Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Bhutan or Estonia?

Estonia, at 1.9% against 1.7% in Bhutan as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Estonia?

5 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.

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.

Bhutan vs Estonia: Time-related underemployment, female

Bhutan

1.7%

in 2024

Estonia

1.9%

in 2024

Bhutan rank

72nd

Estonia rank

70th

Time-related underemployment, female over time

Bhutan
Estonia

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 1.9% against 1.7% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 72nd and Estonia ranks 70th of 103 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Estonia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Estonia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.5%	2.2%	0.3%	Bhutan
2010s	2.4%	2.9%	0.6%	Estonia
2020s	1.6%	1.5%	0.1%	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, Bhutan or Estonia?: Estonia, at 1.9% against 1.7% in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, female between Bhutan and Estonia?: 0.2%, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Estonia?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Estonia rank globally for time-related underemployment, female?: Bhutan ranks 72nd and Estonia ranks 70th 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

Bhutan vs Estonia: 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 14 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/time-related-underemployment-female-percent-of-employment/bhutan/estonia/

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/bhutan/estonia/">Bhutan vs Estonia: 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: 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.