Trinidad and Tobago: Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 8 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 2024, Trinidad and Tobago had the 1st highest value of the 34 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 Trinidad and Tobago in the 2024 ranking

• Netherlands — 2nd of 34: 61.55%
• Norway — 3rd of 34: 52.68%
• Sweden — 4th of 34: 47.78%

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, total (% of total employment) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 41.26% (2025)
• Bolivia — 40.16% (2025)
• Brazil — 24.76% (2025)
• Chile — 28.88% (2025)
• Colombia — 21.85% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 18.75% (2025)
• Dominican Republic — 29% (2025)
• Ecuador — 43.28% (2025)
• El Salvador — 23.72% (2025)
• Guatemala

More social protection & labor data for Trinidad and Tobago

• Net migration — 691 (2025)
• Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 4.01% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 47.07% (2024)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 75.44% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 62.39% (2024)
• Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 54.53% (2024)
• Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 4.19% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Trinidad and Tobago's part time employment, total (% of total employment)?

100% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is unchanged since 2010. The highest value was 100% in 2010 and the lowest 100% in 2010.

How does Trinidad and Tobago rank?

1st highest of 34 economies with data for 2024.

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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