Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 35.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Luxembourg, 1983–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 35.5% for part time employment, total in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Luxembourg peaked at 41.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 1988.
That places Luxembourg 31st out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 15.3% | — |
| 1984 | 14.6% | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 14.3% | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 14.3% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 15.7% | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 12.6% | -19.5% |
| 1989 | 14.4% | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 15.2% | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 16.7% | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 17.3% | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 18.3% | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 18.4% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 18.0% | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 17.4% | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 18.6% | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 19.0% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 19.6% | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 20.9% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 20.0% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 32.2% | +60.7% |
| 2004 | 31.4% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 32.9% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 38.0% | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 35.4% | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 39.0% | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 34.3% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 33.1% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 33.5% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 32.6% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 33.9% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 32.8% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 31.2% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 31.7% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 32.3% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 32.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 31.2% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 35.7% | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 41.0% | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 36.2% | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 37.2% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 35.5% | -4.5% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 35.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 32.0%, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 35.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.1%, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Luxembourg 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 | +60.7% | 20.0% | 32.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.5% | 12.6% | 15.7% | 7 |
| 1990s | 17.3% | 14.4% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.4% | 19.6% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.5% | 31.2% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.1% | 35.5% | 41.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
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Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Luxembourg?
- Part time employment, total in Luxembourg was 35.5% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 41.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 1988.
- How does Luxembourg rank for part time employment, total?
- Luxembourg ranks 31st out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.