Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0162 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Nicaragua, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Nicaragua stood at 0.0162 units per person. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Nicaragua peaked at 0.0162 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0132 units per person, in 2005.
Nicaragua ranks 91st of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0132 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0134 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0137 units per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0136 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0134 units per person | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0136 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.014 units per person | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0145 units per person | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0146 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.015 units per person | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.015 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0153 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0156 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0152 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0152 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0144 units per person | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0152 units per person | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0157 units per person | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 0.016 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0161 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0162 units per person | +0.6% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 0.0162 units per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0149 units per person, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 0.0162 units per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0176 units per person, 92% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0135 units per person | 0.0132 units per person | 0.0137 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0148 units per person | 0.0136 units per person | 0.0156 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0156 units per person | 0.0144 units per person | 0.0162 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More work & labour data for Nicaragua
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 1.36 % change on previous year (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2248 % change on previous year (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,954 1000 No (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,653 1000 No (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,468 1000 No (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,356 1000 No (2023)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 6,916 1000 No (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Nicaragua?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Nicaragua was 0.0162 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0162 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0132 units per person in 2005.
- How does Nicaragua rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Nicaragua ranks 91st out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.