Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in Moldova
Moldova: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) was 7.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, female in Moldova, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 7.9% for part time employment, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.3% on the previous year and down 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Moldova peaked at 43.7% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2025.
Moldova ranks 107th of 115 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.3% | — |
| 2001 | 38.6% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 39.5% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 43.7% | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 41.2% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 41.2% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 20.8% | -49.4% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 20.5% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 18.8% | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 17.5% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 19.8% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 21.4% | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 22.3% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 15.8% | -25.1% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 10.4% | -30.3% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 12.3% | +27.2% |
| 2024 | 14.1% | +15.2% |
| 2025 | 7.9% | -44.3% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 7.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 29.4%, 27% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 7.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35.8%, 22% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.4% | 18.8% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 13.6% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 7.9% | 14.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More work & labour data for Moldova
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 654.38 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 72.49 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,725 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.5 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.726 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 24,890 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,854 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 71.4 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) -0.868 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.4043 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Moldova?
- Part time employment, female in Moldova was 7.9% 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 43.7% in 2003.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2025.
- How does Moldova rank for part time employment, female?
- Moldova ranks 107th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.