Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data (1992–2020) by country

Countries reporting
35
Highest
1,252
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
2
North Macedonia
Median
54
Years covered
29
1992–2020
Data points
925

What the numbers show

Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data (1992–2020) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 1,252 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 2 in North Macedonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 54, and the mean is 208.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 626.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 61.8%).

Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,252 2020 down 14.5% rising
2 Germany 1,069 2019 up 26.7% rising
3 Netherlands 1,063 2020 up 17.3% rising
4 France 531 2020 up 8.1% flat
5 Metropolitan France 518 2020 up 8.4% rising
6 Spain 331 2020 down 5.7% rising
7 Türkiye 627 2020 up 46.8% rising
7 Italy 258 2020 down 14.3% rising
8 Sweden 236 2020 down 3.3% rising
9 Denmark 230 2020 up 4.1% rising
10 Norway 182 2020 down 0.5% rising
11 Switzerland 156 2020 up 28.9% rising
12 Poland 113 2020 down 38.9% falling
13 Belgium 105 2020 up 9.4% rising
13 Austria 105 2020 up 2.9% rising
13 Finland 105 2020 up 1.0% rising
16 Ireland 99 2020 down 2.9% rising
17 Portugal 54 2020 up 20.0% rising
17 Romania 54 2020 down 41.3% volatile
19 Greece 33 2020 down 13.2% rising
20 Czechia 27 2020 down 12.9% rising
21 Serbia 19 2020 unchanged rising
22 Hungary 17 2020 down 10.5% rising
23 Iceland 15 2020 unchanged rising
24 Estonia 14 2020 up 16.7% rising
25 Slovenia 13 2020 down 61.8% rising
26 Latvia 12 2020 up 20.0% falling
26 Lithuania 12 2020 down 7.7% falling
28 Bulgaria 9 2020 down 30.8% rising
29 Slovakia 8 2020 down 33.3% volatile
30 Croatia 7 2020 down 12.5% falling
31 Malta 6 2020 up 20.0% rising
32 Cyprus 5 2020 down 16.7% rising
33 Luxembourg 3 2020 up 50.0% volatile
34 North Macedonia 2 2020 down 50.0% 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
Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data (1992–2020)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
41 places, 925 data points, 1992–2020
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