Denmark vs Sweden: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 13.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 12.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Denmark, a difference of 0.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 13th of 37 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.45 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 15.35 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 4.89 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Sweden |
| 2000s | 9.12 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 15.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 6.46 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Sweden |
| 2010s | 9.46 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 16.82 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 7.36 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Sweden |
| 2020s | 11.22 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 14.65 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 3.43 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment, Denmark or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 13.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 12.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment between Denmark and Sweden?
- 0.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment?
- Denmark ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 13th 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 — Temporary employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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