Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in OECD members
OECD members: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 27.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in OECD members, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, total in OECD members is 27.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 12.6% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in OECD members peaked at 34.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 27.0%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.0% | — |
| 2001 | 27.3% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 28.1% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 28.9% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 28.1% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 28.2% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 28.7% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 31.1% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 30.2% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 30.2% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 30.5% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 30.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 30.5% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30.4% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 30.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 30.0% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 34.2% | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 31.3% | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 30.8% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 30.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 31.4% | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 27.5% | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.5% | 27.0% | 31.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.3% | 30.0% | 30.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.0% | 27.5% | 34.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More work & labour data for OECD members
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 53.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.2% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 73.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in OECD members?
- Part time employment, total in OECD members was 27.5% 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 34.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.0% in 2000.
- How does OECD members rank for part time employment, total?
- OECD members ranks 10th out of 16 groups with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.