Part time employment, female in Palestine
Palestine: Part time employment, female was 2.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, female in Palestine, 2009–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
In 2025, part time employment, female in Palestine stood at 2.2%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 68.4% on the previous year and up 176.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Palestine peaked at 2.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2021.
That places Palestine 108th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1.3% | — |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +56.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -61.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -16.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +61.3% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -25.8% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +167.8% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | -21.6% |
| 2025 | 2.2% | +68.4% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 2.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.6%, 5% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 2.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 22.6%, 10% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, female in Palestine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +167.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More work & labour data for Palestine
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0822 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0689 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.181 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 8,293 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,412 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,677 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,805 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,482 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, female in Palestine?
- Part time employment, female in Palestine was 2.2% 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2021.
- How does Palestine rank for part time employment, female?
- Palestine ranks 108th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 176.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.