Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment) in United States
United States: Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment) was 0.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Time-related underemployment, female in United States, 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
The most recent figure for time-related underemployment, female in United States is 0.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, time-related underemployment, female in United States peaked at 2.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2022.
That places United States 93rd out of 103 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment) in United States, year by year
| Year | % of employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.7% | — |
| 1995 | 0.8% | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | +30.7% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +30.3% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +247.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -64.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -27.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | +6.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 18% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment) in United States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +247.6% | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| 2021 | -64.6% | 2.2% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
More gender data for United States
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 57,835 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4626 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 297,814 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 297,814 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.6312 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.79 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.88 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.80 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.89 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.83 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is time-related underemployment, female in United States?
- Time-related underemployment, female in United States was 0.7% 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest time-related underemployment, female recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- How does United States rank for time-related underemployment, female?
- United States ranks 93rd out of 103 countries with data for 2025.
- Is time-related underemployment, female rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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.