Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Kuwait
Kuwait: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0278 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Kuwait, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.0278 units per person for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Kuwait peaked at 0.0278 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.024 units per person, in 2005.
Kuwait ranks 3rd of 186 countries on this measure, 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.024 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0241 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0242 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0243 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0244 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0245 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0249 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0252 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0254 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0254 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0259 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0261 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0262 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0263 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0263 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0241 units per person | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0252 units per person | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0271 units per person | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 0.027 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0271 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0278 units per person | +2.5% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 0.0278 units per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0166 units per person, 1.7× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 0.0278 units per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0132 units per person, 2.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0242 units per person | 0.024 units per person | 0.0244 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0256 units per person | 0.0245 units per person | 0.0263 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0264 units per person | 0.0241 units per person | 0.0278 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More work & labour data for Kuwait
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.801 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7211 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.9054 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2002)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4407 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,644 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,171 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,431 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,602 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Kuwait?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Kuwait was 0.0278 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0278 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.024 units per person in 2005.
- How does Kuwait rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.