Non-EU Citizens & Women More Likely To Work Part Time

In 2024, non-EU citizens accounted for 22.2% of part-time work in total employment in the EU and EU citizens residing in another EU country made up 20.8%.

Both categories had higher shares than EU nationals residing in their country, which stood at 16.6%.

Between 2014 and 2024, EU nationals consistently registered the lowest shares of part-time employment.

From 2014 onwards, the share of part-time employment in total employment showed a downward trend in all 3 categories, particularly among non-EU citizens, whose levels have narrowed towards those of EU citizens residing in another EU country.

Regardless of citizenship, at the EU level, women had higher shares of part-time employment than men.

In 2024, the biggest gap between women and men was registered among citizens of another EU country, where 35.8% of employed women work part-time compared with 7.9% of men.

For women from non-EU countries, 36.8% were employed part-time, whereas for men, that share was significantly lower at 11.8%.

Among nationals of a reporting country, 27.0% women and 7.4% men were employed part-time respectively.

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