Sweden vs Uruguay: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment)
Sweden
53.8%
in 2024
Uruguay
54.3%
in 2025
Sweden rank
13th
Uruguay rank
12th
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) over time
- Sweden
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 54.3% against 53.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Sweden ranks 13th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 115 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.1% | 48.5% | 11.6% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 60.6% | 46.8% | 13.8% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 55.7% | 47.9% | 7.8% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 54.5% | 50.6% | 3.9% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, female, Sweden or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 54.3% against 53.8% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in part time employment, female between Sweden and Uruguay?
- 0.5%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Uruguay?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do Sweden and Uruguay rank globally for part time employment, female?
- Sweden ranks 13th and Uruguay ranks 12th 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.