France vs Germany: Employment by permanency of the job

France
68.44 Persons
in 2025
Germany
121.78 Persons
in 2021
France rank
5th
Germany rank
2nd

Employment by permanency of the job over time

  • France
  • Germany
0200400600198420042025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 121.78 Persons against 68.44 Persons in France, a difference of 53.34 Persons.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.8 times France's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

France ranks 5th and Germany ranks 2nd of 12 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Germany Difference Ahead
1980s 16.63 Persons 327.4 Persons 310.77 Persons Germany
1990s 150.31 Persons 427.98 Persons 277.67 Persons Germany
2000s 121.45 Persons 215.87 Persons 94.41 Persons Germany
2020s 58.27 Persons 121.78 Persons 63.51 Persons Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job, France or Germany?
Germany, at 121.78 Persons against 68.44 Persons in France as of 2021.
What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job between France and Germany?
53.34 Persons, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
19 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2021.
How do France and Germany rank globally for employment by permanency of the job?
France ranks 5th and Germany ranks 2nd of 12 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by permanency of the job. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Employment by permanency of the job
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
21 places, 552 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains data on permanent and temporary workers based on the type of work contract of their main job. Data are further broken down by professional status - employees, total employment - by sex and by standardised age groups (15-19, 15-24, 20-24, 25-54, 55-64, 65+, total). 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