Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria
Austria: Employees working shifts - % of total employees was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria, 1995–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria is 14.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria peaked at 19.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2025.
Austria ranks 36th of 44 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15.6% | — |
| 1996 | 16.3% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 17.0% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 15.3% | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 16.5% | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 19.3% | +19.1% |
| 2002 | 18.4% | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 17.5% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 18.8% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 17.9% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 18.9% | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 18.5% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 18.6% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 19.0% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 19.2% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 19.9% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 19.6% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 19.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18.7% | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 15.8% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.1% | 15.3% | 17.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 16.2% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 18.5% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 14.5% | 18.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 33 Switzerland 15.5% compare
- 34 Netherlands 14.6% compare
- 34 Netherlands 14.6% compare
- 36 Cyprus 14.5% compare
- 36 Türkiye 14.5% compare
- 39 Germany 14.3% compare
More work & labour data for Austria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2039 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2126 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1955 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5124 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,294 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,584 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,691 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,708 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 7,399 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria?
- Employees working shifts - % of total employees in Austria was 14.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest employees working shifts - % of total employees recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 19.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest employees working shifts - % of total employees recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2025.
- How does Austria rank for employees working shifts - % of total employees?
- Austria ranks 36th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees working shifts - % of total employees rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Employees working shifts - % of total employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 29 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).