Time-related underemployment, female in Euro area
Euro area: Time-related underemployment, female was 5.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Time-related underemployment, female in Euro area, 2002–2024
Source: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/. Measured in % of employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for time-related underemployment, female in Euro area is 5.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, time-related underemployment, female in Euro area peaked at 8.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2002.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Time-related underemployment, female in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2.6% | — |
| 2003 | 4.6% | +79.5% |
| 2004 | 5.3% | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 5.3% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 2.6% | 7.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 6.1% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.3% | 6.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More gender data for Euro area
- Labor force, female 81.83 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2281 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate -0.0473 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 28.76 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female 0.0959 per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male 0.1756 per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49 (2024)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 97.9% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.23 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.65 years (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is time-related underemployment, female in Euro area?
- Time-related underemployment, female in Euro area was 5.3% 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest time-related underemployment, female recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2002.
- How does Euro area rank for time-related underemployment, female?
- Euro area ranks 4th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is time-related underemployment, female rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.