Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Senegal
Senegal: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0144 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 0.0144 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Senegal peaked at 0.0144 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0089 units per person, in 2015.
Senegal ranks 131st 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0103 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0104 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0102 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0101 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.01 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0099 units per person | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0097 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0095 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0093 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0091 units per person | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0089 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0108 units per person | +21.5% |
| 2017 | 0.011 units per person | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0119 units per person | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.013 units per person | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0125 units per person | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0132 units per person | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 0.014 units per person | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0141 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0142 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 0.0144 units per person | +1.1% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.0144 units per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0149 units per person, 96% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.0144 units per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0148 units per person, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0102 units per person | 0.01 units per person | 0.0104 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0103 units per person | 0.0089 units per person | 0.013 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0137 units per person | 0.0125 units per person | 0.0144 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 128 South Sudan 0.0145 units per person compare
- 129 Sweden 0.0144 units per person compare
- 130 Kyrgyzstan 0.0144 units per person compare
- 132 Croatia 0.0144 units per person compare
- 133 Venezuela 0.0141 units per person compare
- 134 Central African Republic 0.0141 units per person compare
More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Senegal?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Senegal was 0.0144 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0144 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0089 units per person in 2015.
- How does Senegal rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Senegal ranks 131st out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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)
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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.