Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0223 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Malaysia, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Malaysia stood at 0.0223 units per person. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Malaysia peaked at 0.0223 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0192 units per person, in 2005.
Malaysia ranks 17th 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0192 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0194 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0194 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0195 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0199 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0202 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0204 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0207 units per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0209 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0215 units per person | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0213 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0213 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0214 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0214 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0217 units per person | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0205 units per person | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0209 units per person | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0219 units per person | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.022 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0221 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.0223 units per person | +0.8% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.0223 units per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0174 units per person, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.0223 units per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0181 units per person, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0195 units per person | 0.0192 units per person | 0.0199 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0211 units per person | 0.0202 units per person | 0.0217 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0216 units per person | 0.0205 units per person | 0.0223 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More work & labour data for Malaysia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2671 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2772 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2563 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.6933 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 36,440 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,289 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 21,832 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 22,194 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 44,026 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Malaysia?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Malaysia was 0.0223 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0223 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0192 units per person in 2005.
- How does Malaysia rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Malaysia ranks 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.