Part-time employment by country
No recent data for the United States.
Highest: 
Netherlands (33.9%, 2025) · Lowest: 
Bulgaria (1.1%, 2025) · 47 countries and territories with data.
Share of workers aged 15–64 who usually work fewer than 30 hours a week in their main job (OECD harmonized definition).
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 33.9% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Argentina | 24.8% | 2023 |
| 3 |  Switzerland | 23.7% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Australia | 22.9% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Japan | 22.2% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Germany | 21.0% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Austria | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom | 20.0% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Ireland | 18.8% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Norway | 18.7% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Belgium | 18.4% | 2025 |
| 12 |  New Zealand | 18.3% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Denmark | 17.9% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Canada | 16.9% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Mexico | 16.6% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Iceland | 16.5% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Chile | 16.0% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Italy | 15.2% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Finland | 14.4% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Brazil | 13.1% | 2024 |
| 21 |  France | 12.8% | 2025 |
| 22 |  South Korea | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Türkiye | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Israel | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Luxembourg | 12.0% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Colombia | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Spain | 11.6% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Costa Rica | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Sweden | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Estonia | 9.8% | 2025 |
| 31 |  South Africa | 9.7% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Cyprus | 7.1% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Malta | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Greece | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Slovenia | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Czechia | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Latvia | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Portugal | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Poland | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Russia | 3.8% | 2020 |
| 41 |  Hungary | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Lithuania | 3.6% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Slovakia | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 44 |  North Macedonia | 2.6% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Croatia | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Romania | 1.2% | 2025 |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 1.1% | 2025 |
Source: OECD Data Explorer, Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition (OECD). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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