ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per employee 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 employee in agriculture — Value is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 56.75 No in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 21.3 No in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.99 No, and the mean is 40.61 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 37.3%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 41.7%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 56.75 No | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Bhutan | 53.77 No | 2022 | — | rising |
| 3 | India | 53.2 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 4 | Senegal | 52.22 No | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 41.28 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 5 | Mongolia | 50.99 No | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 50.24 No | 2024 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 40.57 No | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 49.45 No | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 8 | Iceland | 47.95 No | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 47.88 No | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 10 | Jordan | 47.58 No | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 47.37 No | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 47.16 No | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 13 | Malaysia | 47.1 No | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 46.4 No | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 15 | Namibia | 46.39 No | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 16 | Grenada | 46.24 No | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cayman Islands | 46 No | 2015 | — | flat |
| 18 | Colombia | 45.76 No | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 45.45 No | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 45.19 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 21 | Qatar | 45 No | 2020 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 22 | Albania | 44.82 No | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 44.51 No | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 43.57 No | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 43.52 No | 2017 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 43.48 No | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cyprus | 43.15 No | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 28 | Seychelles | 42.66 No | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 42.65 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 42.43 No | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 42.35 No | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 32 | Guatemala | 41.65 No | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 41.43 No | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 34 | Montenegro | 41.07 No | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 40.86 No | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 36 | Chile | 40.73 No | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 37 | Mexico | 40.69 No | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 38 | Malta | 40.54 No | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 39 | Argentina | 40.43 No | 2024 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.29 No | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 41 | Greece | 40.19 No | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Ukraine | 40 No | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Belize | 40 No | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 39.99 No | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 45 | Belarus | 39.95 No | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | Romania | 39.85 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 39.84 No | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 48 | Serbia | 39.8 No | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 39.66 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Latvia | 39.35 No | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 51 | Zambia | 39.24 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 52 | Slovakia | 38.97 No | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 38.88 No | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 54 | Lithuania | 38.72 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 55 | Czechia | 38.64 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 56 | Georgia | 38.61 No | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 57 | Thailand | 38.48 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 58 | Canada | 38.37 No | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 59 | Poland | 38.18 No | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 60 | New Zealand | 38 No | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 61 | Croatia | 37.99 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 62 | Portugal | 37.72 No | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 63 | Mauritius | 37.62 No | 2024 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 37.6 No | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 37.59 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 66 | Finland | 37.57 No | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 67 | Spain | 37.47 No | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 68 | Estonia | 37.38 No | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 69 | Italy | 37.2 No | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 70 | Slovenia | 36.96 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 71 | Norway | 36.94 No | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 72 | Australia | 36.85 No | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 73 | Japan | 36.6 No | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 74 | Switzerland | 36.17 No | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 35.91 No | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 76 | Panama | 35.66 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 77 | Indonesia | 35.6 No | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 78 | Sweden | 35.1 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 79 | Ireland | 34.74 No | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 80 | Denmark | 34.44 No | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 81 | France | 34.28 No | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 33.63 No | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 83 | Austria | 33.47 No | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 84 | Germany | 33.13 No | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 32.82 No | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 86 | Belgium | 32.74 No | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 87 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 30.35 No | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.85 No | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 21.3 No | 2024 | down 3.0% | 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) 45.05 No
- United States of America 39.85 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 43.85 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 39.39 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42.74 No
- Republic of Moldova 40.83 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.5 No
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 39.2 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.