Europe & Central Asia: Part time employment, male (% of total male employment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Europe & Central Asia's part time employment, male (% of total male employment) rose 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 20.94% to 21.22%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.1 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 3.85 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.37 percentage points in 2022. 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 5% 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 20 values

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

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 15.04% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 16.38% (2024)
• Israel — 26.46% (2024)
• Malta — 30.14% (2024)
• Pakistan — 6.37% (2025)
• West Bank and Gaza — 14.23% (2025)

More social protection & labor data for Europe & Central Asia

• Net migration — 1.18 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 11.5 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 5.79 million (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 35.9% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 44.5% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 40.3% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is Europe & Central Asia's part time employment, male (% of total male employment)?

21.22% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 2.86 percentage points from 18.36% in 2003. The highest value was 27.83% in 2020 and the lowest 18.23% in 2011.

Is the latest change in part time employment, male (% of total male employment) unusual for Europe & Central Asia?

In 2024, Europe & Central Asia's part time employment, male (% of total male employment) rose 0.28 percentage points on 2023 (from 20.94% to 21.22%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.1 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.MA.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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