Ireland - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Ireland was 39.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 42.09 in 2012, while its lowest value was 15.27 in 1986.

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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Year Value
1983 16.68
1984 25.33
1985 15.57
1986 15.27
1987 27.13
1988 17.60
1989 16.70
1990 17.83
1991 17.64
1992 28.06
1993 31.80
1994 32.30
1995 39.16
1996 32.74
1997 36.72
1998 30.41
1999 30.11
2000 31.36
2001 30.76
2002 31.96
2003 33.52
2004 35.74
2005 33.52
2006 34.00
2007 35.73
2008 36.93
2009 40.57
2010 40.96
2011 41.50
2012 42.09
2013 41.86
2014 40.91
2015 41.30
2016 39.58
2017 37.78
2018 35.24
2019 34.99
2020 39.88

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