Hours worked per week of part-time employment - lfsq_ewhun2

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Quarterly: 2026Q1 (N = 283,326)

First observation: Quarterly: 2008Q1 (N = 368,653)

Last data update: 11 aoû 2026, 19:45. Last compile: 12 aoû 2026, 01:00

Structure

freq

nace_r2

wstatus

worktime

age

sex

unit

geo

France: Part-Time Hours by Sex

lfsq_ewhun2 |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         nace_r2 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "SAL",
         worktime == "PT",
         age == "Y15-64",
         sex %in% c("M", "F")) |>
  quarter_to_date() |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Sex)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.15, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Hours worked per week, part-time employees")

Germany: Part-Time Hours, Employees vs. Self-Employed

lfsq_ewhun2 |>
  filter(geo == "DE",
         nace_r2 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus %in% c("SAL", "SELF"),
         worktime == "PT",
         age == "Y15-64",
         sex == "T") |>
  quarter_to_date() |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Wstatus)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.3, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Hours worked per week, part-time")

France, Germany, Portugal

lfsq_ewhun2 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "PT"),
         nace_r2 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "SAL",
         sex == "T",
         worktime == "TOTAL") |>
  quarter_to_date() |>
  
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line() + theme_minimal()  +
  aes(x = date, y = values, color = color) +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 44, 1)) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.3, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Hours worked per week of part-time employment")

France, Italy, Greece

lfsq_ewhun2 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "IT", "EL"),
         nace_r2 == "TOTAL",
         wstatus == "SAL",
         sex == "T",
         worktime == "TOTAL") |>
  quarter_to_date() |>
  
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line() + theme_minimal()  +
  aes(x = date, y = values, color = color) +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 50, 0.5)) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.15, 0.55),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Hours worked per week of part-time employment")