Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Euro area
Euro area: Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) was 29.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Euro area, 1991–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
In 2024, part time employment, male in Euro area stood at 29.0%.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Euro area peaked at 31.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 14.7% | — |
| 1992 | 16.0% | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 15.1% | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 15.8% | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 16.5% | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 16.4% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 15.3% | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 15.6% | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 14.5% | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 16.8% | +15.7% |
| 2001 | 16.9% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 20.9% | +23.8% |
| 2003 | 18.8% | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 19.5% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 20.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 21.0% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 24.2% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 25.3% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 26.2% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 25.7% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 31.3% | +21.1% |
| 2021 | 28.8% | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 28.6% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 29.2% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 29.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.5% | 14.5% | 16.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 16.8% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 21.8% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 28.6% | 31.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% compare
- 2 Belarus 96.0% compare
- 3 Netherlands 47.5% compare
- 4 Norway 46.1% compare
More work & labour data for Euro area
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 44.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 70.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, male in Euro area?
- Part time employment, male in Euro area was 29.0% in 2024, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, male recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 1999.
- How does Euro area rank for part time employment, male?
- Euro area ranks 1st out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.