Full-time and part-time employment

This dataset contains data on full-time and part-time employment according to:

• a common definition of 30-usual weekly hours of work in the main job


• national definitions

Data are broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - sex and standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55+, total)

In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates.

For detailed information on labour force surveys for all countries please see LFS_NOTES_SOURCES.