In 2023, the share of part-time workers aged 20-64 within the EU was 17.1%, a slight enhance from 16.9% in 2022. Trying again over the past 10 years, the share of part-time employees registered a gradual however regular reducing pattern from 19.1% in 2014 and 2015 to 16.9% in 2022, solely going up final yr.
The share of part-time employment for males has remained steady at round 8% all through this era, however for girls the share decreased by 3.9 share factors (pp) from 31.8% in 2014 to 27.9% in 2023.
Supply dataset: lfsi_pt_a
Highest share of part-timers have been ladies with kids
In 2023, round one-third (31.8%) of employed ladies aged 25-54 with kids within the EU have been engaged in part-time work, in distinction to twenty.0% of employed ladies with out kids. Conversely, amongst males, solely 5.0% of these with kids labored part-time in comparison with those with out kids (7.3%). The distinction in part-time work shares between ladies and men with kids was subsequently a big 26.8 pp in 2023 and for women and men with out kids, it was lower than half, with 12.7 pp.
The largest hole between ladies and men with kids was registered in Austria, a 61.2 pp (69.2% versus 8.0%) distinction. Germany and the Netherlands adopted with 57.2 pp and 54.8 pp variations. These 3 EU nations even have the best shares of ladies with kids working part-time.
Romania is the one EU nation the place the share of males with and with out kids working part-time is greater than the ladies’s shares: 2.9% and three.5% for males with and with out kids versus 2.4% and a couple of.7% for girls with and with out kids.
Knowledge present that the share of employed ladies with kids working part-time exceeded that of ladies with out kids in all EU nations besides Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Greece and Romania.
Supply dataset: lfst_hhptety