Employment and labour markets: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2342 - © OECD 2009
Part-time employment | |||||||||
% of total employment | |||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 24.1 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 23.8 | |
Austria | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.6 | |
Belgium | 17.0 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 18.7 | |
Canada | 18.1 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 18.4 | |
Czech Republic | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
Denmark | 14.7 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 18.0 | |
Finland | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.5 | |
France | 13.8 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | |
Germany | 18.3 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.1 | |
Greece | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.8 | |
Hungary | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | |
Iceland | 20.4 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.1 | |
Ireland | 17.9 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 21.0 | |
Italy | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 16.3 | |
Japan | .. | 17.7 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.6 | |
Korea | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.3 | |
Luxembourg | 13.3 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | |
Mexico | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 15.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Netherlands | 33.0 | 33.9 | 34.6 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 36.1 | 36.1 | |
New Zealand | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.4 | |
Norway | 20.1 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 20.3 | |
Poland | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 9.3 | |
Portugal | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 9.7 | |
Slovak Republic | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | |
Spain | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | |
Sweden | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | |
Switzerland | 24.8 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 25.9 | |
Turkey | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | |
United Kingdom | 22.7 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 24.0 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 22.9 | |
United States | 12.8 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 12.2 | |
OECD-Total | 12.1 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.5 | |
Last updated: 27 August 2009 | |||||||||
Source: Labour market statistics: Full-time part-time employment - common definition: incidence, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database) |