Austria vs Sweden: Part time employment, total (% of total employment)
Austria
50.3%
in 2025
Sweden
47.8%
in 2024
Austria rank
5th
Sweden rank
7th
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Austria currently reports 50.3% against 47.8% in Sweden, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Sweden ahead.
Austria ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 7th of 115 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.3% | 51.0% | 29.7% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 32.0% | 49.9% | 18.0% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 43.3% | 47.0% | 3.6% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 49.3% | 48.0% | 1.3% | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, total, Austria or Sweden?
- Austria, at 50.3% against 47.8% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in part time employment, total between Austria and Sweden?
- 2.5%, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for part time employment, total?
- Austria ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 7th 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, total (% of total 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.