Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Romania
Romania: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 15.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, total in Romania, 1997–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Romania recorded 15.1% for part time employment, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.1% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Romania peaked at 23.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2021.
Romania ranks 90th of 115 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21.6% | — |
| 1998 | 23.3% | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 23.4% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 22.5% | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 22.5% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 17.2% | -23.5% |
| 2003 | 16.8% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 17.0% | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 16.1% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 17.0% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 16.4% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 15.9% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 16.6% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 13.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | +29.0% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -43.2% |
| 2022 | 10.1% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 11.3% | +11.7% |
| 2024 | 15.1% | +34.1% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 15.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 32.0%, 47% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Romania's 15.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.1%, 50% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -43.2% | 16.7% | 9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.8% | 21.6% | 23.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 17.7% | 15.0% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 12.9% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.5% | 9.5% | 16.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More work & labour data for Romania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7777 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7486 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8063 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.18 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1264 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 10,932 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 5,465 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,408 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,360 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 10,768 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Romania?
- Part time employment, total in Romania was 15.1% 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2021.
- How does Romania rank for part time employment, total?
- Romania ranks 90th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.