Employed persons working at atypical working time by European socio-economic group - % of total employment by country

Countries reporting
34
Highest
63.8
Montenegro
Lowest
12.1
Lithuania
Median
33.25
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
470

What the numbers show

Employed persons working at atypical working time by European socio-economic group - % of total employment is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 63.8 in Montenegro; the lowest is 12.1 in Lithuania.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.25, and the mean is 34.06.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 11.1%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 53.8%).

Employed persons working at atypical working time by European: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montenegro 63.8 2020 up 4.4% rising
2 Greece 56.1 2025 down 5.2% flat
3 Serbia 50.9 2025 down 15.2% falling
4 North Macedonia 49.5 2025 down 17.8% falling
5 Romania 40 2025 down 5.0% falling
6 Malta 39 2025 up 2.4% flat
7 Ireland 38.9 2025 down 1.0% flat
8 Spain 38.7 2025 down 10.4% falling
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 38.1 2019 down 8.0% falling
10 Switzerland 37.2 2025 down 8.8% falling
11 Cyprus 36.7 2025 down 6.6% falling
12 Norway 36.4 2025 up 10.6% falling
13 Italy 36.1 2025 down 13.6% falling
14 Slovenia 34.4 2025 down 15.5% falling
15 Croatia 34.3 2025 down 19.5% falling
16 France 34.2 2025 down 6.0% falling
17 Luxembourg 33.3 2025 down 20.5% rising
18 Finland 33.2 2025 down 14.7% falling
19 Belgium 32.5 2025 up 10.2% rising
20 Portugal 31.9 2025 up 11.1% rising
21 Iceland 31.4 2025 down 15.6% falling
22 Austria 31.2 2025 down 23.0% falling
23 Poland 29.5 2025 down 23.4% falling
24 Germany 29 2025 down 23.5% falling
25 Netherlands 28.4 2025 down 34.9% falling
26 Sweden 28.3 2025 down 6.3% falling
27 Estonia 28.2 2025 down 11.0% falling
28 Czechia 27.6 2025 down 22.0% falling
29 Latvia 27.5 2025 down 16.4% falling
30 Slovakia 26.2 2025 down 30.3% falling
31 Denmark 23.9 2025 down 21.1% falling
32 Bulgaria 20.4 2025 down 35.6% falling
33 Hungary 19.1 2025 down 24.2% falling
34 Lithuania 12.1 2025 down 53.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Employed persons working at atypical working time by European socio-economic group - % of total employment
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 470 data points, 2011–2025
Last refreshed