EU countries by part-time employment share

The Netherlands had the highest part-time employment share of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 41.6%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 1.8%. The median was 11.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 17.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest41.6Netherlands

Lowest1.8Bulgaria

Median11.127 EU countries

European Union (27)17.8History

Map of EU countries, 2020

Under 5.7
5.7 to 8.9
8.9 to 15
15 to 21
21 and over

%, 2020. Source: Eurostat, Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

%. Source: Eurostat, Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Netherlands	41.6	+0.5 pts
2	Germany Series break	28.2	+0.7 pts
3	Austria	28.1	-0.1 pts
4	Belgium	24.4	-0.4 pts
5	Denmark	23.4	-0.8 pts
6	Sweden	22.1	-0.2 pts
7	Italy	18.3	-0.6 pts
8	Luxembourg	18	+1.1 pts
9	Ireland	17.8	-1.8 pts
10	France	17.7	-0.4 pts
11	Finland	15.6	-0.8 pts
12	Spain	13.9	-0.6 pts
13	Estonia	12.1	+0.9 pts
14	Malta	11.1	-1 pts
15	Cyprus	9.9	-0.3 pts
16	Slovenia	9.1	-0.2 pts
17	Greece	8.8	-0.5 pts
18	Latvia	7.6	+0.5 pts
19	Portugal	7.2	-0.5 pts
20	Lithuania	6.1	-0.3 pts
21	Poland	5.9	-0.3 pts
22	Czechia	5.7	-0.6 pts
23	Hungary	4.6	+0.4 pts
24	Croatia	4.5	-0.3 pts
25	Romania	3.7	-0.1 pts
26	Slovakia	3.2	0 pts
27	Bulgaria	1.8	-0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed people aged 15 to 64 who work part time, as a percentage of all employed people aged 15 to 64. Whether a job is part time is based on the person's own answer in the labour force survey.

From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a) (EU countries by part-time employment share, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table

MLA 9

Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), EU countries by part-time employment share, 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/part-time-employment-share/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). EU countries by part-time employment share, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/part-time-employment-share/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), EU countries by part-time employment share, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/part-time-employment-share/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest part-time employment share?

The Netherlands, with 41.6% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest part-time employment share?

Bulgaria, with 1.8% in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18.