Which has higher time-related underemployment, male, Sweden or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 3.9% against 3.8% in Sweden as of 2025.

What is the difference in time-related underemployment, male between Sweden and United Kingdom?

0.1%, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Kingdom?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 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, male (% of employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sweden vs United Kingdom: Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment)

Sweden

3.8%

in 2024

United Kingdom

3.9%

in 2025

Sweden rank

34th

United Kingdom rank

32nd

Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment) over time

Sweden
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 3.9% against 3.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 32nd of 103 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.0%	2.2%	0.2%	United Kingdom
2010s	3.2%	4.8%	1.6%	United Kingdom
2020s	3.6%	4.0%	0.4%	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher time-related underemployment, male, Sweden or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 3.9% against 3.8% in Sweden as of 2025.
What is the difference in time-related underemployment, male between Sweden and United Kingdom?: 0.1%, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Kingdom?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Sweden and United Kingdom rank globally for time-related underemployment, male?: Sweden ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 32nd 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.

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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: 30 October 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.