Part-time employment in Poland
6.2% of employed people aged 15 to 64 in Poland worked part-time in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Poland, 2025
6.2%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.7%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
9.8%
Position in 2025
24th of 34
Part-time employment in Poland over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.2% | 17.7% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | 17.7% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | 17.7% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | 17.5% |
| 2021 | 5.3%b (break in time series) | 17.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 5.9% | 18.2% |
| 2019 | 6.1%b (break in time series) | 18.3% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | 18.3% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | 18.5% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | 18.6% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | 18.7% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | 18.6% |
| 2012 | 7.2% | 18.1% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | 17.7% |
| 2010 | 7.7%b (break in time series) | 17.4% |
| 2009 | 7.7% | 16.9% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | 16.4% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | 16.4% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | 16.3% |
| 2005 | 9.8%b (break in time series) | 16.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 9.6%b (break in time series) | 15.3% |
| 2003 | 9.3%b (break in time series) | 14.6% |
| 2002 | 9.6% | 14.2% |
| 2001 | 9.2%b (break in time series) | – |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 5.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 24th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.7%.
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Usual weekly working hours
40.0 hours per week
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Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
78.8%
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
3.1%
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Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
12.2%
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Long-term unemployment rate
0.8%
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Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
73.2%
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