Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
81
Highest
1.0%
Puerto Rico
Lowest
0.0%
Slovak Republic
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,158

What the numbers show

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 81 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 30.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 90.9%), and the largest decrease in Moldova, Republic of (down 68.8%).

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 unchanged flat
2 Georgia 0.7% 2013 up 68.4% rising
3 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 7.3% falling
4 Uganda 0.4% 2016 down 32.7% rising
5 Rwanda 0.4% 2021 down 41.8% rising
6 Belgium 0.4% 2003 up 67.9% rising
7 Honduras 0.4% 2017 up 22.8% rising
8 Argentina 0.4% 2018 up 12.7% rising
9 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 3.1% flat
10 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 12.0% volatile
11 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 13.7% falling
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 up 78.8% rising
13 Uruguay 0.3% 2019 up 6.6% rising
14 Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 2.5% rising
15 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 17.0% rising
16 Korea 0.3% 2017 up 60.4% volatile
17 United Kingdom 0.3% 2016 up 6.2% falling
18 Guatemala 0.3% 2011 up 2.7% flat
19 Germany 0.3% 2011 up 11.0% flat
20 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 down 0.2% falling
21 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 90.9% falling
22 Bolivia 0.2% 2017 up 12.7% falling
23 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 46.5% flat
24 Panama 0.2% 2018 up 11.1% rising
25 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 18.7% flat
26 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 34.5% rising
27 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 6.0% flat
28 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 3.7% rising
29 Palestine 0.2% 2008 up 61.0% rising
30 Kyrgyz Republic 0.2% 2020 down 27.8% falling
31 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 20.5% falling
32 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 17.1% rising
33 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2015 down 23.7% falling
34 Nepal 0.2% 2014 down 59.9% falling
35 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 11.5% rising
36 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 8.9% rising
37 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 18.9% rising
38 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 14.9% falling
39 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 1.3% rising
40 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 37.6% rising
41 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 5.3% falling
42 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 24.5% falling
43 United States 0.2% 2018 up 11.6% rising
44 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 15.3% flat
45 France 0.2% 2016 down 6.1% falling
46 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 13.8% rising
47 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 6.0% falling
48 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 8.3% falling
49 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 21.5% falling
50 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 37.8% rising
51 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 1.1% rising
52 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 46.8% flat
53 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 35.2% falling
54 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 7.6% rising
55 India 0.1% 2019 up 4.6% falling
56 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0.1% 2006 up 25.3% rising
57 Iceland 0.1% 2015 down 22.7% falling
58 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 12.4% flat
59 Albania 0.1% 2019 down 30.8% falling
60 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 11.9% falling
61 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 down 11.8% flat
62 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 1.3% rising
63 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 1.7% falling
64 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 24.8% flat
65 Kosovo 0.1% 2014 down 53.9% falling
66 Moldova, Republic of 0.1% 2021 down 68.8% falling
67 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 6.0% falling
68 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 43.9% falling
69 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 24.0% rising
70 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 12.5% falling
71 Poland 0.1% 2016 down 27.6% falling
72 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.1% 2019 down 12.0% volatile
73 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 7.4% falling
74 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 3.6% falling
75 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 down 60.3% falling
76 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 74.8% volatile
77 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 28.3% falling
78 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 2.3% volatile
79 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 41.5% falling
80 Croatia 0.0% 2016 up 61.5% rising
81 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2016 down 32.0% volatile

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Indicator
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
81 places, 1,158 data points, 1970–2021
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