Part time employment, female in Poland
Poland: Part time employment, female was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, female in Poland, 1997–2025
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 Poland is 0.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Poland peaked at 14.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2025.
That places Poland 111th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Poland, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.5% | — |
| 1998 | 13.0% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 13.1% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 13.2% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 11.8% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 11.1% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9.8% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -94.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +22.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -14.1% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 23.6%, 2% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Poland's 0.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18.3%, 2% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, female in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -94.4% | 8.6% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.2% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 10.9% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 9.4% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 8.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 108 Palestine, State of 2.2% compare
- 109 Kyrgyzstan 2.0% compare
- 110 Bulgaria 1.9% compare
More work & labour data for Poland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 22,799 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 9,591 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,786 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,544 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,330 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Poland?
- Part time employment, female in Poland was 0.5% 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2025.
- How does Poland rank for part time employment, female?
- Poland ranks 111th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.