Eurostat: 20% of European part-time employees want to work more
Over 9 million European part-time employees say they wish they worked more, according to a recent Eurostat report. The cited source states that most underemployed part-time employees are found in Greece, and the fewest are in the Czech Republic.
On a EU level, 224 million people aged between 15 and 74 are employed, 21 million are unemployed, and 135 million are economically inactive. Nearly 8 out of 10 European employees work full-time, and 2 out of 10 work part-time, according to the European Union statistical office.
Out of the 45,3 million people that have a part-time working schedule, over 20% (9,5 million) are underemployed. This means that they want to work more and are willing to do it.
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Two thirds (65%) of underemployed European part-time employees are women. The proportion is slightly different in three member states: Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
In 2016, most underemployed part-time employees were registered in Greece (74,1% of the total number of part-time employees), Cyprus (63,7%), Spain (50,7%), Portugal (43,1%) and Slovakia (43,5%).
At the opposite end were the Czech Republic (8%), Malta (10,8%), Luxembourg (11,9%), The Netherlands (12%) and Estonia (12,5%), according to the cited source.
In the UK, the percentage is of 20%.
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