Working women in Europe more likely to be part-time compared to men 

Almost 30% of women in Ireland worked part-time between July and September last year, compared to under 10% of men

In the Netherlands, 63% of women worked part-time compared to just 23% of men.

Working women across Europe registered a higher share of part-time employment across all occupational categories, with almost 30% of women working in Ireland part-time, according to Eurostat. 

Meanwhile, just under 10% of working men in Ireland were part-time between July and September last year, with the European statistics agency reporting a higher share of part-time employment among women across all but two EU countries.

Ireland posted the eighth-largest disparity between the share of women and men in part-time employment out of the EU27, coming behind the Netherlands in first place where 63% of working women were part-time compared to just 23% of men.

Significant differences between women and men were also recorded in Austria, at 38 percentage points and in Germany at 37 percentage points.

Romania was the exception, with the share of men employed part-time 1% higher than that of women. In Bulgaria, women and men registered equal shares of part-time employment at 1% each.

The largest difference between the shares of women and men part-time workers was reported among helpers, cleaners or food preparation assistants at 29 percentage points, with 47% of working women employed part-time compared to 19% of men. 

Among service and sales workers, 35% of women were employed part-time, compared with 16% of men, while among clerical support workers, 29% of women were employed part-time and 9% of men.

The lowest differences between the shares of part-time workers were registered among the managerial occupations at 10% for women compared to 3% for men and plant and machine operators and assemblers, at 12% for women and 4% for men.