Euro area vs Norway: Part time employment, total (% of total employment)
Euro area
39.4%
in 2024
Norway
52.7%
in 2024
Euro area rank
1st
Norway rank
4th
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) over time
- Euro area
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 52.7% against 39.4% in Euro area, a difference of 13.3%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Euro area's.
Across all 30 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 1st and Norway ranks 4th of 16 groups.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.3% | 43.9% | 17.5% | Norway |
| 2000s | 30.6% | 50.8% | 20.2% | Norway |
| 2010s | 35.3% | 47.7% | 12.4% | Norway |
| 2020s | 39.7% | 50.6% | 10.8% | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher part time employment, total, Euro area or Norway?
- Norway, at 52.7% against 39.4% in Euro area as of 2024.
- What is the difference in part time employment, total between Euro area and Norway?
- 13.3%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Norway?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Euro area and Norway rank globally for part time employment, total?
- Euro area ranks 1st and Norway ranks 4th of 16 groups.
- 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.