Central Europe and the Baltics: Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Central Europe and the Baltics' part time employment, total (% of total employment) rose 0.05 percentage points on 2023 (from 13.85% to 13.9%).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.56 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 1.84 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.84 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

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 28 values

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in nearby economies

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 15.41% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 20.45% (2024)
• Israel — 34.81% (2024)
• Malta — 35.34% (2024)
• Pakistan — 12.21% (2025)
• West Bank and Gaza — 17.77% (2025)

More social protection & labor data for Central Europe and the Baltics

• Net migration — -568,786 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 26,100 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 2.08 million (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 25.75% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 32.93% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 29.43% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is Central Europe and the Baltics's part time employment, total (% of total employment)?

13.9% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is down 2.84 percentage points from 16.74% in 1997. The highest value was 20.12% in 1999 and the lowest 13.08% in 2021.

Is the latest change in part time employment, total (% of total employment) unusual for Central Europe and the Baltics?

In 2024, Central Europe and the Baltics' part time employment, total (% of total employment) rose 0.05 percentage points on 2023 (from 13.85% to 13.9%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was −0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.56 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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