Part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Part time employment, female was 6.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 2010–2022
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 6.7% for part time employment, female in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 9.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.4% | — |
| 2011 | 9.3% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 8.3% | -14.6% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.2% | 8.1% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.7% | 8.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More work & labour data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 48.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 29.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 35.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 60.3% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 71.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 69.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Part time employment, female in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 6.7% in 2022, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2022.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for part time employment, female?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 11th out of 12 groups with data for 2022.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.