Which Country Has the Most Part-Time Employed Workers?

Part-Time Employed (As % of Total Workforce) (%), 2021 or latest
Labour | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 103 countries in 2021, Iraq ranked the highest in Part-Time Employed (As % of Total Workforce) with 84.5% followed by Senegal and Netherlands. On the other end of the scale was Qatar with 1.55%, United Arab Emirates with 2.64% and Somalia with 5.46%.

Data for more countries are available at Part-Time Employed (As % of Total Workforce) indicator page.

Part-Time Employed (As % of Total Workforce) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Australia % 45.9% 46.5% 44.1% 46.6% ... ... ...
Austria % 45.4% 44.8% 43.9% 47.9% 49.3%
Belgium % 39.1% 38.4% 40.6% 45.7% 41.7%
Denmark % 43.5% 42.6% 44.3% 44.0% 43.1%
Ecuador % 34.2% 32.4% 35.6% 47.5% 42.3% ... ...
Finland % 43.5% 44.2% 43.8% 44.4% 45.7%
Germany % 40.8% 40.8% 41.2% 43.3% 42.8%
Iceland % 37.3% 37.3% 37.1% 39.7% 48.0%
Iraq % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23.9% ... ... ... 21.3% ... ...
Netherlands % 56.5% 58.1% 57.4% 59.6% 60.5%
Norway % 47.7% 48.0% 48.8% 49.8% 48.5%
Rwanda % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45.8% 45.9% 47.2% 48.4% 52.6%
Senegal % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16.0% ... 12.1% ... ... ... ...
Sweden % 46.8% 46.5% 47.6% 50.3% 47.0%
United Kingdom % 41.5% 41.8% 39.7% 47.0% 43.5%