Part time employment, male in Netherlands
Netherlands: Part time employment, male was 25.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Netherlands, 1983–2024
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 Netherlands stood at 25.1%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Netherlands peaked at 30.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 1983.
That places Netherlands 29th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Part time employment, male in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6.8% | — |
| 1985 | 7.7% | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 13.7% | +78.0% |
| 1988 | 14.4% | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 14.9% | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 14.9% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 15.6% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 15.4% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 15.3% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 16.1% | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 16.7% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 17.0% | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 17.0% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 18.1% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 17.9% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 19.3% | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 20.0% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 21.5% | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 22.0% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 22.0% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 23.1% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 24.1% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 25.0% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 25.2% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 25.9% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 27.4% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 27.7% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 28.0% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 27.8% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 28.8% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 29.7% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 30.8% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 23.8% | -22.6% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 25.1% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.5% | 6.8% | 14.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 16.4% | 14.9% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.0% | 19.3% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.5% | 25.0% | 29.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.9% | 23.8% | 30.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, male in Netherlands?
- Part time employment, male in Netherlands was 25.1% 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 1983.
- How does Netherlands rank for part time employment, male?
- Netherlands ranks 29th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.