Part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Part time employment, male was 23.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean, 2012–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean is 23.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 23.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.7%, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21.8% | — |
| 2013 | 21.2% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 21.6% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 22.3% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 23.0% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 22.6% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 22.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 23.9% | +7.1% |
| 2025 | 23.4% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.5% | 20.7% | 22.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 22.9% | 22.2% | 23.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More work & labour data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 55.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 57.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 68.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Part time employment, male in Latin America & Caribbean was 23.4% 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 Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7% in 2016.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for part time employment, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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.