Panama's part time employment, female (% of total female employment) was 33.54% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.91 percentage points from 27.63% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33.54% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 48.85% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 27.63% | 2015 |
| Highest | 48.85% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 25.31% | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 36.24% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 39.03% | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Panama's part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 2.3 percentage points on 2024 (from 35.84% to 33.54%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 14.23 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.15 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Panama had the 22nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | 33.54% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 37.43% | 2025 |
| High income | 36.79% | 2024 |
Closest to Panama in the 2025 ranking
- Chile — 19th of 45: 36.49%
- Korea, Rep. — 20th of 45: 35.45%
- Dominican Republic — 21st of 45: 34.04%
- United States — 23rd of 45: 33.16%
- West Bank and Gaza — 24th of 45: 32.41%
- Türkiye — 25th of 45: 32.12%
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 22 values
| Year | Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.54 |
| 2024 | 35.84 |
| 2023 | 34.9 |
| 2022 | 40.52 |
| 2021 | 38.7 |
| 2020 | 48.85 |
| 2019 | 34.62 |
| 2018 | 33.4 |
| 2017 | 31.37 |
| 2016 | 30.67 |
| 2015 |
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 55.09% (2025)
- Bolivia — 50.77% (2025)
- Brazil — 32.01% (2025)
- Chile — 36.49% (2025)
- Colombia — 30.38% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 27.79% (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 34.04% (2025)
- Ecuador — 53.22% (2025)
- El Salvador — 30.28% (2025)
More social protection & labor data for Panama
- Net migration — 6,151 (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 8.31% (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 2,694 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 10.36% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 6.72% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 33.81% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 51.44% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Panama's part time employment, female (% of total female employment)?
- 33.54% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 5.49 percentage points from 39.03% in 1997. The highest value was 48.85% in 2020 and the lowest 25.31% in 2011.
- How does Panama rank?
- 22nd highest of 45 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in part time employment, female (% of total female employment) unusual for Panama?
- In 2025, Panama's part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 2.3 percentage points on 2024 (from 35.84% to 33.54%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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.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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