Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
83
Highest
1.0%
Puerto Rico
Lowest
0.0%
Slovak Republic
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,246

What the numbers show

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Puerto Rico; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovak Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in United Republic of Tanzania (up 83.2%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 67.5%).

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 unchanged flat
2 Georgia 0.7% 2013 up 67.6% rising
3 Uganda 0.5% 2016 down 29.4% rising
4 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 7.9% falling
5 Rwanda 0.4% 2021 down 41.7% rising
6 Peru 0.4% 2016 down 3.0% flat
7 Ghana 0.4% 2016 up 17.2% volatile
8 Argentina 0.4% 2018 up 16.8% rising
9 Honduras 0.4% 2017 up 26.0% rising
10 United Republic of Tanzania 0.4% 2020 up 83.2% rising
11 Australia 0.3% 2015 up 7.5% rising
12 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 11.4% falling
13 Uruguay 0.3% 2019 up 8.6% rising
14 Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 7.0% rising
15 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 16.9% rising
16 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 up 66.2% volatile
17 Armenia 0.3% 2020 down 0.3% falling
18 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 up 6.6% falling
19 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 48.3% falling
20 United Kingdom 0.3% 2016 up 6.2% falling
21 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 up 9.8% rising
22 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.3% 2017 up 7.9% falling
23 Panama 0.3% 2018 up 11.8% rising
24 Belgium 0.3% 2016 up 9.7% rising
25 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 40.9% flat
26 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 18.6% flat
27 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 59.7% falling
28 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 8.5% flat
29 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 35.1% rising
30 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 6.6% flat
31 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 3.9% rising
32 Austria 0.2% 2016 up 23.4% rising
33 State of Palestine 0.2% 2008 up 77.7% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 down 24.2% falling
35 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 19.3% rising
36 United States 0.2% 2018 up 4.7% rising
37 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 7.9% rising
38 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 6.0% rising
39 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 22.5% falling
40 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 20.3% falling
41 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 16.3% rising
42 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2015 down 23.0% falling
43 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 33.6% rising
44 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 15.1% flat
45 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 22.8% falling
46 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 3.9% falling
47 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 10.1% flat
48 France 0.2% 2016 down 6.0% falling
49 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 6.7% falling
50 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 42.6% rising
51 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 18.3% falling
52 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 down 8.7% rising
53 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 7.3% rising
54 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 13.0% rising
55 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 34.6% falling
56 Iceland 0.2% 2015 down 29.2% falling
57 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 45.4% flat
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.2% 2006 up 31.1% rising
59 India 0.2% 2019 up 4.5% falling
60 Albania 0.1% 2019 down 14.7% falling
61 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 3.5% rising
62 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 1.9% falling
63 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 19.9% falling
64 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 6.7% rising
65 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 5.5% flat
66 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 67.5% falling
67 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 24.1% falling
68 Kosovo 0.1% 2014 down 55.1% falling
69 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 2.7% falling
70 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 46.0% falling
71 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 2.3% volatile
72 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 24.3% rising
73 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 12.3% falling
74 Poland 0.1% 2016 down 27.8% falling
75 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 5.4% falling
76 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 down 63.3% falling
77 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 0.3% falling
78 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 23.8% falling
79 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 74.7% volatile
80 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 0.9% volatile
81 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 40.3% falling
82 Croatia 0.0% 2016 up 53.2% rising
83 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2016 down 32.0% volatile

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Indicator
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,246 data points, 1970–2021
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