North America vs Turkey: Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment)
North America
0.8%
in 2025
Turkey
7.9%
in 2024
North America rank
13th
Turkey rank
14th
Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment) over time
- North America
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 7.9% against 0.8% in North America, a difference of 7.1%.
That makes Turkey's figure about 10.2 times North America's.
Across all 21 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
North America ranks 13th and Turkey ranks 14th of 13 groups.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North America | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 1.8% | 0.8% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 4.7% | 3.7% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher time-related underemployment, female, North America or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 7.9% against 0.8% in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in time-related underemployment, female between North America and Turkey?
- 7.1%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Turkey?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
- How do North America and Turkey rank globally for time-related underemployment, female?
- North America ranks 13th and Turkey ranks 14th of 13 groups.
- 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.