Belgium vs Sweden: Time-related underemployment, female

Belgium
5.3%
in 2024
Sweden
5.2%
in 2024
Belgium rank
32nd
Sweden rank
33rd

Time-related underemployment, female over time

  • Belgium
  • Sweden
0246199920112024

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 5.3% against 5.2% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sweden ahead.

Belgium ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 33rd of 103 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 1.4% 4.7% 3.3% Sweden
2010s 4.9% 5.5% 0.6% Sweden
2020s 5.2% 5.0% 0.2% Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Belgium or Sweden?
Belgium, at 5.3% against 5.2% in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, female between Belgium and Sweden?
0.1%, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for time-related underemployment, female?
Belgium ranks 32nd and Sweden ranks 33rd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Sweden: Time-related underemployment, female. Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/time-related-underemployment-female-percent-of-employment/belgium/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/time-related-underemployment-female-percent-of-employment/belgium/sweden/">Belgium vs Sweden: Time-related underemployment, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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.