The line graph provides data on the mandatory part-time workers in thirty-five countries from 1990 to 2021.
Overall, the proportion of part-time employees working without desire of their own in each country saw a significant fluctuation over an 11-year period. While there were noticeably more of these workers in the Netherlands than in any other country initially, Poland surpassed this country with a dramatic increase, becoming the dominant country.
In 1990, almost 6% of total workers in the Netherlands worked in incidental tasks. This country had by far the highest figure in the diagram – slightly over 1% higher than that of the second-ranked country, New Zealand. The figures for Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, and the OECD average, meanwhile, stood at between 4% and 2%, respectively, while lower than 2% of workers in Italy, the UK, Portugal, Greece, Germany, and Spain had to work until midday. The figures for other countries commenced in varying periods.
Over the following eleven years, there was a mainly fluctuating trend in the part-time workers in many countries given in the diagram. The figure for the Netherlands decreased sharply until the year 1992, before fluctuating just like other countries. By 2021, the proportion of part-time workers in Israel rose from about 3% in 1995 to just above 6% in 2004 and decreased gradually for the rest of the period shown. As for the other majority changes in the graph, the proportion of this type of employee in Poland grew by only 1%. This figure increased dramatically, which was the highest growth, reaching 12%. Although the figure saw a slight decline, it remained as a predominant country at the end of the period given. Finally, there was a 1.5% disparity between the figure for Australia and Spain, with the dominance of the former, at 9%. The proportion of part-time workers in other countries reached below 6% after fluctuating visibly throughout the span shown.