Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Yemen
Yemen: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0038 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 0.0038 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Yemen peaked at 0.0078 units per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0038 units per person, in 2025.
That places Yemen 186th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0078 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0078 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0078 units per person | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0078 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0078 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0078 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0077 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0076 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0075 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0074 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.005 units per person | -32.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0047 units per person | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0045 units per person | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0045 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0045 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0041 units per person | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.004 units per person | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0041 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.004 units per person | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0039 units per person | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 0.0038 units per person | -3.1% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.0038 units per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0138 units per person, 28% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.0038 units per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0132 units per person, 29% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -32.0% | 0.0074 units per person | 0.005 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0078 units per person | 0.0078 units per person | 0.0078 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0061 units per person | 0.0045 units per person | 0.0078 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.004 units per person | 0.0038 units per person | 0.0041 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More work & labour data for Yemen
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.2706 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.2636 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.2778 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4814 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 27,630 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 20,674 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 54,803 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 55,233 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 110,036 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Yemen?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Yemen was 0.0038 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0078 units per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0038 units per person in 2025.
- How does Yemen rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- Yemen ranks 186th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.