Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural by country

Countries reporting
76
Highest
49.1
Mongolia
Lowest
26.56
Georgia
Median
39.94
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
1,013

What the numbers show

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 49.1 in Mongolia; the lowest is 26.56 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.94, and the mean is 39.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 34.4%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 17.4%).

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 49.1 2011 up 10.4% rising
2 India 47.16 2019 down 4.3% flat
3 Bangladesh 46.93 2016 up 8.0% rising
4 Namibia 46.09 2015 up 4.7% flat
5 Jordan 45.99 2016 up 0.4% flat
6 Egypt 45.19 2019 up 1.0% rising
7 Pakistan 45.04 2020 up 0.4% falling
8 Greece 44.61 2016 up 0.4% flat
9 Cambodia 44.37 2012 down 5.7% rising
10 Chile 43.7 2017 down 2.7% falling
11 Iceland 43.4 2015 up 1.0% flat
12 Belize 43.35 1999 down 4.6% falling
13 Tunisia 43.26 2015 down 0.4% flat
14 Turkey 43.16 2013 down 4.7% flat
15 South Africa 43.13 2020 down 5.7% flat
16 Kosovo 43.12 2014 up 25.9% rising
16 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 43.12 2014 up 25.9% rising
18 Sri Lanka 43.11 2015 up 0.4% rising
19 Poland 42.19 2016 down 2.1% rising
20 Czechia 42.1 2016 down 2.2% flat
21 Slovakia 41.78 2016 down 0.1% flat
22 Palestine 41.74 2008 down 5.6% falling
23 Bulgaria 41.63 2016 up 0.8% flat
24 Guatemala 41.62 2011 down 7.7% falling
25 Nigeria 41.57 2018 up 3.3% flat
26 South Korea 41.43 2017 down 13.4% falling
27 Colombia 41.14 2021 down 4.6% falling
28 Mexico 41.11 2020 up 2.8% flat
29 Costa Rica 41.08 2016 down 9.3% falling
30 Nepal 41.08 2014 up 34.4% rising
31 Uruguay 40.9 2019 down 6.9% falling
32 El Salvador 40.86 2017 down 1.9% falling
33 Bolivia 40.85 2017 down 5.3% flat
34 Portugal 40.81 2016 down 0.1% flat
35 Croatia 40.52 2016 down 2.9% flat
36 Dominican Republic 40.31 2013 down 2.8% falling
37 Luxembourg 40.22 2016 up 0.1% flat
38 Romania 39.96 2016 down 1.8% flat
39 Latvia 39.92 2016 down 6.1% falling
40 Spain 39.91 2016 down 4.3% flat
41 Hungary 39.91 2016 down 2.9% flat
42 Thailand 39.85 2021 down 10.3% falling
43 Jamaica 39.83 2002 up 2.4% flat
44 Philippines 39.38 2019 up 5.7% flat
45 Venezuela 39.36 2002 down 6.0% falling
46 Nicaragua 39.36 2014 down 11.1% falling
47 Moldova 39.33 2021 up 4.8% rising
48 Finland 39.29 2016 up 0.1% flat
49 United States 39.29 2018 down 0.4% flat
50 Estonia 39.22 2016 down 3.5% flat
51 Austria 39.22 2003 down 3.7% flat
52 Italy 39.2 2016 down 1.5% flat
53 United Kingdom 38.85 2016 down 2.0% flat
54 France 38.75 2016 up 0.3% flat
55 Norway 38.65 2016 up 3.8% flat
56 Sweden 38.64 2016 up 1.0% flat
57 Lithuania 38.42 2016 down 4.0% flat
58 Cyprus 38.39 2016 down 10.3% falling
59 Tanzania 38.24 2020 down 17.4% falling
60 Germany 38.17 2011 down 0.3% flat
61 Paraguay 38.03 2017 down 10.6% falling
62 Brazil 37.23 2020 up 2.5% falling
63 Denmark 37.01 2016 down 4.5% rising
64 Belgium 36.13 2003 down 8.9% falling
65 Ireland 36.04 2016 down 6.0% falling
66 Indonesia 35.86 2019 down 7.8% flat
67 Ecuador 35.77 2017 down 3.0% flat
68 Ghana 35.46 2016 down 8.6% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 35.38 2020 down 14.1% flat
70 Uganda 35.04 2016 up 27.0% flat
71 Honduras 33.98 2017 down 10.8% falling
72 Rwanda 33.27 2021 up 31.8% falling
73 Netherlands 31.45 2004 down 3.6% flat
74 Panama 31.13 2018 down 12.6% falling
75 Peru 30.97 2016 down 7.1% falling
76 Georgia 26.56 2013 down 15.3% falling

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Indicator
Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
76 places, 1,013 data points, 1980–2021
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