Australia vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment

Australia
94.73 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2017
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
94.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2025
Australia rank
7th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
6th

Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment over time

  • Australia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 94.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 94.73 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Australia, a difference of 0.22 Percentage of population in the same subgroup.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 7th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th of 37 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 95.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 92.94 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Australia
2000s 94.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 94.09 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 0.3773 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Australia
2010s 94.62 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 93.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 0.7936 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job - incidence — permanent employment, Australia or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 94.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 94.73 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Australia as of 2025.
What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job - incidence — permanent employment between Australia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
0.22 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
15 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Australia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — permanent employment?
Australia ranks 7th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment
Unit
Percentage of population in the same subgroup
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
51 places, 1,548 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains incidences and gender composition of temporary employment with standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 65+, total). Data are further broken down by professional status - employees, total employment. Data are reported for employees. Temporary employees are wage and salary workers whose job has a pre-determined termination date as opposed to permanent employees whose job is of unlimited duration. They include: i) persons with a seasonal job; ii) persons engaged by an employment agency or business and hired out to a third party for carrying out a “work mission”; iii) persons with specific training contracts (including apprentices, trainees, research assistants, probationary period of a contract, etc.). Country-specific exceptions to this generic definition may be found in LFS_NOTES_SOURCES. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates