Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0273 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan is 0.0273 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bhutan peaked at 0.0273 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0219 units per person, in 2005.
That places Bhutan 5th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0219 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0222 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0224 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0227 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.023 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0229 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0232 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0227 units per person | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.023 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0223 units per person | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0227 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0228 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.023 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0232 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0253 units per person | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.024 units per person | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0258 units per person | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0252 units per person | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.027 units per person | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0272 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 0.0273 units per person | +0.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.0273 units per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0149 units per person, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.0273 units per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0188 units per person, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0225 units per person | 0.0219 units per person | 0.023 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0231 units per person | 0.0223 units per person | 0.0253 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0261 units per person | 0.024 units per person | 0.0273 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More work & labour data for Bhutan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7164 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6963 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7381 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.816 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9406 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 573.27 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 420.94 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 334.32 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 356.11 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 690.43 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bhutan?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Bhutan was 0.0273 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0273 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0219 units per person in 2005.
- How does Bhutan rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Bhutan ranks 5th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.