Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Seychelles
Seychelles: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 10.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Part time employment, total in Seychelles, 2014–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 10.0% for part time employment, total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Seychelles peaked at 20.1% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2025.
That places Seychelles 102nd out of 115 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18.9% | — |
| 2015 | 16.3% | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 14.9% | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 20.1% | +35.2% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | +59.4% |
| 2024 | 11.2% | -36.3% |
| 2025 | 10.0% | -10.4% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 10.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 32.0%, 31% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 10.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 26.2%, 38% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.4% | 10.5% | 20.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 12.5% | 10.0% | 17.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More work & labour data for Seychelles
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.3552 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.3698 % 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 0.2594 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 67.25 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 29.39 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 58.73 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 57.23 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 115.96 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Seychelles?
- Part time employment, total in Seychelles was 10.0% 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2017.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2025.
- How does Seychelles rank for part time employment, total?
- Seychelles ranks 102nd out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.