Costa Rica vs Italy: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment)
Costa Rica
27.8%
in 2025
Italy
27.9%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
77th
Italy rank
76th
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 27.9% against 27.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 77th and Italy ranks 76th of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.7% | 45.2% | 4.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 36.0% | 50.1% | 14.1% | Italy |
| 2020s | 33.7% | 46.6% | 12.9% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, female, Costa Rica or Italy?
- Italy, at 27.9% against 27.8% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in part time employment, female between Costa Rica and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for part time employment, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th and Italy ranks 76th of 115 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.
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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.