Time-related underemployment, female in North America
North America: Time-related underemployment, female was 0.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Time-related underemployment, female in North America, 1994–2025
Source: International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/. Measured in % of employment.
Analysis
North America recorded 0.8% for time-related underemployment, female in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, time-related underemployment, female in North America peaked at 2.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Time-related underemployment, female in North America, year by year
| Year | % of employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7% | — |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +17.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +31.9% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +185.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -58.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -26.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +7.7% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near North America
More gender data for North America
- Labor force, female 90.56 million (2025)
- Labor force, female, per capita 0.2361 units per person (2025)
- Labor force, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Labor force, female, annual growth rate 0.4331 % change on previous year (2025)
- Labor force, female, per square kilometre 4.96 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 83.8% (2025)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.95 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.76 years (2019)
- Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 43.9% (2025)
- Women of reproductive age 86.08 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is time-related underemployment, female in North America?
- Time-related underemployment, female in North America was 0.8% in 2025, 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 North America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest time-related underemployment, female recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- How does North America rank for time-related underemployment, female?
- North America ranks 13th out of 13 groups with data for 2025.
- Is time-related underemployment, female rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North America 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.