European Union: Part time employment, male (% of total male employment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, European Union's part time employment, male (% of total male employment) rose 0.12 percentage points on 2023 (from 26.07% to 26.18%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.42 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 4.6 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.71 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 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.46 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 58% 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.

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 34 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 European Union

• Net migration — -317,019 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 7.74 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 27,822 (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 32.1% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 36.35% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) — 34.29% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate) — 49.58% (2025)
• Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (national estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is European Union's part time employment, male (% of total male employment)?

26.18% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 11.07 percentage points from 15.12% in 1991. The highest value was 28.19% in 2020 and the lowest 15.12% in 1991.

Is the latest change in part time employment, male (% of total male employment) unusual for European Union?

In 2024, European Union's part time employment, male (% of total male employment) rose 0.12 percentage points on 2023 (from 26.07% to 26.18%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.42 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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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