Pakistan: Part time employment, female (% of total female employment)

Key figures

Since 2006 it is down 12.05 percentage points from 42.58% in 2006. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.34 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.84 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Pakistan had the 29th 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.

Closest to Pakistan in the 2025 ranking

• Brazil — 26th of 45: 32.01%
• Greece — 27th of 45: 31.26%
• Cambodia — 28th of 45: 31.02%
• Colombia — 30th of 45: 30.38%
• El Salvador — 31st of 45: 30.28%
• Italy — 32nd of 45: 27.93%

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 13 values

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

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 16.65% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 41.66% (2024)
• Israel — 43.65% (2024)
• Malta — 42.91% (2024)
• West Bank and Gaza — 32.41% (2025)

More social protection & labor data for Pakistan

• Net migration — -1.24 million (2025)
• Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 6.96% (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 1.16 million (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 28.21% (2025)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 34.63% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 81.46% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 55.34% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Pakistan's part time employment, female (% of total female employment)?

30.53% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is down 12.05 percentage points from 42.58% in 2006. The highest value was 50.28% in 2019 and the lowest 30.53% in 2025.

How does Pakistan rank?

29th highest of 45 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.PART.FE.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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