G7 vs Japan: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment

G7
8.35 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2025
Japan
14.23 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2025
G7 rank
8th
Japan rank
11th

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

  • G7
  • Japan
051015198020022025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 14.23 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 8.35 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in G7, a difference of 5.88 Percentage of population in the same subgroup.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times G7's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

G7 ranks 8th and Japan ranks 11th of 11 groups.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade G7 Japan Difference Ahead
1980s 6.93 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 10.09 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 3.16 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Japan
1990s 7.86 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 10.75 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2.89 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Japan
2000s 8.8 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 13.76 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 4.97 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Japan
2010s 9 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 14.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 5.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Japan
2020s 8.56 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 14.87 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 6.31 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment, G7 or Japan?
Japan, at 14.23 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 8.35 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in G7 as of 2025.
What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment between G7 and Japan?
5.88 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for G7 and Japan?
41 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do G7 and Japan rank globally for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment?
G7 ranks 8th and Japan ranks 11th of 11 groups.
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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Indicator
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary 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