France vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Employment by permanency of the job

France
68.44 Persons
in 2025
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
26.23 Persons
in 2025
France rank
5th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
6th

Employment by permanency of the job over time

  • France
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0200400600198320042025

How they compare

France currently reports 68.44 Persons against 26.23 Persons in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 42.21 Persons.

That makes France's figure about 2.6 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 1985 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

France ranks 5th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th of 12 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1980s 16.63 Persons 247.41 Persons 230.78 Persons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 150.31 Persons 374.82 Persons 224.51 Persons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 121.45 Persons 99.63 Persons 21.82 Persons France
2020s 64.45 Persons 30.99 Persons 33.46 Persons France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job, France or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
France, at 68.44 Persons against 26.23 Persons in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2025.
What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job between France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
42.21 Persons, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
How do France and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for employment by permanency of the job?
France ranks 5th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th 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