Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in Brunei
Brunei: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) was 12.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, female in Brunei, 2014–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
Brunei recorded 12.4% for part time employment, female in 2025.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Brunei peaked at 19.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2022.
Brunei ranks 100th of 115 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 17.2% | — |
| 2017 | 11.0% | -36.4% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | +34.4% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 19.0% | +35.0% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | -18.1% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -36.0% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 11.8% | +6.6% |
| 2025 | 12.4% | +5.0% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 12.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 36.6%, 34% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 12.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 25.1%, 49% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.2% | 11.0% | 17.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 10.0% | 19.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More work & labour data for Brunei
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Brunei?
- Part time employment, female in Brunei was 12.4% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, female recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 19.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for part time employment, female?
- Brunei ranks 100th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, female (% of total female employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.