Bosnia and Herzegovina's part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 5.71% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.05 percentage points from 14.76% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.71% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 11.6% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.76% | 2015 |
| Highest | 22.06% | 2001 |
| Lowest | 5.37% | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 8.81% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.06% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina's part time employment, total (% of total employment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.98% to 5.71%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was −0.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.86 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.23 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.91 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 68% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 43rd highest value of the 45 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.71% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 28.2% | 2024 |
Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2025 ranking
- St. Lucia — 40th of 45: 9.4%
- Moldova — 41st of 45: 7.3%
- Russian Federation — 42nd of 45: 7.12%
- Mongolia — 44th of 45: 4.82%
- Poland — 45th of 45: 0.42%
What this measures
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Part time employment, total (% of total employment) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.71 |
| 2024 | 5.98 |
| 2023 | 5.94 |
| 2022 | 5.55 |
| 2021 | 5.37 |
| 2020 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 11.77 |
| 2018 | 12.64 |
| 2017 | 13.2 |
| 2016 | 10.34 |
| 2015 |
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Net migration — -6,994 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 18.44% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 32.97% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 26% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 52.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 73.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's part time employment, total (% of total employment)?
- 5.71% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 16.35 percentage points from 22.06% in 2001. The highest value was 22.06% in 2001 and the lowest 5.37% in 2021.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?
- 43rd highest of 45 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in part time employment, total (% of total employment) unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- In 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina's part time employment, total (% of total employment) fell 0.28 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.98% to 5.71%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was −0.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.PART.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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