Australia vs Canada: Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition
Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 17,195 Persons against 10,055 Persons in Australia, a difference of 7,140 Persons.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 13th of 40 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5,094 Persons | 8,807 Persons | 3,713 Persons | Canada |
| 1980s | 5,554 Persons | 9,817 Persons | 4,263 Persons | Canada |
| 1990s | 6,131 Persons | 10,860 Persons | 4,729 Persons | Canada |
| 2000s | 7,035 Persons | 12,999 Persons | 5,964 Persons | Canada |
| 2010s | 8,164 Persons | 14,459 Persons | 6,295 Persons | Canada |
| 2020s | 9,448 Persons | 16,229 Persons | 6,781 Persons | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full-time and part-time employment based on national definition, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 17,195 Persons against 10,055 Persons in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full-time and part-time employment based on national definition between Australia and Canada?
- 7,140 Persons, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for full-time and part-time employment based on national definition?
- Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 13th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on full-time and part-time employment based on national definition. Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - sex and standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55+, total). National definitions of part-time work vary considerably across OECD countries. Essentially three main approaches can be distinguished: i) a classification based on the worker’s perception of his/her employment situation; ii) a cut-off (generally 30 or 35 hours per week) based on usual working hours, with persons usually working fewer hours being considered part-timers; iii) a comparable cut-off based on actual hours worked during the reference week. A criterion based on actual hours will generally yield a part-time rate higher than one based on usual hours, particularly if there are temporary reductions in working time as a result of holidays, illness, short-timing, etc. On the other hand, it is not entirely clear whether a classification based on the worker’s perception will necessarily yield estimates of part-time work that are higher or lower than one based on a fixed cut-off. In one country (France) which changed from 1981 to 1982 from a definition based on an actual hours cut-off (30 hours) to one based on the respondent’s perception, the latter criterion appeared to produce slightly higher estimates. Other factors as well affect the international comparability of the estimates. In some countries, the hours’ cut-off is based on hours for the main job, in others on total hours for all jobs. Certain countries do not consider unpaid family workers to be employed unless they work more than a minimum number of hours, so that such workers do not enter into counts for part-time workers. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates. For detailed information on labour force surveys for all countries please see LFS_NOTES_SOURCES.