Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Liberia
Liberia: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0218 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Liberia, 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 Liberia is 0.0218 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Liberia peaked at 0.0218 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0189 units per person, in 2007.
Liberia ranks 19th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0189 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0189 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0189 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0189 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0189 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0189 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0192 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0195 units per person | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0196 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0199 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.02 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0201 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0204 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0204 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0206 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0194 units per person | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0204 units per person | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0212 units per person | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0215 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0216 units per person | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.0218 units per person | +0.7% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 0.0218 units per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0138 units per person, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 0.0218 units per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0148 units per person, 1.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0189 units per person | 0.0189 units per person | 0.0189 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0199 units per person | 0.0189 units per person | 0.0206 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.021 units per person | 0.0194 units per person | 0.0218 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More work & labour data for Liberia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1439 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1155 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1716 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.202 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,689 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,115 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 6,410 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 6,256 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 12,665 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Liberia?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Liberia was 0.0218 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0218 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0189 units per person in 2007.
- How does Liberia rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Liberia ranks 19th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.