Statistics and indicators on women and men
 
Table 5b. Part-time employment
Latest update: December 2011
Country or area
Year
Women
Men
%
Source
Albania
2001
 a,b,c,d
50.2
46.1
39.7
O
Argentina
2009
 e,f,g,h
36.7
14.8
64.5
HS
Armenia
2008
 b,i,j
30.1
19.0
56.2
LFS
Aruba
1994
 e,k,j
12.3
4.0
71.0
HS
Australia
2010
 l,b,f,m,n
38.6
13.5
70.4
LFS
Austria
2010
 b,f,d,o
33.0
7.0
80.3
LFS
Azerbaijan
2003
 l,b,f,d
24.3
13.3
56.6
HS
Bahamas
2002
 l,b,k,j
11.9
9.6
53.9
HS
Bahrain
2004
 e,i,j
2.8
2.2
25.1
LFS
Belgium
2010
 b,f,d
31.7
6.7
80.4
ELFS
Belize
1999
 p,c,d
25.5
12.0
48.9
HS
Bhutan
2009
 p,f,j
11.7
4.2
72.0
LFS
Bolivia
2006
 e,f,g
31.2
19.0
56.2
HS
Botswana
2006
 b,c,d
15.4
11.7
54.7
LFS
Brazil
2009
 b,f,j
28.1
10.1
67.5
LFS
British Virgin Islands
1991
 p,q,j,r
14.2
7.8
58.6
PC
Bulgaria
2010
 s,i,j
2.6
2.1
51.8
ELFS
Canada
2010
 l,b,f,d,t
27.4
12.1
67.3
LFS
Chile
2010
 b,f,d
25.7
12.0
58.1
LFS
China, Macao SAR
2004
 l,p,c,d
9.2
7.9
51.0
HS
Colombia
2010
 e,f,g
28.0
12.7
60.0
HS
Costa Rica
2009
 e,f,g
24.4
8.2
63.6
HS
Croatia
2010
 s,i,j
12.1
6.8
60.3
ELFS
Cyprus
2010
 s,i,j
12.4
5.9
63.9
ELFS
Czech Republic
2010
 b,f,d
7.0
2.3
69.2
LFS
Denmark
2010
 b,f,d
25.9
13.6
63.2
ELFS
Dominica
1997
 p,f,j,r
27.8
11.7
64.6
HS
Dominican Republic
2009
 e,f,g
23.5
12.0
50.3
HS
Ecuador
2009
 e,f,g
27.7
15.7
53.7
HS
El Salvador
2009
 e,f,g
23.3
14.4
54.5
HS
Estonia
2010
 e,f,j
11.3
5.8
67.4
LFS
Ethiopia
2004
 l,b,c,m,u
28.4
16.8
56.2
HS
Finland
2010
 b,f,m
16.0
9.2
62.2
LFS
France
2010
 b,f,d
22.3
5.7
78.1
ELFS
Georgia
2004
 l,b,c,m
50.5
36.5
56.2
HS
Germany
2010
 b,f,d
37.9
7.9
80.4
ELFS
Greece
2010
 b,f,d
14.4
5.0
65.9
ELFS
Grenada
1998
 p,k,j,r
35.5
30.2
45.6
HS
Guatemala
2003
 p,f,d,r
37.8
9.5
69.9
HS
Honduras
2003
 p,f,g,v,r
35.0
16.0
53.0
HS
Hungary
2010
 b,f,d
5.2
2.3
66.4
LFS
Iceland
2010
 b,f,m
25.9
11.4
67.6
LFS
Indonesia
2003
 p,c,m
31.0
16.7
44.3
HS
Ireland
2010
 b,f,d
38.2
11.9
75.6
ELFS
Israel
2010
 b,f,j,w
21.6
7.1
74.2
LFS
Italy
2010
 b,f,d
31.1
6.3
76.9
ELFS
Jamaica
2002
 l,p,k,j
12.9
9.9
52.3
HS
Japan
2010
 p,c,m
33.9
10.4
70.3
LFS
Latvia
2010
 s,i,j
11.4
7.8
60.9
ELFS
Lithuania
2010
 s,i,j
9.3
6.6
60.6
ELFS
Luxembourg
2010
 b,f,d
30.4
4.6
83.7
ELFS
Madagascar
2001
 b,c,d,y
27.0
17.5
59.3
HS
Malta
2010
 s,i,j
24.8
5.7
68.8
ELFS
Mauritius
2004
 a,p,c,d
39.1
23.8
44.4
O
Mexico
2010
 e,f,g
30.6
15.9
53.9
HS
Namibia
1997
 b,f,m
26.5
8.4
70.6
LFS
Netherlands
2010
 b,f,d
60.6
17.2
75.0
ELFS
Netherlands Antilles
1998
 p,f,j,r
18.7
7.1
68.8
HS
New Zealand
2010
 l,b,f,m,z
33.8
11.5
72.0
LFS
Nicaragua
2007
 e,f,g
16.9
9.8
50.5
HS
Norway
2010
 b,f,m,a1
29.8
11.4
70.3
LFS
Panama
2010
 e,f,g
24.2
15.6
48.2
HS
Paraguay
2008
 e,f,g
34.6
18.0
54.7
HS
Peru
2009
 e,f,g,a2
26.7
13.0
60.5
HS
Poland
2010
 b,f,d
13.0
5.2
67.5
LFS
Portugal
2010
 b,f,d
13.0
6.1
65.6
ELFS
Republic of Korea
2010
 l,p,f,m,x
15.5
7.2
60.3
LFS
Republic of Moldova
2004
 a,p,c,j
31.9
21.8
61.3
...
Romania
2010
 s,i,j
11.4
10.6
46.6
ELFS
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2001
 p,f,j
21.0
18.8
41.1
PC
Slovakia
2010
 b,f,d
5.0
2.8
58.6
LFS
Slovenia
2010
 a,e,f,j
12.1
7.2
58.5
LFS
South Africa
1999
 b,f,j
12.7
6.3
59.2
HS
Spain
2010
 b,f,d
21.7
4.9
78.2
ELFS
Suriname
1998
 p,f,j,a3
31.9
12.4
59.3
HS
Sweden
2010
 b,f,d
18.8
9.7
63.3
LFS
Switzerland
2010
 b,f,d
46.4
9.6
80.1
LFS
Syrian Arab Republic
2010
 l,p,f,m
13.3
6.6
27.4
HS
Thailand
2000
 l,b,f,m
7.5
6.5
48.6
HS
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
2010
 s,i,j
7.4
4.9
48.7
ELFS
Tonga
2003
 p,c,d
44.2
36.9
45.3
LFS
Trinidad and Tobago
2002
 p,k,j,r
9.5
6.9
44.9
HS
Turkey
2010
 l,b,f,m
23.4
6.7
58.0
LFS
United Kingdom
2010
 b,f,d
39.4
11.6
74.9
ELFS
Uruguay
2009
 e,f,g,u
28.5
13.3
63.7
HS
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
2008
 e,f,g
20.2
7.2
64.1
HS
Zimbabwe
2004
 l,p,a4,d
21.0
17.0
53.9
HS

Sources:

International Labour Office, Table 5. Part-time workers, published in Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) seventh Edition, available at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/ (accessed December 2011). The list of countries or areas as well as the related years are the one reported by ILO as of December 2011.

ELFS European Labour Force Survey (EUROSTAT).
HS Household or Labour Force Survey.
O Other.
PC Population Census.
LFS Labour Force Survey

 

Footnotes:

a
 Coverage not available.
b
 Usual hours measured.
c
 35 part-time hours cut-off.
d
 Main job covered.
e
 Hours measured not available.
f
 30 part-time hours cut-off.
g
 Primary and secondary jobs covered.
h
 28 urban agglomerations.
i
 Part time hours cut-off is not available
j
 Jobs covered not specified.
k
 32 part-time hours cut-off.
l
 Refers to civilian labour force only.
m
 All jobs covered.
n
 Excluding Jervis Bay Territory.
o
 Excluding employed persons with working time which varies considerably.
p
 Actual hours measured.
q
 34 part-time hours cut-off
r
 Total employment excludes persons whose hours of work are unknown.
s
 Self-declared hours measured.
t
 Excluding the territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
u
 Urban areas.
v
 Excluding the province of Islas de la Bahía.
w
 Depedent employment
x
 Excluding contributing family workers working less than 18 hours per week.
y
 Seven main cities.
z
 Excluding Chathams, Antarctic Territory and other minor offshore islands.
a1
 Usual hours refer to settled hours as determined by working agreements.
a2
 Metropolitan Lima
a3
 Total employment excludes persons whose hours of work are unknown but worked more than 20 hours per week.
a4
 25 part-time hours cut-off.

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Technical notes:

This table presents statistics on part-time workers---i.e. employed person whose normal hours of work are less than those of comparable “full-time” workers (see definition below). The percentage of the female and male employment that is part-time refers, respectively, to the proportion of the total female and total male adult (aged 15 and above) labour force comprised of part-time workers. Looking at part-time employment by sex is useful to see the extent to which the female labour force is more likely to work part-time than the male labour force.

The women’s share of part-time employment refers to the percentage of the total part-time employment that is comprised by women. This indicator is useful to monitor the concentration of women in part-time employment.

In using these indicators for international comparisons it should be noted that there is no internationally accepted standard for the minimum number of hours worked per week that would constitute full-time work. The distinction between “full-time” and “part-time” employment is therefore established on a country-by-country basis or in special regional compilations. Many countries have established demarcation points that lie between 30 and 40 hours per week. Other countries classify part-time and full-time workers on the basis of respondents' interpretations of their personal work situations---i.e. whether they view themselves as full-time or as part-time jobholders.