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Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees — From 20 to 64 years; Employed persons with temporary contract

Compare temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees — from 20 to 64 years; employed persons with temporary contract across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
9.6Percentage of employees
Median: 9.3Percentage of employees
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Netherlands
22.3Percentage of employees
Lowest
Lithuania
1.7Percentage of employees
Top 5 Countries
1Netherlands22.3Percentage of employees
2The Republic of North Macedonia18.7Percentage of employees
3Serbia17.8Percentage of employees
4Poland15.2Percentage of employees
5Spain14.9Percentage of employees
By Region
Other11.9Percentage of employees(4 countries)
Europe9.3Percentage of employees(30 countries)
Key Findings
  • 34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of employees observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Netherlands has the highest published value (22.3 Percentage of employees).
  • Lithuania has the lowest published value (1.7 Percentage of employees).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.7Percentage of employees)High (22.3Percentage of employees)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.6Percentage 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

Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees; fixed slice age: From 20 to 64 years [Y20-64]; freq: Annual [A]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of employees [PC_SAL]; wstatus: Employed persons with temporary contract [EMP_TEMP]

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

Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees; fixed slice age: From 20 to 64 years [Y20-64]; freq: Annual [A]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of employees [PC_SAL]; wstatus: Employed persons with temporary contract [EMP_TEMP]

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Netherlands22.3Percentage of employees
2The Republic of North Macedonia18.7Percentage of employees
3Serbia17.8Percentage of employees
4Poland15.2Percentage of employees
5Spain14.9Percentage of employees
6Portugal14.8Percentage of employees
7Cyprus14.5Percentage of employees
8France13.6Percentage of employees
9Italy13.3Percentage of employees
10Finland12.8Percentage of employees
11Denmark11.1Percentage of employees
12Sweden10.5Percentage of employees
13Bosnia and Herzegovina10.2Percentage of employees
14Iceland10.0Percentage of employees
15Germany9.8Percentage of employees
16Türkiye9.7Percentage of employees
17Greece9.3Percentage of employees
18Belgium9.2Percentage of employees
19Malta9.0Percentage of employees
20Luxembourg8.9Percentage of employees
21Switzerland8.9Percentage of employees
22Slovenia8.8Percentage of employees
23Croatia8.1Percentage of employees
24Czech Republic7.1Percentage of employees
25Norway7.0Percentage of employees
26Ireland6.4Percentage of employees
27Austria6.0Percentage of employees
28Hungary4.3Percentage of employees
29Slovakia3.6Percentage of employees
30Estonia2.9Percentage of employees
31Bulgaria2.5Percentage of employees
32Latvia2.5Percentage of employees
33Romania1.8Percentage of employees
34Lithuania1.7Percentage of employees
Showing 34 of 34 countries

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Data Source

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

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