Euro area - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Euro area was 41.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 41.87 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.45 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 23.45
1992 24.81
1993 24.48
1994 25.50
1995 26.46
1996 26.66
1997 25.90
1998 26.30
1999 25.52
2000 27.86
2001 28.22
2002 31.87
2003 30.34
2004 31.09
2005 33.50
2006 34.00
2007 34.52
2008 34.87
2009 37.14
2010 36.00
2011 36.21
2012 37.44
2013 38.24
2014 38.27
2015 38.23
2016 37.21
2017 37.74
2018 37.25
2019 37.47
2020 41.87

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