Brazil vs Sweden: Part time employment, total
Brazil
24.4%
in 2025
Sweden
22.3%
in 2024
Brazil rank
47th
Sweden rank
50th
Part time employment, total over time
- Brazil
- Sweden
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 24.4% against 22.3% in Sweden, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 47th and Sweden ranks 50th of 111 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.3% | 25.5% | 0.7% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 25.2% | 23.1% | 2.2% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, total, Brazil or Sweden?
- Brazil, at 24.4% against 22.3% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in part time employment, total between Brazil and Sweden?
- 2.1%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sweden?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Sweden rank globally for part time employment, total?
- Brazil ranks 47th and Sweden ranks 50th 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, 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.