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Part-time employment

People aged 15 to 64 working part-time as a share of all employed people of that age. Whether a job is part-time is based on the respondent's own answer in the Labour Force Survey.

Unit: % of total employment Frequency: Annual Coverage: 36 countries and 1 group 1983 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 42.7% Netherlands Lowest in 2025 1.7% Bulgaria
European Union, 2025 17.7% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 34 Updated by the source on 30 October 2026

34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Part-time employment (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2025 17.7% 29.4% 16.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
2024 17.7% 29.0% 16.8%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) 13.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
2023 17.7% 28.6% 16.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) 13.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
2022 17.5% 27.9% 16.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) 13.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
2021 17.7%b (break in time series) 27.8%b (break in time series) 17.3%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) 13.7%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata))
2020 18.2% 27.8%b (break in time series) 17.0% 13.9%
2019 18.3% 27.2% 17.5% 14.5%
2018 18.3% 26.8% 18.0% 14.5%
2017 18.5% 26.9% 18.2% 14.9%
2016 18.6% 26.7% 18.3% 15.1%
2015 18.7% 26.8% 18.4% 15.6%
2014 18.7% 26.5% 18.6%b (break in time series) 15.8%
2013 18.6% 26.7% 18.1% 15.7%
2012 18.1% 25.8%b (break in time series) 17.7% 14.4%
2011 17.7% 25.9%b (break in time series) 17.6% 13.5%
2010 17.4% 25.6%b (break in time series) 17.6% 12.9%
2009 16.9% 25.3% 17.2% 12.4%
2008 16.4% 25.1% 16.8% 11.6%
2007 16.4% 25.4% 17.2% 11.4%
2006 16.3% 25.2%b (break in time series) 17.1%b (break in time series) 11.6%b (break in time series)
2005 16.0%b (break in time series) 23.4%b (break in time series) 17.1%b (break in time series) 12.0%b (break in time series)
2004 15.3% 21.9% 16.9% 8.8%
2003 14.6% 21.2% 16.8%b (break in time series) 8.2%
2002 14.2% 20.3% 16.1% 8.0%
2001 – 19.9% 16.3% 8.0%b (break in time series)

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.

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In short

  • Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Netherlands (42.7%) and the lowest Bulgaria (1.7%).
  • Half of the countries are above 11.4% and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 16.
  • The figure for the European Union was 17.7% in 2025, against 18.2% in 2020 (−0.5 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.

About this measure

Definition
People aged 15 to 64 working part-time as a share of all employed people of that age. Whether a job is part-time is based on the respondent's own answer in the Labour Force Survey.
Population covered
Employed people aged 15 to 64
Unit
% of total employment
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
lfsa_eppga · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A age=Y15-64 unit=PC
Observation period
1983 to 2025
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Netherlands 42.7%
  2. 2 Switzerland 39.8%
  3. 3 Austria 30.1%
  4. 4 Germany 29.4%
  5. 5 Denmark 26.6%
  6. 6 Belgium 25.5%
  7. 7 Norway 23.4%
  8. 8 Iceland 21.6%
  9. 9 Ireland 19.5%
  10. 10 Sweden 19.4%
  11. 11 Luxembourg 18.7%
  12. 12 Finland 17.5%
  13. 13 France 16.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
  14. 14 Italy 15.5%
  15. 15 Spain 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
  16. 16 Estonia 13.4%
  17. 17 Türkiye 13.0%
  18. 18 Malta 9.8%
  19. 19 Slovenia 8.4%
  20. 20 Czechia 8.1%
  21. 21 Latvia 7.8%
  22. 22 Cyprus 7.7%
  23. 23 Portugal 7.0%
  24. 24 Poland 6.2%
  25. 25 Lithuania 5.5%
  26. 26 Greece 5.2%
  27. 27 Serbia 5.1%
  28. 28 Hungary 4.7%
  29. 29 Slovakia 4.4%
  30. 30 North Macedonia 3.1%
  31. 31 Croatia 3.0%
  32. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.3%
  33. 33 Romania 2.3%
  34. 34 Bulgaria 1.7%
  35. European Union 17.7%
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