Part time employment, female in Euro area
Euro area: Part time employment, female was 33.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, female in Euro area, 1991–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
In 2024, part time employment, female in Euro area stood at 33.6%.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Euro area peaked at 36.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 24.1%, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 24.1% | — |
| 1992 | 25.4% | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 26.4% | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 27.5% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 28.0% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 28.1% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 29.0% | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 28.9% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 29.9% | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 30.0% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 29.7% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 29.3% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 29.8% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 31.3% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 32.8% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 33.3% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33.1% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 34.0% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 34.3% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 34.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 35.1% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 36.0% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 35.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 35.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 35.7% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 35.5% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 35.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 35.0% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 33.9% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 33.4% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 33.3% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 33.6% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.5% | 24.1% | 29.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 31.7% | 29.3% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.3% | 34.3% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.8% | 33.3% | 35.0% | 5 |
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More work & labour data for Euro area
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 44.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 70.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Euro area?
- Part time employment, female in Euro area was 33.6% in 2024, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, female recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 36.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.1% in 1991.
- How does Euro area rank for part time employment, female?
- Euro area ranks 4th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.