Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Barbados or South Africa?

South Africa, at 5.6% against 5.5% in Barbados as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and South Africa?

8 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.

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.

Barbados vs South Africa: Time-related underemployment, female

Barbados

5.5%

in 2023

South Africa

5.6%

in 2024

Barbados rank

30th

South Africa rank

29th

Time-related underemployment, female over time

Barbados
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 5.6% against 5.5% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2015 it was South Africa ahead.

Barbados ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 29th of 103 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
2010s	5.0%	6.6%	1.7%	South Africa
2020s	7.5%	6.6%	0.8%	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Barbados or South Africa?: South Africa, at 5.6% against 5.5% in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, female between Barbados and South Africa?: 0.1%, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and South Africa?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Barbados and South Africa rank globally for time-related underemployment, female?: Barbados ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 29th 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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Indicator: Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment)
Unit: % of employment
Source: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 116 places, 1,925 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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.