South Asia: Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 7.39 percentage points from 17.38% in 2020. Since 2005 it is up 16.99 percentage points from 7.78% in 2005. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2018 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.59 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 8 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 11 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 South Asia

• Net migration — -1.3 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 1.44 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 238,179 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 19.57% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 45.37% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 32.97% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 35.5% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is South Asia's part time employment, total (% of total employment)?

24.77% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is up 16.99 percentage points from 7.78% in 2005. The highest value was 24.77% in 2025 and the lowest 5.71% in 2012.

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.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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