Part-Time Employment

5% of Europe's are Involuntary Part-Timers

For many in Europe, part-time jobs are the only way to manage their private lives while plying their trade. But at the same time, a share of part-timers are caught up in their contracts even though they wish to work full-time. As this chart shows, one quarter of all Britons work in part-time jobs and while around one fifth of them wish to switch into a full-time position, the rest see themselves staying put. The Netherlands tops the European comparison of part-time employment rates: almost the half of all Dutch people do not work full shifts.

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The chart shows the share of voluntary and involuntary part-time contracts of total employment.

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Share of employees working involuntary part-time in OECD countries in 2024
Involuntary part-time employment as percentage of the total part-time employment in Italy in 2023, by gender
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Part-time employees as a percentage of the total employment in Italy from 2010 to 2023
Number of part-time employees in the European Union (EU27) from 2002 to 2023 (in 1,000s)
Share of people working part-time in Belgium in 2022, by sector
Share of men and women working either full-time or part-time who do not want to work full-time for an employer, selected countries worldwide 2011

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