European Union - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in European Union was 38.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 38.78 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.95 in 1991.

Definition: Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 23.95
1992 25.23
1993 24.90
1994 25.85
1995 27.92
1996 27.82
1997 24.73
1998 25.86
1999 25.16
2000 26.98
2001 27.54
2002 29.71
2003 29.01
2004 29.32
2005 31.03
2006 31.39
2007 31.74
2008 31.97
2009 34.02
2010 33.08
2011 33.32
2012 34.38
2013 35.17
2014 35.01
2015 35.08
2016 33.95
2017 34.59
2018 34.50
2019 34.74
2020 38.78

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity