Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia: Time-related underemployment, male

Afghanistan
8.4%
in 2021
Europe & Central Asia
3.4%
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
7th
Europe & Central Asia rank
4th

Time-related underemployment, male over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Europe & Central Asia
05101520200620152024

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 8.4% against 3.4% in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 5.0%.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 2.5 times Europe & Central Asia's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 7th and Europe & Central Asia ranks 4th of 103 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Europe & Central Asia Difference Ahead
2010s 17.2% 3.3% 13.8% Afghanistan
2020s 12.9% 3.9% 9.0% Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, male, Afghanistan or Europe & Central Asia?
Afghanistan, at 8.4% against 3.4% in Europe & Central Asia as of 2021.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, male between Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia?
5.0%, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2021.
How do Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia rank globally for time-related underemployment, male?
Afghanistan ranks 7th and Europe & Central Asia ranks 4th 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, male (% 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

Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia: Time-related underemployment, male. Statizoid, drawing on International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/time-related-underemployment-male-percent-of-employment/afghanistan/europe-and-central-asia/

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-male-percent-of-employment/afghanistan/europe-and-central-asia/">Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia: Time-related underemployment, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Time-related underemployment, male (% 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, 1,919 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.