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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)
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