Australia vs North America: Time-related underemployment, female
Australia
7.8%
in 2024
North America
0.8%
in 2025
Australia rank
16th
North America rank
13th
Time-related underemployment, female over time
- Australia
- North America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 7.8% against 0.8% in North America, a difference of 7.0%.
That makes Australia's figure about 10.1 times North America's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 16th and North America ranks 13th of 103 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.8% | 0.9% | 12.8% | Australia |
| 2010s | 12.5% | 0.9% | 11.5% | Australia |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 1.0% | 8.0% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Australia or North America?
- Australia, at 7.8% against 0.8% in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in time-related underemployment, female between Australia and North America?
- 7.0%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and North America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Australia and North America rank globally for time-related underemployment, female?
- Australia ranks 16th and North America ranks 13th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Time-related underemployment refers to all persons in employment who (i) wanted to work additional hours, (ii) had worked less than a specified hours threshold (working time in all jobs), and (iii) were available to work additional hours given an opportunity for more work.