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Data Set

Labor Market Indicators: Involuntary part-time employment as percentage of the total part-time employment, by sex and age – Females, From 15 to 64 years

Covered years

1983 - 2020

1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Topics

COVID-19, Work & Retirement

Covered countries

Keywords

Employment policy Labor market policy SHARE-COVID19 Short-time work Employment Job retention measures COVID-19 policies Public administration response Policy responses Policy measures Containment measures Workplace closures

Description

Value represents involuntary part-time employment as a percentage of the total part-time employment (females, from 15 to 64 years).

Involuntary part-time employed are individuals who report working part-time because they are unable to find full-time work. For the reference definitions, please consult the EU-LFS explanatory notes and EU-LFS user guide for the variables “Full-time / Part-time distinction” (FTPT) and “Reasons for the part-time work” (FTPTREAS).

If you use this indicator, please cite as: Eurostat (2021). European Union (EU) Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). [Data]. Data retrieved from the Social Policy Archive for SHARE (SPLASH) (distributor). Retrieved from: www.splash-db.eu on Day/Month/Year.

Data downloaded 22.09.2021. Please check the original source for further information on the use of the data and proper citation.

Values

Unit: %

Region 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Austria - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 7.00 9.40 8.50 13.70 10.00 9.30 9.70 8.80 9.40 8.20 2 10.80 2 11.00 11.50 10.40 9.80 10.30 9.10 9.30 10.60 10.30 11.00 11.30 10.80 9.10 8.00 8.50
Belgium 25.80 3 29.40 31.20 32.80 30.70 33.30 27.70 30.10 28.40 30.70 29.30 28.30 27.90 26.10 24.80 25.60 18.60 2 21.00 18.30 2 15.20 16.50 16.60 15.50 2 13.80 13.60 13.80 11.00 10.50 8.90 8.40 8.50 8.90 8.60 7.50 6.40 2 5.60 4.60 4.20
Bulgaria - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 70.80 2 68.40 66.70 65.20 72.80 2 66.10 58.70 49.00 2 48.10 46.00 2 53.70 2 66.20 58.60 64.70 59.70 60.20 47.20 51.30 43.40 46.80 3
Croatia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 16.50 3 16.10 3 13.70 3 15.20 4 17.10 3 17.50 13.90 3 13.90 3 15.90 20.40 18.70 3 21.00 3 23.70 19.40 27.00 28.80 32.10 29.40 28.20
Cyprus - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 19.10 19.70 15.60 19.90 22.20 24.70 31.10 2 35.00 27.60 29.80 31.20 2 30.30 43.50 46.80 51.90 61.60 63.70 62.20 62.80 59.60 52.00 53.60
Czech Republic - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 5.20 5.80 7.20 10.80 12.60 13.40 18.20 16.80 20.10 2 20.20 15.90 15.60 16.10 17.20 19.30 2 22.00 19.50 21.90 16.70 14.70 9.90 7.00 6.40 4.90
Denmark 10.80 12.80 13.60 11.60 9.90 11.80 13.50 13.10 15.50 17.60 19.10 18.50 18.20 15.50 13.90 15.00 16.30 14.50 15.00 18.60 15.40 15.30 17.60 2 16.50 14.40 13.90 2 14.00 15.60 16.80 18.90 19.20 17.90 16.70 14.10 2 13.80 2 12.20 10.80 11.40
Estonia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 25.70 31.30 23.40 - 5 25.90 3 21.20 3 30.10 3 24.00 3 19.30 2 22.40 15.40 11.70 22.10 23.60 22.20 21.20 18.10 16.10 12.30 9.40 7.20 6.40 6.10 6.90
Finland - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 48.00 45.20 40.80 35.90 41.30 37.80 2 36.50 34.40 33.30 31.50 30.50 2 31.90 26.40 2 29.40 28.20 28.30 30.10 26.50 24.70 29.20 32.70 34.80 32.20 32.10 31.40 30.70
France - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 34.10 3 35.60 37.20 36.50 37.00 38.90 26.10 24.60 23.50 22.90 22.40 29.20 2 28.80 29.30 2 29.80 2 30.60 34.20 32.70 33.90 32.40 32.60 38.10 40.80 2 41.70 42.10 41.10 39.90 36.50 37.00
Germany - 1 6.10 6.50 7.00 6.50 6.20 5.50 4.30 5.40 5.20 6.80 9.10 9.50 11.80 13.20 13.50 12.70 11.70 11.80 11.60 13.60 15.70 18.40 2 20.10 2 19.60 19.80 18.80 18.60 2 14.50 14.20 2 13.80 12.80 12.10 10.40 9.80 8.90 8.10 6.30 6
Greece 14.30 18.10 18.00 17.60 18.10 20.60 22.40 25.20 25.70 31.10 34.00 35.00 33.70 35.90 38.90 43.90 2 43.80 43.60 47.70 2 48.00 45.40 49.60 2 49.10 2 45.10 43.60 42.60 46.80 2 49.40 55.40 62.10 66.70 68.80 68.30 69.00 66.90 66.50 64.10 63.20
Hungary - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 33.00 34.40 32.10 28.40 24.60 24.80 2 27.60 28.00 23.80 3 22.10 2 25.90 28.00 26.10 29.40 33.30 37.50 38.90 41.30 38.20 32.70 27.40 24.20 19.40 17.80 15.90
Iceland - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 16.30 15.80 14.20 11.40 11.00 7.60 8.10 9.80 - 7 - 1 - 7 7.10 6.60 9.30 17.50 21.30 24.80 22.30 18.10 20.70 17.00 14.80 14.30 18.30 16.40 18.10 2
Ireland 16.00 17.60 18.30 22.60 24.80 24.60 23.60 21.10 21.90 24.90 26.50 24.10 22.90 21.50 18.20 - 5 14.60 3 11.60 10.20 10.00 10.00 - 8 - 1 9.00 3 8.40 2 10.10 18.00 25.50 30.30 33.10 34.80 33.40 29.80 24.10 17.60 2 11.80 11.40 9.50
Italy 28.30 31.20 32.20 35.30 33.70 33.40 33.60 33.90 31.80 30.20 2 31.00 34.50 33.20 34.10 34.50 34.30 34.30 32.80 32.80 29.10 28.30 32.80 2 35.70 2 34.30 35.60 37.90 42.90 46.60 50.30 54.20 58.40 60.40 60.30 58.80 56.90 60.80 61.20 61.70
Latvia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 35.80 37.90 34.60 30.30 3 40.80 2 39.80 37.80 33.50 2 32.60 25.20 26.90 43.40 39.10 41.20 42.50 41.00 36.70 32.50 35.00 38.40 29.60 20.80 18.60
Lithuania - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 30.40 - 1 52.90 61.60 53.60 2 57.80 52.40 48.40 2 33.00 28.00 3 23.60 3 30.70 39.50 35.30 33.50 32.70 30.50 34.70 31.40 30.70 23.20 23.60 29.80
Luxembourg - 8 9.60 3 9.00 3 12.50 3 9.90 3 7.60 3 7.40 3 7.40 3 - 8 6.70 3 5.80 3 9.50 3 7.80 3 6.10 3 8.40 3 7.50 3 10.80 7.40 3 7.70 3 7.60 3 8.60 4 6.40 3 10.90 4 9.30 4.50 2 7.70 7.90 2 7.90 8.90 13.90 10.80 12.80 14.60 2 12.50 14.30 12.60 12.90 11.00
Macedonia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 39.20 39.80 30.40 36.60 40.30 36.40 33.30 26.80 34.10 36.20 33.10 32.30 28.60 25.40 27.20
Malta - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 18.10 2 19.10 12.60 12.00 12.20 13.90 12.80 12.40 13.00 10.90 11.40 8.10 7.40 6.80 5.30 4.50 3
Montenegro - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 39.90 41.70 3 30.10 3 34.80 3 31.20 3 - 8
Netherlands - 8 - 1 - 8 - 1 31.60 3 30.90 3 29.40 3 26.30 3 24.50 3 4.10 4.20 4.60 5.80 4.70 4.70 4.40 3.50 3.30 2.10 2.00 2.70 3.10 3.70 2 5.80 2 4.70 4.10 5.70 5.00 6.40 7.70 8.50 3 9.40 3 8.30 3 8.20 3 6.50 3 5.90 4.50 5.00
Norway - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 13.90 15.10 3 13.90 3 11.30 11.10 11.50 9.90 10.30 13.30 3 13.40 3 13.90 4 19.30 4 18.40 3 17.80 3 17.20 3 19.20 3 20.30 3 17.80 3 19.70 3 21.60 3 21.10 3 20.00 3 18.30 3 20.80 3 20.30 3 20.90 3
Poland - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 14.70 14.10 14.10 14.80 2 27.10 2 32.30 33.60 2 32.10 2 31.30 2 29.40 24.50 19.10 19.40 21.40 2 24.90 27.90 31.20 32.50 30.30 25.20 21.00 15.60 13.70 12.10
Portugal - 1 - 1 - 1 34.90 36.90 35.30 32.60 29.90 28.30 24.30 25.60 23.40 29.60 28.40 28.10 30.20 2 30.80 33.00 24.40 25.80 27.20 30.20 34.60 2 36.30 41.10 41.70 38.20 43.80 48.40 2 51.60 52.80 53.70 54.50 52.50 49.20 48.00 46.30 46.30
Romania - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 23.50 26.00 28.70 29.20 29.00 37.30 40.70 2 45.00 41.20 2 40.50 38.60 37.60 37.20 38.90 2 39.20 39.20 43.30 42.50 45.00 44.80 42.50 41.40 42.60 43.70
Serbia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 30.90 29.90 31.90 33.50 36.60 2 43.60 44.40 37.90 33.20 28.70 25.60
Slovakia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 7.60 3 14.30 4 14.00 3 19.00 2 20.70 15.20 8.50 3 20.80 2 17.20 14.60 17.00 18.30 23.40 22.30 2 30.00 31.20 29.10 29.20 31.20 28.30 24.10 24.30 18.50
Slovenia - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 8 5.80 3 4.90 3 5.70 3 14.10 3 9.40 3 9.50 3 12.30 3 8.50 3 8.70 4 7.10 3 6.90 3 7.30 3 7.70 3 8.10 8.90 9.20 11.80 9.90 14.60 16.10 11.80 8.00 5.20 3 6.20 3
Spain - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 32.60 31.30 27.80 27.10 23.10 16.80 15.40 19.30 22.60 23.80 25.70 25.80 25.40 23.50 22.10 20.80 20.20 20.50 32.90 2 33.90 2 32.70 35.10 43.40 48.70 52.90 58.70 60.80 61.80 60.10 59.80 58.20 53.50 52.60 49.50
Sweden - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 27.70 30.20 31.80 29.90 28.80 24.30 25.50 2 23.70 21.10 22.10 24.70 2 24.80 25.90 26.40 27.20 27.70 27.60 28.30 29.00 29.10 28.40 26.90 25.50 22.50 2 21.50 21.60
Switzerland - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 5.00 6.70 6.20 5.30 3.90 3.20 3.40 5.30 5.80 6.40 2 6.70 5.90 5.50 6.10 6.50 2 7.10 7.10 7.00 7.50 7.60 8.00 8.20 7.70 7.90 7.70
Turkey - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 4.20 4.00 4.50 5.20 5.20 4.20 4.30 4.00 4.60 2 5.00 6.10 7.10 6.90 7.80 7.60
United Kingdom 8.20 8.60 8.50 8.60 7.90 7.00 6.30 5.20 6.90 9.30 11.00 11.40 10.80 10.00 9.70 8.90 7.80 2 7.40 7.00 6.50 6.00 5.20 2 6.30 2 7.10 8.00 2 - 7 - 8 - 8 13.90 13.90 14.90 14.00 13.30 12.10 11.00 10.00 10.00 - 1
1 not available
2 break in time series
3 low reliability
4 break in time series low reliability
5 not available break in time series low reliability
6 break in time series provisional
7 not available break in time series
8 not available low reliability