Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Laos
Laos: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.019 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Laos, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Laos recorded 0.019 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.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Laos peaked at 0.019 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0152 units per person, in 2005.
Laos ranks 35th of 186 countries on this measure, 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 Laos, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0152 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0155 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0158 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.016 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0163 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0165 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0165 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0165 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0165 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0165 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0164 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0162 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0161 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0166 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0171 units per person | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.017 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.018 units per person | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0186 units per person | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0187 units per person | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0189 units per person | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.019 units per person | +0.6% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.019 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)
- Laos's 0.019 units per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0181 units per person, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0157 units per person | 0.0152 units per person | 0.0163 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0165 units per person | 0.0161 units per person | 0.0171 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0184 units per person | 0.017 units per person | 0.019 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More work & labour data for Laos
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,934 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.2 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 3,788 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.25 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.16 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,084 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,038 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.37 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.63 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Laos?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Laos was 0.019 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 0.019 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0152 units per person in 2005.
- How does Laos rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Laos ranks 35th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos 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.