ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employee 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 employee in agriculture — Female — Value is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 54.96 No in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 19.46 No in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.92 No, and the mean is 36.66 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 42.9%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 45.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.96 No | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 2 | Bhutan | 54.84 No | 2022 | — | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 39.03 No | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 3 | India | 47.94 No | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 46.95 No | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 46.57 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 5 | Türkiye | 37.77 No | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 6 | Myanmar | 46.55 No | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 7 | Malaysia | 46.5 No | 2022 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 45.73 No | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 9 | Namibia | 45.1 No | 2018 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 44.65 No | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 43.96 No | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 12 | Seychelles | 43.15 No | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 13 | South Africa | 42.77 No | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 14 | Panama | 42.26 No | 2024 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 41.38 No | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 40.54 No | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 17 | Montenegro | 40.05 No | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 18 | Belize | 40 No | 2020 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 40 No | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 39.99 No | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Romania | 39.96 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 22 | Armenia | 39.94 No | 2017 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 39.84 No | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 39.76 No | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.55 No | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 26 | Belarus | 39.42 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | Slovenia | 39.4 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 28 | Mexico | 39.26 No | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 39.23 No | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 30 | Uruguay | 38.8 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 38.56 No | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Serbia | 38.49 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 33 | Greece | 38.14 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 34 | Grenada | 38 No | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 37.95 No | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 36 | Thailand | 37.65 No | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Palestine, State of | 37.57 No | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 38 | Lithuania | 37.52 No | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 39 | Egypt | 37.35 No | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 40 | Jamaica | 37.08 No | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Poland | 36.95 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 42 | Cyprus | 36.93 No | 2024 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 43 | Pakistan | 36.92 No | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 44 | Croatia | 36.9 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 45 | Czechia | 36.43 No | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 36.42 No | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 47 | Hungary | 36.41 No | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 48 | Georgia | 36.28 No | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 36.22 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 50 | Slovakia | 36.19 No | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 51 | Jordan | 35.93 No | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia | 35.72 No | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 53 | Israel | 35.62 No | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 54 | Portugal | 35.6 No | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 55 | Italy | 34.74 No | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 34.73 No | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 33.95 No | 2016 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Finland | 33.94 No | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 59 | Canada | 33.34 No | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritius | 33.06 No | 2024 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 61 | Mali | 32.9 No | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 61 | Malta | 32.9 No | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 63 | Norway | 32.25 No | 2024 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 64 | France | 32.18 No | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 65 | Iceland | 32.09 No | 2024 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 66 | Australia | 31.87 No | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 67 | Japan | 31.7 No | 2020 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 31.62 No | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 31.34 No | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 70 | Switzerland | 30.51 No | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Zambia | 30.49 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Sweden | 30.34 No | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 73 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 30.31 No | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Lucia | 30.27 No | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 75 | Indonesia | 30.12 No | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 30.1 No | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 77 | New Zealand | 30 No | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Ireland | 29.71 No | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 29.04 No | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 80 | Belgium | 28.8 No | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 81 | Germany | 28.51 No | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 82 | Denmark | 28.07 No | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 83 | Austria | 28.02 No | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 84 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 27.15 No | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.77 No | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 86 | Rwanda | 19.46 No | 2024 | down 2.8% | 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) 40.56 No
- United States of America 35.38 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 34.19 No
- Republic of Moldova 38.66 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37.8 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 36.47 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35.43 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31.53 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.