Canada vs Euro area: Part time employment, female
Canada
76.1%
in 2025
Euro area
33.6%
in 2024
Canada rank
2nd
Euro area rank
4th
Part time employment, female over time
- Canada
- Euro area
How they compare
Canada currently reports 76.1% against 33.6% in Euro area, a difference of 42.5%.
That makes Canada's figure about 2.3 times Euro area's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 2nd and Euro area ranks 4th of 111 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Euro area | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.4% | 27.5% | 44.0% | Canada |
| 2000s | 73.0% | 31.7% | 41.3% | Canada |
| 2010s | 73.4% | 35.3% | 38.1% | Canada |
| 2020s | 75.9% | 33.8% | 42.1% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, female, Canada or Euro area?
- Canada, at 76.1% against 33.6% in Euro area as of 2025.
- What is the difference in part time employment, female between Canada and Euro area?
- 42.5%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Euro area?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Euro area rank globally for part time employment, female?
- Canada ranks 2nd and Euro area ranks 4th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Part time employment, female (% of total female employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
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.