Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Maldives
Maldives: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0225 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Maldives, 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 Maldives is 0.0225 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Maldives peaked at 0.0225 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0165 units per person, in 2009.
That places Maldives 16th 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 Maldives, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0168 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0167 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0167 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0167 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0165 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0171 units per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0177 units per person | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0182 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0186 units per person | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0191 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0196 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0201 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0207 units per person | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0214 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.022 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0193 units per person | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0205 units per person | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0222 units per person | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0223 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0223 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0225 units per person | +1.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.0225 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)
- Maldives's 0.0225 units per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0188 units per person, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0167 units per person | 0.0165 units per person | 0.0168 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0194 units per person | 0.0171 units per person | 0.022 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0215 units per person | 0.0193 units per person | 0.0225 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More work & labour data for Maldives
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3002 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4913 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1384 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.545 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 310.55 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 265.89 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 257.6 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 217.32 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 474.92 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Maldives?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Maldives was 0.0225 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0225 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0165 units per person in 2009.
- How does Maldives rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Maldives ranks 16th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.