Part time employment, female (% of total female 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 75.32 2019
2 Ethiopia 66.47 2013
3 Rwanda 63.75 2020
4 Malawi 59.66 2013
5 Mozambique 58.14 2015
6 Zimbabwe 48.36 2019
7 Morocco 47.14 2012
8 Uganda 46.92 2017
9 Dem. Rep. Congo 46.16 2012
10 Tanzania 45.36 2014
11 Niger 45.26 2017
12 Cameroon 43.00 2010
13 Mauritius 42.03 2019
14 Zambia 40.71 2019
15 Madagascar 39.74 2015
16 Nigeria 36.83 2019
17 Algeria 36.23 2017
18 Ghana 33.31 2017
19 Benin 31.69 2011
20 Kenya 31.50 2019
21 Côte d'Ivoire 31.07 2017
22 Namibia 30.91 2018
23 The Gambia 29.26 2018
24 Sierra Leone 28.42 2018
25 Cabo Verde 28.23 2018
26 Comoros 26.50 2014
27 Burundi 25.92 2014
28 South Africa 25.83 2020
29 Mali 25.80 2018
30 Eswatini 21.64 2016
31 Liberia 20.88 2017
32 Botswana 19.06 2010
33 Tunisia 18.57 2010
34 Congo 17.88 2009
35 Lesotho 11.91 2019
36 Egypt 11.14 2020
37 Seychelles 10.73 2020
38 Somalia 4.00 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.