Part time employment, total (% of total employment) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Senegal 63.85 2019
2 Rwanda 57.78 2020
3 Ethiopia 53.77 2013
4 Malawi 52.52 2013
5 Mozambique 51.40 2015
6 Dem. Rep. Congo 42.64 2012
7 Uganda 42.11 2017
8 Zimbabwe 41.00 2019
9 Tanzania 38.09 2014
10 Cameroon 37.22 2010
11 Mauritius 34.41 2019
12 Niger 33.19 2017
13 Madagascar 32.64 2015
14 Zambia 32.37 2019
15 Nigeria 31.89 2019
16 Ghana 30.45 2017
17 Benin 26.13 2011
18 Kenya 25.85 2019
19 Namibia 25.61 2018
20 Sierra Leone 25.16 2018
21 Burundi 24.91 2014
22 Cabo Verde 23.68 2018
23 Côte d'Ivoire 22.99 2017
24 Comoros 21.68 2014
25 Morocco 21.05 2012
26 South Africa 20.48 2020
27 Algeria 19.39 2017
28 Eswatini 18.37 2016
29 Congo 18.34 2009
30 The Gambia 17.45 2018
31 Liberia 17.00 2017
32 Mali 16.11 2018
33 Botswana 15.47 2010
34 Seychelles 12.06 2020
35 Tunisia 11.82 2010
36 Lesotho 10.57 2019
37 Egypt 6.77 2020
38 Somalia 5.91 2019

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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.