Part time employment, female in Greece
Greece: Part time employment, female was 8.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, female in Greece, 1987–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, female in Greece is 8.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Greece peaked at 14.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2001.
That places Greece 94th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 10.6% | — |
| 1988 | 10.2% | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 7.9% | -22.4% |
| 1990 | 7.5% | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 7.1% | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 8.2% | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 7.5% | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 7.8% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 8.4% | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 8.2% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 7.9% | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 9.8% | +23.6% |
| 1999 | 9.9% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 7.0% | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 7.6% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 11.8% | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 13.2% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 12.5% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 10.6% | -10.2% |
| 2025 | 8.7% | -18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.6% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 3 |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.1% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 7.0% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 10.1% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 8.7% | 12.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Greece?
- Part time employment, female in Greece was 8.7% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 14.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2001.
- How does Greece rank for part time employment, female?
- Greece ranks 94th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.