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

Countries reporting

Highest

49.1

Mongolia

Lowest

26.56

Georgia

Median

39.92

Years covered

1980–2021

Data points

1,007

What the numbers show

Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 49.1 in Mongolia; the lowest is 26.56 in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.92, and the mean is 39.88.

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

Over the past decade 24 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Sri Lanka	43.11	2015	up 0.4%	rising
17	Poland	42.19	2016	down 2.1%	rising
18	Czechia	42.1	2016	down 2.2%	flat
19	Slovakia	41.78	2016	down 0.1%	flat
20	Palestine	41.74	2008	down 5.6%	falling
21	Bulgaria	41.63	2016	up 0.8%	flat
22	Guatemala	41.62	2011	down 7.7%	falling
23	Nigeria	41.57	2018	up 3.3%	flat
24	South Korea	41.43	2017	down 13.4%	falling
25	Colombia	41.14	2021	down 4.6%	falling
26	Mexico	41.11	2020	up 2.8%	flat
27	Costa Rica	41.08	2016	down 9.3%	falling
28	Nepal	41.08	2014	up 34.4%	rising
29	Uruguay	40.9	2019	down 6.9%	falling
30	El Salvador	40.86	2017	down 1.9%	falling
31	Bolivia	40.85	2017	down 5.3%	flat
32	Portugal	40.81	2016	down 0.1%	flat
33	Croatia	40.52	2016	down 2.9%	flat
34	Dominican Republic	40.31	2013	down 2.8%	falling
35	Luxembourg	40.22	2016	up 0.1%	flat
36	Romania	39.96	2016	down 1.8%	flat
37	Latvia	39.92	2016	down 6.1%	falling
38	Spain	39.91	2016	down 4.3%	flat
39	Hungary	39.91	2016	down 2.9%	flat
40	Thailand	39.85	2021	down 10.3%	falling
41	Jamaica	39.83	2002	up 2.4%	flat
42	Philippines	39.38	2019	up 5.7%	flat
43	Venezuela	39.36	2002	down 6.0%	falling
44	Nicaragua	39.36	2014	down 11.1%	falling
45	Moldova	39.33	2021	up 4.8%	rising
46	Finland	39.29	2016	up 0.1%	flat
47	United States	39.29	2018	down 0.4%	flat
48	Estonia	39.22	2016	down 3.5%	flat
49	Austria	39.22	2003	down 3.7%	flat
50	Italy	39.2	2016	down 1.5%	flat
51	United Kingdom	38.85	2016	down 2.0%	flat
52	France	38.75	2016	up 0.3%	flat
53	Norway	38.65	2016	up 3.8%	flat
54	Sweden	38.64	2016	up 1.0%	flat
55	Lithuania	38.42	2016	down 4.0%	flat
56	Cyprus	38.39	2016	down 10.3%	falling
57	Tanzania	38.24	2020	down 17.4%	falling
58	Germany	38.17	2011	down 0.3%	flat
59	Paraguay	38.03	2017	down 10.6%	falling
60	Brazil	37.23	2020	up 2.5%	falling
61	Denmark	37.01	2016	down 4.5%	rising
62	Belgium	36.13	2003	down 8.9%	falling
63	Ireland	36.04	2016	down 6.0%	falling
64	Indonesia	35.86	2019	down 7.8%	flat
65	Ecuador	35.77	2017	down 3.0%	flat
66	Ghana	35.46	2016	down 8.6%	rising
67	Kyrgyzstan	35.38	2020	down 14.1%	flat
68	Uganda	35.04	2016	up 27.0%	flat
69	Honduras	33.98	2017	down 10.8%	falling
70	Rwanda	33.27	2021	up 31.8%	falling
71	Netherlands	31.45	2004	down 3.6%	flat
72	Panama	31.13	2018	down 12.6%	falling
73	Peru	30.97	2016	down 7.1%	falling
74	Georgia	26.56	2013	down 15.3%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 43.12

About this data

Indicator: Average weekly working hours, aged 15-64, rural
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 75 places, 1,007 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026