Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) was 30.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Bolivia, 1989–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
In 2025, part time employment, male in Bolivia stood at 30.5%. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Bolivia peaked at 30.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 1992.
That places Bolivia 26th out of 115 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 18.3% | — |
| 1991 | 18.4% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 14.5% | -21.2% |
| 1993 | 16.1% | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 16.2% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 26.0% | +60.5% |
| 2000 | 21.0% | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 29.9% | +42.3% |
| 2002 | 26.3% | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 26.6% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 23.6% | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 19.5% | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 21.3% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 22.4% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 21.5% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 21.6% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | +17.6% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 27.5% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 27.1% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 26.9% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 27.4% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 28.3% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 29.3% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 30.5% | +4.0% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 30.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.7%, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 30.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 22.5%, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Bolivia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +60.5% | 16.2% | 26.0% |
| 2001 | +42.3% | 21.0% | 29.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.3% | 18.3% | 18.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 18.2% | 14.5% | 26.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 23.5% | 19.5% | 29.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.8% | 20.1% | 27.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 28.5% | 26.9% | 30.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, male in Bolivia?
- Part time employment, male in Bolivia was 30.5% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, male recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 1992.
- How does Bolivia rank for part time employment, male?
- Bolivia ranks 26th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia 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, male (% of total male 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.