Part time employment, male in Paraguay
Paraguay: Part time employment, male was 21.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, male in Paraguay, 1998–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 21.1% for part time employment, male in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Paraguay peaked at 38.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 19.4%, in 1998.
That places Paraguay 34th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Part time employment, male in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 19.4% | — |
| 1999 | 19.9% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 21.4% | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 38.0% | +77.8% |
| 2003 | 33.9% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 34.1% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 30.9% | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 29.7% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 31.1% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 30.9% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 35.3% | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | -17.0% |
| 2011 | 28.0% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 34.3% | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 29.5% | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 30.6% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 34.7% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | -38.2% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 24.1% | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 28.1% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 26.0% | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 23.0% | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 22.6% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 22.6% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 21.1% | -6.8% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 21.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16.0%, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 21.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26.9%, 78% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, male in Paraguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +77.8% | 21.4% | 38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 19.4% | 19.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 31.7% | 21.4% | 38.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 28.7% | 21.5% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.9% | 21.1% | 28.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More work & labour data for Paraguay
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.23 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2175 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2425 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9753 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,607 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,290 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,534 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 4,514 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,048 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, male in Paraguay?
- Part time employment, male in Paraguay was 21.1% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4% in 1998.
- How does Paraguay rank for part time employment, male?
- Paraguay ranks 34th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.