Sri Lanka - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Sri Lanka was 24.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 10 years was 31.14 in 2009, while its lowest value was 19.08 in 2012.

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
2009 31.14
2010 25.26
2011 25.43
2012 19.08
2013 22.73
2014 21.77
2015 22.75
2016 19.80
2017 21.27
2018 22.93
2019 24.66

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