Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre by country
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
563.31 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.0397 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
1.29 units per square kilometre
Years covered
19
2005β2023
Data points
3,569
What the numbers show
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 563.31 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.0397 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.29 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 7.78 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,173.
Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 100.8%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 27.5%).
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 563.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 212.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 151.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 4 | Bahrain | 44.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 39.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 30.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 25.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 8 | Mauritius | 11.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 11.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 10 | Barbados | 11.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 11 | Burundi | 9.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 8.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 13 | India | 8.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 7.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 15 | Lebanon | 7.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 16 | Kuwait | 7.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 7.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 18 | Palestine | 7.28 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 19 | Israel | 6.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 20 | Haiti | 6.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 6.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 22 | Jamaica | 6.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 5.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 5.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 25 | North Korea | 5.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 5.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 5.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 28 | Comoros | 5.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 5.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 5.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 32 | Guam | 5.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 4.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 4.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 4.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 4.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 38 | Uganda | 4.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 39 | Switzerland | 4.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 4.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 4.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 4.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 3.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 44 | China | 3.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 45 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 46 | Thailand | 3.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 47 | Cyprus | 2.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 2.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 2.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 2.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 51 | Gambia | 2.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 2.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 2.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 2.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 55 | Malaysia | 2.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 56 | Benin | 2.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 2.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 2.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 59 | Togo | 2.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 60 | Denmark | 2.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 61 | Nepal | 2.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 2.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 63 | Albania | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 64 | Moldova | 1.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 65 | Cuba | 1.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 66 | Brunei | 1.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 67 | Slovakia | 1.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 68 | Turkey | 1.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 69 | Portugal | 1.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 70 | Hungary | 1.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 71 | Ghana | 1.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 1.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | France | 1.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 74 | Armenia | 1.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 1.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 76 | Austria | 1.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 1.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 1.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 1.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 1.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 1.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 84 | Tonga | 1.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 85 | Myanmar | 1.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 86 | Egypt | 1.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 1.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 88 | Tanzania | 1.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia | 1.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 90 | East Timor | 1.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 91 | Spain | 1.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 92 | Senegal | 1.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 1.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 94 | Ecuador | 1.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 1.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 97 | Ukraine | 1.25 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 98 | Mexico | 1.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 99 | Liberia | 1.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 100 | Greece | 1.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 101 | Lesotho | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 102 | Ireland | 1.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 1.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 107 | Tunisia | 1.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 1.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 109 | Croatia | 0.9995 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 110 | Panama | 0.9888 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9727 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 112 | Cameroon | 0.9319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 0.9297 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 114 | Colombia | 0.9232 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 115 | Georgia | 0.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 0.9058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 117 | Samoa | 0.8877 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 118 | Syria | 0.8631 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 0.851 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 120 | Belarus | 0.828 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 121 | Bahamas | 0.8099 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0.7955 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 123 | Iran | 0.7573 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 124 | Fiji | 0.7329 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 125 | Guinea | 0.7019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 0.7003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.6894 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 0.6769 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 129 | United States | 0.6736 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 130 | Eswatini | 0.6542 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 131 | Laos | 0.6222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 132 | South Africa | 0.6029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0.5641 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 0.5563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5543 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 137 | Estonia | 0.5202 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 0.5194 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 139 | Eritrea | 0.515 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 140 | Peru | 0.5147 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 141 | Latvia | 0.5059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 142 | Chile | 0.4582 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 143 | Angola | 0.4504 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 144 | Brazil | 0.443 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 145 | Venezuela | 0.4406 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 0.4146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 147 | Zambia | 0.4002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 148 | Sweden | 0.3755 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 149 | New Zealand | 0.3717 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 150 | Oman | 0.3567 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 151 | Niger | 0.3471 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 152 | Paraguay | 0.3349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0.3072 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.3007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 157 | Mali | 0.2966 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 158 | Congo | 0.2842 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 159 | Belize | 0.279 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 160 | Sudan | 0.2751 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 161 | Argentina | 0.2694 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 0.2644 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 0.2536 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 164 | Finland | 0.2534 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0.2531 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 166 | Bolivia | 0.2271 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 0.2254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 168 | Norway | 0.2146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.2134 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 0.1797 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 171 | Russia | 0.1686 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 172 | Chad | 0.1474 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 173 | Kazakhstan | 0.1349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 174 | Somalia | 0.1306 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 0.1156 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 176 | Gabon | 0.1063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 177 | Canada | 0.0752 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.0743 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 179 | Botswana | 0.0673 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 180 | Australia | 0.0576 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 181 | Suriname | 0.0575 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 182 | Guyana | 0.0573 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 183 | Libya | 0.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.0454 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.0402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0397 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 13.87 units per square kilometre
- World 1.11 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.7575 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Land area (sq. km), 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) Γ· Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.