Employment by permanency of the job by country
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...
What the numbers show
Employment by permanency of the job is currently reported for 12 countries. The highest value is 252.47 Persons in OECD; the lowest is 0.86 Persons in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.62 Persons, and the mean is 57.55 Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 294.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 1,338.5%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 95.9%).
Employment by permanency of the job: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 252.47 Persons | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 121.78 Persons | 2021 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 96.89 Persons | 2007 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Portugal | 72.52 Persons | 1997 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 5 | France | 68.44 Persons | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 26.23 Persons | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 23 Persons | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 14.42 Persons | 1998 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 9.31 Persons | 2025 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 2.78 Persons | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Denmark | 1.87 Persons | 2025 | up 1,338.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 0.86 Persons | 2025 | down 65.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union (19 countries) in OECD 216.78 Persons
- Croatia 1.99 Persons
- European Union (27 countries) 192.54 Persons
- European Union (22 countries) in OECD 190.55 Persons
- Netherlands 111.69 Persons
- G7 94.67 Persons
- Latvia 4.91 Persons
- Slovenia 0.3 Persons
- Estonia 0.12 Persons
About this data
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