Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0191 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Bangladesh, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bangladesh is 0.0191 units per person, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bangladesh peaked at 0.0193 units per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.016 units per person, in 2005.
That places Bangladesh 33rd out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.016 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0162 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0163 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0163 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0164 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0168 units per person | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0168 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0168 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0168 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0169 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0171 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0174 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0183 units per person | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0185 units per person | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0186 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0178 units per person | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0188 units per person | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0192 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0193 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.019 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 0.0191 units per person | +0.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.0191 units per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0149 units per person, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.0191 units per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0188 units per person, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0162 units per person | 0.016 units per person | 0.0164 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0174 units per person | 0.0168 units per person | 0.0186 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0189 units per person | 0.0178 units per person | 0.0193 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 30 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0195 units per person compare
- 31 El Salvador 0.0195 units per person compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 0.0192 units per person compare
- 34 Tanzania 0.019 units per person compare
- 35 Laos 0.019 units per person compare
- 36 Russia 0.019 units per person compare
More work & labour data for Bangladesh
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4985 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4763 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5215 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 117,837 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 84,090 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 104,333 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 104,263 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 208,597 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bangladesh?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bangladesh was 0.0191 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0193 units per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.016 units per person in 2005.
- How does Bangladesh rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Bangladesh ranks 33rd out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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) ÷ 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.