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

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Sweden was 50.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 57.17 in 1995, while its lowest value was 42.40 in 1999.

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
1995 57.17
1996 55.71
1997 44.75
1998 55.05
1999 42.40
2000 42.47
2001 54.80
2002 52.55
2003 56.82
2004 53.36
2005 47.63
2006 48.27
2007 47.61
2008 46.86
2009 49.04
2010 46.26
2011 46.19
2012 47.07
2013 47.32
2014 47.75
2015 48.31
2016 45.91
2017 46.84
2018 46.45
2019 47.62
2020 50.30

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