Part-time employment in France
16.9% of employed people aged 15 to 64 in France worked part-time in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
France, 2025
16.9%d (Definition differs)
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.7%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.8%
Position in 2025
13th of 34
Part-time employment in France over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2024 | 16.8%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2023 | 16.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7% |
| 2022 | 16.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.5% |
| 2021 | 17.3%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 17.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 17.0% | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 17.5% | 18.3% |
| 2018 | 18.0% | 18.3% |
| 2017 | 18.2% | 18.5% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | 18.6% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | 18.7% |
| 2014 | 18.6%b (break in time series) | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | 18.6% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | 18.1% |
| 2011 | 17.6% | 17.7% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | 17.4% |
| 2009 | 17.2% | 16.9% |
| 2008 | 16.8% | 16.4% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | 16.4% |
| 2006 | 17.1%b (break in time series) | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 17.1%b (break in time series) | 16.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 16.9% | 15.3% |
| 2003 | 16.8%b (break in time series) | 14.6% |
| 2002 | 16.1% | 14.2% |
| 2001 | 16.3% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bd break in time series, definition differs (see metadata); d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 16.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.4%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, France has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.7%.
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Usual weekly working hours
37.0d (Definition differs) hours per week
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Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
75.4%d (Definition differs)
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
7.7%d (Definition differs)
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
19.8%d (Definition differs)
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Long-term unemployment rate
1.8%d (Definition differs)
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Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
72.6%d (Definition differs)
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