In 2023, the share of part-time employees aged 20-64 in the EU was 17.1%, a slight increase from 16.9% in 2022. Looking back over the last 10 years, the share of part-time workers registered a slow but steady decreasing trend from 19.1% in 2014 and 2015 to 16.9% in 2022, only going up last year.
The share of part-time employment for men has remained stable at around 8% throughout this period, but for women the share decreased by 3.9 percentage points (pp) from 31.8% in 2014 to 27.9% in 2023.
In 2023, around one-third (31.8%) of employed women aged 25-54 with children in the EU were engaged in part-time work, in contrast to 20.0% of employed women without children.
Source:
Eurostat, 11 November 2024