Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 40.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Bolivia, 1989–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Bolivia recorded 40.2% for part time employment, total in 2025. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Bolivia peaked at 40.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 1992.
That places Bolivia 24th 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, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 26.5% | — |
| 1991 | 26.6% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 23.4% | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 24.4% | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 24.7% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 30.6% | +24.2% |
| 2000 | 26.7% | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 37.4% | +40.2% |
| 2002 | 32.7% | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 33.1% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 29.3% | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 30.8% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 31.4% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 27.8% | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 29.3% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 29.9% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 35.0% | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 37.7% | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 38.7% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 38.9% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 35.4% | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 36.7% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 37.8% | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 38.5% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 39.5% | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 40.2% | +1.7% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 40.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 26.2%, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 40.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 28.2%, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +40.2% | 26.7% | 37.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.5% | 26.5% | 26.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 25.9% | 23.4% | 30.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 30.9% | 26.7% | 37.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 27.8% | 38.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 35.4% | 40.2% | 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, total in Bolivia?
- Part time employment, total in Bolivia was 40.2% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 1992.
- How does Bolivia rank for part time employment, total?
- Bolivia ranks 24th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. 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, total (% of total 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.