Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 12.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Bulgaria, 2000–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 12.5% for part time employment, total in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Bulgaria peaked at 14.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2002.
That places Bulgaria 96th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.6% | — |
| 2001 | 6.6% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | +103.9% |
| 2004 | 14.1% | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 9.4% | -33.4% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 12.0% | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 11.6% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 10.2% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | +14.2% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 12.6% | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 12.5% | -0.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 12.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 32.0%, 39% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 12.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.1%, 42% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +103.9% | 5.9% | 12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.4% | 5.9% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 11.3% | 13.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More work & labour data for Bulgaria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7248 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7055 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7441 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.5 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.5166 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,606 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 817.52 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,761 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,770 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,531 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Bulgaria?
- Part time employment, total in Bulgaria was 12.5% in 2024, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2002.
- How does Bulgaria rank for part time employment, total?
- Bulgaria ranks 96th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.