United Kingdom - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in United Kingdom was 41.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 43.51 in 2010, while its lowest value was 35.86 in 1983.

Definition: Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
1983 35.86
1984 40.22
1985 38.05
1986 38.52
1987 40.42
1988 37.74
1989 39.14
1990 40.33
1991 39.15
1992 41.56
1993 40.69
1994 40.70
1995 40.20
1996 40.54
1997 41.83
1998 41.98
1999 41.20
2000 42.16
2001 41.10
2002 41.26
2003 42.44
2004 42.36
2005 41.47
2006 41.48
2007 41.41
2008 42.40
2009 42.65
2010 43.51
2011 43.13
2012 42.30
2013 41.92
2014 41.55
2015 42.33
2016 41.49
2017 41.41
2018 41.71
2019 41.11

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity