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

Netherlands
111.69 Persons
in 2025
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
26.23 Persons
in 2025
Netherlands rank
4th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
6th

Employment by permanency of the job over time

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

Netherlands currently reports 111.69 Persons against 26.23 Persons in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 85.46 Persons.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 4.3 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 4th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th of 8 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1980s 34.31 Persons 174.73 Persons 140.42 Persons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 2.76 Persons 327.48 Persons 324.72 Persons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 54.69 Persons 80.82 Persons 26.13 Persons United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 62.27 Persons 46.27 Persons 15.99 Persons Netherlands
2020s 92.35 Persons 33.24 Persons 59.11 Persons Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job, Netherlands or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Netherlands, at 111.69 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 Netherlands and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
85.46 Persons, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
33 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2025.
How do Netherlands and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for employment by permanency of the job?
Netherlands ranks 4th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 6th of 8 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