Part-time employment by country, 2025
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.
34 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Netherlands (42.7%). Lowest: Bulgaria (1.7%). The median is 11.4%.
Highest 10
- 1. Netherlands 42.7%
- 2. Switzerland 39.8%
- 3. Austria 30.1%
- 4. Germany 29.4%
- 5. Denmark 26.6%
- 6. Belgium 25.5%
- 7. Norway 23.4%
- 8. Iceland 21.6%
- 9. Ireland 19.5%
- 10. Sweden 19.4%
Lowest 10
- 34. Bulgaria 1.7%
- 33. Romania 2.3%
- 32. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.3%
- 31. Croatia 3.0%
- 30. North Macedonia 3.1%
- 29. Slovakia 4.4%
- 28. Hungary 4.7%
- 27. Serbia 5.1%
- 26. Greece 5.2%
- 25. Lithuania 5.5%
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 42.7% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 39.8% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Austria | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Germany | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Denmark | 26.6% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 25.5% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Norway | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Iceland | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 18.7% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Finland | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 13 | France | 16.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 14 | Italy | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Spain | 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 16 | Estonia | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Türkiye | 13.0% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Malta | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Slovenia | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Czechia | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Latvia | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Cyprus | 7.7% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Portugal | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Poland | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Greece | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Serbia | 5.1% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Hungary | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Slovakia | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Croatia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Romania | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 1.7% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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