ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employee 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 employee in agriculture — Male — Value is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 57.07 No in India; the lowest is 23.64 No in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.97 No, and the mean is 41.94 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 36.1%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 30.1%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 57.07 No | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 56.79 No | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Senegal | 56.6 No | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 4 | Bhutan | 53.16 No | 2022 | — | flat |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 42.53 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 53.05 No | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 42.3 No | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 53.03 No | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 52.07 No | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 51.21 No | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 9 | Angola | 50.47 No | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 10 | Mali | 50.08 No | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Myanmar | 48.74 No | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 48.68 No | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 13 | Grenada | 47.9 No | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 47.82 No | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 47.65 No | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 16 | Malaysia | 47.3 No | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 17 | Namibia | 46.75 No | 2018 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 18 | Colombia | 46.54 No | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 46.3 No | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 20 | Armenia | 46.02 No | 2017 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 45.72 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | South Africa | 45.32 No | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | Cayman Islands | 45 No | 2015 | — | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 45 No | 2020 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 25 | Albania | 44.98 No | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 44.81 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 27 | Cyprus | 44.53 No | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 44.34 No | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 44.05 No | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 30 | Belize | 44 No | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 43.62 No | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 32 | Israel | 43.32 No | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Egypt | 42.99 No | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 42.71 No | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | Brunei Darussalam | 42.66 No | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 36 | Seychelles | 42.55 No | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | Zambia | 42.01 No | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 38 | Montenegro | 41.53 No | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 39 | Japan | 41.3 No | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 40 | Malta | 41.05 No | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 41 | Chile | 41.03 No | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 42 | New Zealand | 41 No | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 40.99 No | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 44 | Mexico | 40.97 No | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 45 | Canada | 40.96 No | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.44 No | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 47 | Serbia | 40.29 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 48 | Belarus | 40.19 No | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 40.08 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 50 | Ukraine | 40 No | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Romania | 39.82 No | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 39.77 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 39.77 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 54 | Georgia | 39.7 No | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 39.64 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 39.61 No | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 57 | Lithuania | 39.53 No | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 58 | Latvia | 39.39 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 59 | Mauritius | 39.35 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 60 | Norway | 39.23 No | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 61 | Finland | 39.13 No | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Switzerland | 39.07 No | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 39.07 No | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 64 | Thailand | 38.97 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 65 | Australia | 38.94 No | 2020 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 66 | Palestine, State of | 38.92 No | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 67 | Portugal | 38.79 No | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 68 | Poland | 38.63 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 38.44 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 38.1 No | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 71 | Italy | 38.03 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 37.98 No | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 37.83 No | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 74 | Indonesia | 37.81 No | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 75 | Austria | 37.27 No | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Sweden | 37.11 No | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 77 | Denmark | 36.48 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 36.4 No | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 79 | Slovenia | 35.93 No | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 80 | Ireland | 35.63 No | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 81 | Germany | 35.47 No | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 82 | France | 35.46 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 83 | Belgium | 35.09 No | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 84 | Panama | 35.01 No | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 34.56 No | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 86 | Ecuador | 33.04 No | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 87 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 32.17 No | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.98 No | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 23.64 No | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 46.81 No
- United States of America 41.71 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 45.99 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 40.08 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45.53 No
- Republic of Moldova 41.86 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 41.44 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.7 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.