Labor > Employment > Part-time employment > Incidence of part-time employment: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Part-time employment refers to persons who usually work less than 30 hours per week in their main job. Both employees and the self-employed may be part-time workers.

Employment is generally measured through household labour force surveys and, according to the ILO Guidelines, employed persons are defined as those aged 15 or over who report that they have worked in gainful employment for at least one hour in the previous week. The rates shown here refer to the numbers of persons who usually work less than 30 hours per week as a percentage of the total number of those in employment.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Netherlands	32.14%	2009
2	Switzerland	24.37%	2009
3	Australia	24.09%	2009
4	United Kingdom	22.98%	2009
5	New Zealand	22.23%	2009
6	Iceland	20.41%	2009
7	Norway	20.21%	2009
8	Belgium	19%	2009
9	Japan	18.86%	2009
10	Canada	18.1%	2009
11	Ireland	18.08%	2009
12	Germany	17.58%	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	16.66%	2009
13	Denmark	16.14%	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	15.18%	2009
14	France	14.21%	2009
15	Sweden	14.04%	2009
16	Mexico	13.45%	2009
17	Poland	12.84%	2009
18	United States	12.64%	2009
19	Luxembourg	12.43%	2009
20	Italy	12.23%	2009
21	Austria	12.18%	2009
22	Finland	10.36%	2009
23	Portugal	9.39%	2009
24	Turkey	9.35%	2009
25	Spain	7.7%	2009
26	South Korea	7.02%	2009
27	Greece	5.45%	2009
28	Czech Republic	3.23%	2009
29	Hungary	2.86%	2009
30	Slovakia	1.85%	2009

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