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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
Table 5b - Part-time employment

Country

Year

Percentage of adult employment that is part-time

Women's share of part-time employment

Notes

 

 

W

M

 

 

America, North

 

 

 

 

 

Bahamas

1999

14.8

12.0

53

 

Barbados

1999

18.3

10.8

63

 

Belize

1999

25.6

12.0

49

(1)

Canada

2002

27.7

10.9

69

(1)

Dominican Republic

2000

15.2

7.9

50

(2)

Jamaica

2001

15.8

10.2

52

 

Mexico

2002

25.6

7.1

66

(1)

Panama

2001

13.1

11.7

36

(2) (3)

Trinidad and Tobago

2001

9.7

6.2

48

 

United States of America

2002

17.1

6.9

68

(4) (5)

Asia

 

 

 

 

 

Japan

2002

40.2

13.7

67

(4)

Republic of Korea

2002

10.5

5.3

58

(4) (6)

Turkey

2002

13.1

3.7

58

(4)

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

Austria

2001

24.4

2.6

88

(1)

Belgium

2002

32.2

5.9

80

(1) (7)

Czech Republic

2002

4.9

1.4

73

(1)

Denmark

2002

22.9

10.3

66

(1) (7)

Finland

2002

14.7

7.5

65

(1)

France

2002

24.1

5.1

80

(1) (7)

Germany

2002

35.2

5.5

84

(1) (7)

Greece

2002

10.0

2.9

68

(1) (7)

Hungary

2002

4.0

1.4

70

(1)

Iceland

2002

31.2

10.2

73

(4)

Ireland

2002

33.2

7.1

77

(1) (7)

Italy

2002

23.4

4.8

74

(1) (7)

Luxembourg

2002

28.1

2.3

89

(1) (7)

Netherlands

2002

59.9

15.0

75

(1) (7)

Norway

2002

33.0

9.2

76

(4)

Poland

2002

16.7

7.5

65

(4)

Portugal

2002

14.4

5.7

68

(1) (7)

Slovakia

2002

2.3

1.0

66

(1) (8)

Spain

2002

16.3

2.4

80

(1) (7)

Sweden

2002

20.3

7.3

72

(1)

Switzerland

2002

45.3

7.7

83

(1)

United Kingdom

2002

39.7

8.8

79

(1) (7)

Oceania