Average hourly earnings of employees in rural areas (2021 base period) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
What the numbers show
Average hourly earnings of employees in rural areas (2021 base period) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 31.19 USD_PPP/cap in Switzerland; the lowest is 0 USD_PPP/cap in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.38 USD_PPP/cap, and the mean is 5.65 USD_PPP/cap.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 135.1%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 100.0%).
Average hourly earnings of employees in rural areas (2021 base): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 31.19 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 10.26 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | France | 15.66 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 5.39 USD_PPP/cap | 2021 | up 134.3% | rising |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.95 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 5.26 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 126.7% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 9.41 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 4.56 USD_PPP/cap | 2013 | — | rising |
| 5 | Greece | 8.81 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 4.44 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 7.82 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.94 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Panama | 7.34 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 7.17 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 9 | Jordan | 6.6 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 5.95 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 11 | Paraguay | 5.62 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 5.23 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 5.17 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 4.68 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 15 | Bhutan | 4.44 USD_PPP/cap | 2022 | — | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 4.33 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 4.25 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 4.02 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 4.02 USD_PPP/cap | 2018 | up 12.3% | flat |
| 20 | Colombia | 3.98 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 3.98 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 22 | India | 3.46 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 23 | Armenia | 3.31 USD_PPP/cap | 2017 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 3.22 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 25 | Cambodia | 3.15 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 2.66 USD_PPP/cap | 2022 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 2.52 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 2.52 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 2.48 USD_PPP/cap | 2021 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 2.44 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 31 | Jamaica | 2.29 USD_PPP/cap | 2014 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 2.28 USD_PPP/cap | 2021 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 33 | Mali | 2.22 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 34.78 USD_PPP/cap
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.