Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 29.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, total in Dominican Republic, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 29.0% for part time employment, total in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Dominican Republic peaked at 46.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2022.
Dominican Republic ranks 50th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 42.2% | — |
| 2001 | 43.9% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 45.7% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 45.8% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 46.5% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 38.8% | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 38.7% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 37.0% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 36.9% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 36.5% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 37.1% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 37.4% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 36.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 35.6% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 34.1% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 30.9% | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 28.7% | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 28.8% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 28.7% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 40.0% | +33.1% |
| 2021 | 31.3% | -21.6% |
| 2022 | 28.3% | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 29.6% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 28.5% | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 29.0% | +1.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 29.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.8%, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 29.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 28.2%, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +33.1% | 30.0% | 40.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.2% | 36.5% | 46.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.8% | 28.7% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.1% | 28.3% | 40.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More work & labour data for Dominican Republic
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5342 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5561 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.3757 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,209 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,056 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,888 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,787 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,675 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Dominican Republic?
- Part time employment, total in Dominican Republic was 29.0% 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2022.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for part time employment, total?
- Dominican Republic ranks 50th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.