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Part-time employment share
Compare part-time employment share across 90 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
24.0% of total employment
Median: 19.0% of total employment
Countries Covered
90
with available data
Highest
Canada
81.9% of total employment
Lowest
Poland
0.4% of total employment
Top 5 Countries
1Canada81.9% of total employment
2Senegal67.9% of total employment
3Rwanda58.3% of total employment
4Moldova, Republic of57.6% of total employment
5Colombia54.6% of total employment
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 90 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2024.
- •Published range: 0.43 to 81.895 % of total employment.
- •Discovery motivation: The worldwide X mirror surfaced Labor Day Holidays and Unions, motivating comparison of part-time work patterns across countries.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.4% of total employment)High (81.9% of total employment)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 24.0% of total employment)
About This Statistic
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.
Methodology
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 81.9% of total employment |
| 2 | Senegal | 67.9% of total employment |
| 3 | Rwanda | 58.3% of total employment |
| 4 | Moldova, Republic of | 57.6% of total employment |
| 5 | Colombia | 54.6% of total employment |
| 6 | Peru | 53.5% of total employment |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 51.3% of total employment |
| 8 | Switzerland | 50.7% of total employment |
| 9 | Malawi | 49.4% of total employment |
| 10 | Guatemala | 48.6% of total employment |
| 11 | El Salvador | 44.7% of total employment |
| 12 | Thailand | 44.6% of total employment |
| 13 | Netherlands | 43.4% of total employment |
| 14 | Ghana | 43.3% of total employment |
| 15 | Bolivia | 43.1% of total employment |
| 16 | Ecuador | 43.1% of total employment |
| 17 | Argentina | 41.9% of total employment |
| 18 | Fiji | 40.4% of total employment |
| 19 | Georgia | 40.2% of total employment |
| 20 | Mali | 39.7% of total employment |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 38.2% of total employment |
| 22 | South Korea | 37.3% of total employment |
| 23 | Uruguay | 37.2% of total employment |
| 24 | Panama | 36.3% of total employment |
| 25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 33.3% of total employment |
| 26 | Austria | 32.1% of total employment |
| 27 | Honduras | 32.0% of total employment |
| 28 | Paraguay | 30.7% of total employment |
| 29 | Germany | 30.6% of total employment |
| 30 | Nigeria | 29.2% of total employment |
| 31 | Denmark | 28.5% of total employment |
| 32 | Norway | 25.1% of total employment |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 25.0% of total employment |
| 34 | Belgium | 24.7% of total employment |
| 35 | Brazil | 24.7% of total employment |
| 36 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 23.9% of total employment |
| 37 | Chile | 23.0% of total employment |
| 38 | Gabon | 22.9% of total employment |
| 39 | Sweden | 22.3% of total employment |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 21.1% of total employment |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 21.1% of total employment |
| 42 | Ireland | 21.1% of total employment |
| 43 | Angola | 20.6% of total employment |
| 44 | Botswana | 19.2% of total employment |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 19.1% of total employment |
| 46 | Finland | 18.9% of total employment |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.6% of total employment |
| 48 | Vietnam | 18.4% of total employment |
| 49 | Israel | 18.1% of total employment |
| 50 | Zambia | 18.0% of total employment |
| 51 | France | 17.6% of total employment |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 17.5% of total employment |
| 53 | South Africa | 17.4% of total employment |
| 54 | United States of America | 17.4% of total employment |
| 55 | Italy | 17.1% of total employment |
| 56 | Estonia | 15.6% of total employment |
| 57 | Nauru | 14.8% of total employment |
| 58 | Mexico | 14.5% of total employment |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 14.3% of total employment |
| 60 | Spain | 13.6% of total employment |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 12.9% of total employment |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.5% of total employment |
| 63 | Türkiye | 12.1% of total employment |
| 64 | Albania | 12.0% of total employment |
| 65 | Bhutan | 11.7% of total employment |
| 66 | Malta | 11.5% of total employment |
| 67 | Singapore | 10.9% of total employment |
| 68 | Belarus | 10.4% of total employment |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.3% of total employment |
| 70 | Slovenia | 9.7% of total employment |
| 71 | Latvia | 9.4% of total employment |
| 72 | Czech Republic | 9.4% of total employment |
| 73 | Seychelles | 9.3% of total employment |
| 74 | Cyprus | 8.9% of total employment |
| 75 | Portugal | 8.4% of total employment |
| 76 | Montenegro | 7.6% of total employment |
| 77 | Lithuania | 7.3% of total employment |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 6.7% of total employment |
| 79 | Greece | 6.6% of total employment |
| 80 | Serbia | 6.4% of total employment |
| 81 | Barbados | 6.4% of total employment |
| 82 | Mongolia | 5.9% of total employment |
| 83 | Hungary | 5.2% of total employment |
| 84 | Croatia | 3.9% of total employment |
| 85 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3.5% of total employment |
| 86 | Jordan | 3.4% of total employment |
| 87 | Romania | 3.2% of total employment |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 1.8% of total employment |
| 89 | State of Palestine | 1.2% of total employment |
| 90 | Poland | 0.4% of total employment |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2024).
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