Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) - Gender Statistics

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

Rank	Country	Value
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)
1	Netherlands (2009)	59.9
2	Argentina (2004)	53.8
3	Georgia (2004)	50.4
4	Albania (2001)	50.2
5	Switzerland (2009)	46.1
6	Pakistan (2003)	45.3
7	Sri Lanka (2003)	43.9
8	Uruguay (2004)	40.9
9	Mauritius (2004)	39.1
10	United Kingdom (2009)	38.8
11	Australia (2009)	38.3
12	Germany (2009)	38.1
13	Guatemala (2003)	37.8
14	Ireland (2009)	37.4
15	Grenada (1998)	35.5
16	Honduras (2003)	35
17	New Zealand (2009)	34.5
18	Japan (2009)	33.8
19	Austria (2009)	32.2
20	Suriname (1998)	31.9
21	Belgium (2009)	31.8
22	Venezuela (2003)	31.5
23	Luxembourg (2009)	31.1
24	Indonesia (2003)	31
25	Bolivia (2002)	30.8
26	Italy (2009)	30.5
27	Norway (2009)	30.4
28	Zimbabwe (1999)	30.1
29	Euro area (2008)	29.51
30	Ethiopia (2004)	28.4
31	Dominica (1997)	27.8
32	Mexico (2004)	27.6
33	Canada (2009)	27
34	Madagascar (2001)	27
35	European Union (2008)	26.72
36	Panama (2004)	25.9
37	Iceland (2009)	25.8
38	Belize (1999)	25.5
39	Costa Rica (2003)	25.4
40	High income: OECD (2008)	25.05
41	High income (2008)	24.95
42	Denmark (2009)	24.8
43	OECD members (2008)	24.78
44	Paraguay (2003)	24.5
45	Azerbaijan (2003)	24.3
46	Israel (2007)	23.8
47	Malta (2009)	23.6
48	Turkey (2009)	23.5
49	Ecuador (2002)	23.4
50	Dominican Republic (2003)	23.1
51	France (2009)	22.4
52	Spain (2009)	21.4
53	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2008)	20.93
54	Nicaragua (2003)	20.1
55	Sweden (2009)	19.8
56	El Salvador (2003)	19.5
57	United States (2009)	19.2
58	North America (2008)	18.73
59	Netherlands Antilles (1998)	18.7
60	Chile (2009)	17
61	Finland (2009)	15.9
62	Greece (2009)	14.4
63	Barbados (1999)	14.3
64	North Korea (2009)	14.2
65	South Korea (2009)	14.2
66	Portugal (2009)	13.8
67	Poland (2009)	13.1
68	South Africa (1999)	12.7
69	Cyprus (2009)	12.5
70	Bahamas (2002)	11.9
71	Croatia (2009)	11.6
72	Aruba (1994)	11.4
73	Estonia (2009)	11.1
74	Macau (2004)	10.7
75	Romania (2009)	10.6
76	Slovenia (2009)	10.4
77	Latvia (2009)	10.2
78	Thailand (2000)	9.9
79	Lithuania (2009)	9.5
80	Trinidad and Tobago (2002)	9.5
81	Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2003)	7.53
82	Macedonia (2009)	6.9
83	Czech Republic (2009)	6.2
84	Ukraine (2003)	6
85	Hungary (2009)	5
86	Slovakia (2009)	4.1
87	Russia (2008)	4
88	Bulgaria (2009)	2.7

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Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) - Gender Statistics

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