Time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics
Central Europe and the Baltics: Time-related underemployment, female was 1.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics, 2001–2024
Source: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/. Measured in % of employment.
Analysis
In 2024, time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics stood at 1.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics peaked at 3.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics, year by year
| Year | % of employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.7% | — |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +54.5% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | +22.0% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +54.5% | 1.9% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 1.5% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Europe and the Baltics
More gender data for Central Europe and the Baltics
- Labor force, female 22.38 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2242 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.397 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 20.35 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 99.9% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.04 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.9 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 21.9% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 105.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- Time-related underemployment, female in Central Europe and the Baltics was 1.1% in 2024, according to International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
- What is the highest time-related underemployment, female recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest time-related underemployment, female recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2023.
- How does Central Europe and the Baltics rank for time-related underemployment, female?
- Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 12th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is time-related underemployment, female rising or falling in Central Europe and the Baltics?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central Europe and the Baltics data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as part of Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.