Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Madagascar

Madagascar: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.9297 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.9297 units per square kilometre
Change on year
up 3.6%
World rank
113th
of 186 countries
All-time high
0.9297 units per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.4777 units per square kilometre
in 2005
Years of data
19
2005–2023

Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Madagascar, 2005–2023

00.20.40.60.812005201420232005: 0.478 units per square kilometre2006: 0.493 units per square kilometre2007: 0.51 units per square kilometre2008: 0.527 units per square kilometre2009: 0.545 units per square kilometre2010: 0.564 units per square kilometre2011: 0.596 units per square kilometre2012: 0.632 units per square kilometre2013: 0.659 units per square kilometre2014: 0.686 units per square kilometre2015: 0.713 units per square kilometre2016: 0.735 units per square kilometre2017: 0.758 units per square kilometre2018: 0.782 units per square kilometre2019: 0.806 units per square kilometre2020: 0.78 units per square kilometre2021: 0.851 units per square kilometre2022: 0.898 units per square kilometre2023: 0.93 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

Madagascar recorded 0.9297 units per square kilometre for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Madagascar peaked at 0.9297 units per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4777 units per square kilometre, in 2005.

Madagascar ranks 113th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Madagascar, year by year

Annual values for Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre in Madagascar, 2005 to 2023.
Year units per square kilometre Change
2005 0.4777 units per square kilometre
2006 0.4933 units per square kilometre +3.3%
2007 0.5097 units per square kilometre +3.3%
2008 0.5271 units per square kilometre +3.4%
2009 0.5454 units per square kilometre +3.5%
2010 0.5642 units per square kilometre +3.5%
2011 0.5964 units per square kilometre +5.7%
2012 0.6317 units per square kilometre +5.9%
2013 0.6586 units per square kilometre +4.3%
2014 0.6856 units per square kilometre +4.1%
2015 0.7126 units per square kilometre +3.9%
2016 0.735 units per square kilometre +3.1%
2017 0.7581 units per square kilometre +3.1%
2018 0.7818 units per square kilometre +3.1%
2019 0.8057 units per square kilometre +3.1%
2020 0.7798 units per square kilometre -3.2%
2021 0.851 units per square kilometre +9.1%
2022 0.8977 units per square kilometre +5.5%
2023 0.9297 units per square kilometre +3.6%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 0.9297 units per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8631 units per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 0.9297 units per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.04 units per square kilometre, 89% of the median. (47 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.5106 units per square kilometre 0.4777 units per square kilometre 0.5454 units per square kilometre 5
2010s 0.693 units per square kilometre 0.5642 units per square kilometre 0.8057 units per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.8645 units per square kilometre 0.7798 units per square kilometre 0.9297 units per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 110 Panama 0.9888 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9727 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 112 Cameroon 0.9319 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 114 Colombia 0.9232 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 115 Georgia 0.92 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 116 Nicaragua 0.9058 units per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More work & labour data for Madagascar

All data for Madagascar →

Frequently asked questions

What is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Madagascar?
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in Madagascar was 0.9297 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 0.9297 units per square kilometre in 2023.
What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4777 units per square kilometre in 2005.
How does Madagascar rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
Madagascar ranks 113th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Madagascar data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Madagascar. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/total-weekly-hours-worked-of-employed-persons-ilo-modelled-estimates-per-square-kilometre/madagascar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/total-weekly-hours-worked-of-employed-persons-ilo-modelled-estimates-per-square-kilometre/madagascar/">Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in Madagascar</a> — Statizoid

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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

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

Indicator
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 3,569 data points, 2005–2023
Last refreshed

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.