Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Estonia
Estonia: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment was 3.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Estonia, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population in the same subgroup.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Estonia is 3.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Estonia peaked at 4.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.72 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, in 2021.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.96 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | — |
| 2001 | 2.78 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 2.9 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 2.6 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 2.68 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 2.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -20.8% |
| 2008 | 2.37 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 2.45 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +51.0% |
| 2011 | 4.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 3.68 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 3.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 3.2 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 3.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 3.74 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 3.09 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -17.5% |
| 2018 | 3.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 3.16 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 2.87 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 1.72 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -40.3% |
| 2022 | 3.08 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +79.6% |
| 2023 | 3.17 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 3.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +20.9% |
| 2025 | 3.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.62 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 2.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 2.96 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.56 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 3.09 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 4.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.02 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 1.72 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 3.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 6 France 15.36 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 7 Slovenia 9.86 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 7 Spain 15.31 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 8 Finland 15.21 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 9 Portugal 15.06 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 10 Latvia 2.67 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 10 Cyprus 14.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 11 Japan 14.23 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 11 Lithuania 1.82 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 12 Italy 13.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
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- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.7% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,012 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.7% (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 75.4% (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 35.6 Hour (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Estonia?
- Employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Estonia was 3.42 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2011.
- What is the lowest employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.72 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2021.
- How does Estonia rank for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment?
- Estonia ranks 9th out of 11 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains incidences and gender composition of temporary employment with standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 65+, total). Data are further broken down by professional status - employees, total employment. 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