25 | Switzerland | 42.26 No | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 26 | Greece | 42.19 No | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 42 No | 2015 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 41.42 No | 2024 | up 78.8% | flat |
| 29 | Pakistan | 41.24 No | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Poland | 41.16 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.15 No | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Czechia | 41.13 No | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 41.12 No | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 34 | Jamaica | 41.1 No | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 35 | Spain | 41.02 No | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 40.93 No | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Grenada | 40.84 No | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 38 | Egypt | 40.67 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Seychelles | 40.47 No | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 40 | Colombia | 40.25 No | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | Latvia | 40.19 No | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 40.18 No | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 43 | Austria | 40.17 No | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 44 | Australia | 40.06 No | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 45 | Italy | 40.05 No | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 46 | Norway | 40.02 No | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 47 | Slovakia | 40 No | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 47 | Belize | 40 No | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 39.62 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Portugal | 39.51 No | 2025 | up 41.0% | falling |
| 51 | Chile | 39.14 No | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 52 | Lithuania | 39.13 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 38.84 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 38.77 No | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 38.51 No | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 56 | Palestine, State of | 38.47 No | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 38.42 No | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 58 | Hungary | 38.31 No | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 59 | Germany | 38.23 No | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 60 | Mexico | 38.2 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 61 | New Zealand | 38 No | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 37.96 No | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | India | 37.81 No | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 37.77 No | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 37.59 No | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 37.54 No | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 37.5 No | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 68 | Romania | 37.09 No | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 69 | Albania | 36.48 No | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 36.46 No | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | Ukraine | 36 No | 2020 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 72 | Namibia | 35.96 No | 2018 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 73 | Denmark | 35.83 No | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 35.77 No | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 75 | Sweden | 35.72 No | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 35.55 No | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 77 | Thailand | 35.53 No | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 35.15 No | 2022 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 79 | Japan | 34.5 No | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 34.28 No | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 81 | Zambia | 33.25 No | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritius | 32.31 No | 2024 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 31 No | 2022 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 84 | Philippines | 29.75 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 29.56 No | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 86 | Indonesia | 29.43 No | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 87 | Georgia | 28.51 No | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 88 | Armenia | 26.6 No | 2017 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 25.9 No | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Rwanda | 21.97 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.27 No | 2023 | down 13.8% | 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) 42.13 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 39.88 No
- Republic of Moldova 40.55 No
- United States of America 39.51 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.16 No
- Türkiye 37.41 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 33.99 No
- Viet Nam 33.38 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 33.11 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.