Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Somalia
Somalia: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0045 units per person in 2025. ▬ Flat
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Somalia, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Somalia stood at 0.0045 units per person.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Somalia peaked at 0.0045 units per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0042 units per person, in 2020.
Somalia ranks 185th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Somalia, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0044 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0044 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0043 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0043 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0043 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0044 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0044 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0044 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0044 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0042 units per person | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0045 units per person | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0044 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0045 units per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0045 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.0045 units per person | -0.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.0045 units per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0138 units per person, 32% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.0045 units per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0148 units per person, 30% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0044 units per person | 0.0043 units per person | 0.0044 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0044 units per person | 0.0044 units per person | 0.0044 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0044 units per person | 0.0042 units per person | 0.0045 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More work & labour data for Somalia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4652 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4323 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4971 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7917 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 22,865 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,986 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 34,351 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 33,013 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 67,364 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Somalia?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Somalia was 0.0045 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0045 units per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0042 units per person in 2020.
- How does Somalia rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Somalia ranks 185th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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.