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Involuntary temporary employment — From 15 to 64 years; Job only available with a temporary contract

Compare involuntary temporary employment — from 15 to 64 years; job only available with a temporary contract across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission•34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
2.4Percentage of employees
Median: 2.1Percentage of employees
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Finland
7.4Percentage of employees
Lowest
Slovakia
0.2Percentage of employees
Top 5 Countries
1Finland7.4Percentage of employees
2Portugal6.7Percentage of employees
3Sweden6.2Percentage of employees
4Malta5.4Percentage of employees
5Greece4.7Percentage of employees
By Region
Other2.6Percentage of employees(4 countries)
Europe2.4Percentage of employees(30 countries)
Key Findings
  • •34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of employees observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • •Finland has the highest published value (7.4 Percentage of employees).
  • •Romania has the lowest published value (0.2 Percentage of employees).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2Percentage of employees)High (7.4Percentage of employees)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.4Percentage of employees)

Other (4)
Europe (30)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Involuntary temporary employment; fixed slice age: From 15 to 64 years [Y15-64]; freq: Annual [A]; reason: Job only available with a temporary contract [JOB_TCTR]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of employees [PC_SAL]

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 Eurostat slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Involuntary temporary employment; fixed slice age: From 15 to 64 years [Y15-64]; freq: Annual [A]; reason: Job only available with a temporary contract [JOB_TCTR]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of employees [PC_SAL]

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Finland7.4Percentage of employees
2Portugal6.7Percentage of employees
3Sweden6.2Percentage of employees
4Malta5.4Percentage of employees
5Greece4.7Percentage of employees
6Poland4.4Percentage of employees
7Italy3.8Percentage of employees
8France3.7Percentage of employees
9Iceland3.6Percentage of employees
10Luxembourg3.3Percentage of employees
11Czech Republic3.0Percentage of employees
12Spain2.8Percentage of employees
13The Republic of North Macedonia2.7Percentage of employees
14Austria2.6Percentage of employees
15Germany2.5Percentage of employees
16Belgium2.4Percentage of employees
17Ireland2.2Percentage of employees
18Bosnia and Herzegovina2.0Percentage of employees
19Serbia1.7Percentage of employees
20Switzerland1.6Percentage of employees
21Denmark1.4Percentage of employees
22Latvia1.3Percentage of employees
23Norway1.3Percentage of employees
24Slovenia1.3Percentage of employees
25Croatia1.1Percentage of employees
26Cyprus0.7Percentage of employees
27Hungary0.6Percentage of employees
28Bulgaria0.5Percentage of employees
29Estonia0.5Percentage of employees
30Lithuania0.5Percentage of employees
31Netherlands0.5Percentage of employees
32Türkiye0.4Percentage of employees
33Romania0.2Percentage of employees
34Slovakia0.2Percentage of employees
Showing 34 of 34 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Eurostat, European Commission (2025).

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