Full-time and part-time employment by country
This dataset contains data on full-time and part-time employment according to: a common definition of 30-usual weekly hours of work in the main job national definitions Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - sex and standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55+, total) In order to...
What the numbers show
Full-time and part-time employment is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 504,527 Persons in OECD; the lowest is 255.03 Persons in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,796 Persons, and the mean is 28,657 Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,978.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 152.3%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 3.7%).
Full-time and part-time employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 504,527 Persons | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 134,927 Persons | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 80,005 Persons | 2017 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 62,079 Persons | 2020 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 48,630 Persons | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 6 | Mexico | 44,804 Persons | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 29,262 Persons | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 24,921 Persons | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | France | 24,126 Persons | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 20,845 Persons | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 20,126 Persons | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 19,182 Persons | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 17,195 Persons | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 14,961 Persons | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 12,954 Persons | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 10,055 Persons | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 9,964 Persons | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 18 | Romania | 7,505 Persons | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Chile | 7,495 Persons | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 4,848 Persons | 2025 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 21 | Czechia | 4,744 Persons | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 4,407 Persons | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 4,123 Persons | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 3,962 Persons | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 3,751 Persons | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 3,479 Persons | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 3,103 Persons | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 28 | Switzerland | 2,997 Persons | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 2,756 Persons | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 30 | New Zealand | 2,292 Persons | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 2,191 Persons | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 2,120 Persons | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 33 | Ireland | 2,080 Persons | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 2,077 Persons | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 1,762 Persons | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 678.81 Persons | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Cyprus | 459.79 Persons | 2025 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 38 | Iceland | 347.85 Persons | 2025 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Malta | 293.89 Persons | 2025 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 255.03 Persons | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Poland 14,996 Persons
- Netherlands 5,057 Persons
- Slovak Republic 2,476 Persons
- Croatia 1,630 Persons
- Lithuania 1,366 Persons
- Slovenia 902.83 Persons
About this data
This dataset contains data on full-time and part-time employment according to: a common definition of 30-usual weekly hours of work in the main job national definitions Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - sex and standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55+, total) In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates. For detailed information on labour force surveys for all countries please see LFS_NOTES_SOURCES.