Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per capita by country
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.035 units per person
Qatar
Lowest
0.0038 units per person
Yemen
Median
0.0159 units per person
Years covered
21
2005β2025
Data points
3,955
What the numbers show
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.035 units per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0.0038 units per person in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0159 units per person, and the mean is 0.0162 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 65.9%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 28.5%).
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 0.035 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0307 units per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 0.0278 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 4 | Macao | 0.0274 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 5 | Bhutan | 0.0273 units per person | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova | 0.0271 units per person | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 7 | North Korea | 0.0269 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Cambodia | 0.0268 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 0.0256 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Jamaica | 0.0239 units per person | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 0.0239 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 12 | Bahrain | 0.0234 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 13 | China | 0.0234 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 14 | Albania | 0.0233 units per person | 2025 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 0.0231 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 16 | Maldives | 0.0225 units per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 0.0223 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 0.0221 units per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 19 | Liberia | 0.0218 units per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 20 | Brunei | 0.0216 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 21 | South Korea | 0.021 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 0.0208 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 0.0206 units per person | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia | 0.0204 units per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahamas | 0.0202 units per person | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 0.02 units per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 27 | Paraguay | 0.0198 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.0197 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Iceland | 0.0196 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0195 units per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.0195 units per person | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 0.0192 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 0.0191 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 34 | Tanzania | 0.019 units per person | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 35 | Laos | 0.019 units per person | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 36 | Russia | 0.019 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 37 | Cyprus | 0.0189 units per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 0.0188 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Indonesia | 0.0187 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 40 | Mexico | 0.0187 units per person | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 41 | Benin | 0.0186 units per person | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 42 | India | 0.0185 units per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 0.0185 units per person | 2025 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritius | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0184 units per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 50 | Eritrea | 0.0183 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 0.0182 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.0182 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 0.0182 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 0.0181 units per person | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 55 | New Zealand | 0.0181 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 56 | United States | 0.0181 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 57 | Serbia | 0.0179 units per person | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 0.0178 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 59 | Burundi | 0.0178 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 60 | Mongolia | 0.0178 units per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.0178 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0176 units per person | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.0176 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 0.0176 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 0.0175 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.0175 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Philippines | 0.0174 units per person | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 68 | Lithuania | 0.0174 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 0.0173 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 70 | Barbados | 0.0173 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 71 | Chile | 0.0172 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 72 | Malta | 0.0172 units per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 73 | Turkey | 0.0171 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 74 | Niger | 0.0171 units per person | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 75 | Japan | 0.017 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.0169 units per person | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 77 | Latvia | 0.0168 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 78 | Czechia | 0.0167 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0167 units per person | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.0166 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 81 | Honduras | 0.0166 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0.0166 units per person | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.0165 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 84 | Guam | 0.0165 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 0.0165 units per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0.0165 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0.0163 units per person | 2021 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 0.0163 units per person | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 0.0163 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 90 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0162 units per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 0.0162 units per person | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 92 | Australia | 0.0161 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 93 | Congo | 0.0159 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0159 units per person | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 95 | Argentina | 0.0159 units per person | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 96 | Kenya | 0.0158 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 97 | Slovenia | 0.0158 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 98 | Lesotho | 0.0157 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 99 | Estonia | 0.0157 units per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 100 | Canada | 0.0157 units per person | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0156 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 102 | Cameroon | 0.0156 units per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 103 | Haiti | 0.0156 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 104 | Romania | 0.0156 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0155 units per person | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 0.0154 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 0.0153 units per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 113 | Botswana | 0.0153 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 114 | United Kingdom | 0.0151 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 115 | Israel | 0.0151 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 116 | Greece | 0.0151 units per person | 2025 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 117 | Pakistan | 0.015 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 118 | Germany | 0.015 units per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 119 | Denmark | 0.015 units per person | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 120 | Ireland | 0.0149 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 121 | Guyana | 0.0149 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 122 | Suriname | 0.0149 units per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 123 | Netherlands | 0.0148 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 124 | East Timor | 0.0148 units per person | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 125 | Togo | 0.0148 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 126 | Fiji | 0.0147 units per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.0146 units per person | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 128 | South Sudan | 0.0145 units per person | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 129 | Sweden | 0.0144 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0144 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 0.0144 units per person | 2025 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 132 | Croatia | 0.0144 units per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 133 | Venezuela | 0.0141 units per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 0.0141 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 0.0141 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 136 | Austria | 0.0141 units per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 137 | Norway | 0.014 units per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 0.014 units per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 139 | Spain | 0.0139 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 0.0139 units per person | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 141 | Italy | 0.0139 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0139 units per person | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 0.0138 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 144 | Iran | 0.0135 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 145 | Finland | 0.0134 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.0133 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 0.0133 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 148 | Belgium | 0.0133 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 149 | Lebanon | 0.0132 units per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 150 | Morocco | 0.0132 units per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 151 | France | 0.0132 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 152 | Tunisia | 0.013 units per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 153 | Comoros | 0.0127 units per person | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 0.0127 units per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0.0126 units per person | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 156 | Egypt | 0.0125 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 157 | Guinea | 0.0121 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 158 | Libya | 0.0121 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 159 | Ghana | 0.012 units per person | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0119 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 161 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0117 units per person | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 0.0115 units per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 163 | South Africa | 0.0115 units per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 164 | Jordan | 0.0113 units per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 165 | Samoa | 0.0113 units per person | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 166 | Gabon | 0.011 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 167 | Malawi | 0.0109 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 168 | Algeria | 0.0109 units per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 169 | Rwanda | 0.0104 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 170 | Sudan | 0.0104 units per person | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 171 | Nepal | 0.0104 units per person | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 172 | Gambia | 0.0101 units per person | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Tonga | 0.0098 units per person | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 174 | Chad | 0.0097 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 0.0097 units per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 0.0094 units per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 177 | Eswatini | 0.0093 units per person | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 178 | Palestine | 0.0087 units per person | 2022 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 179 | Mauritania | 0.0083 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 180 | Iraq | 0.0068 units per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 0.0066 units per person | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 182 | Syria | 0.0065 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0065 units per person | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 184 | Djibouti | 0.0051 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.0045 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.0038 units per person | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0179 units per person
- Chagai 0.0164 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0146 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.