Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026): Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity was 1.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
1.5%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 2 regions
All-time high
2.7%
in 2017
All-time low
1.5%
in 2023
Years of data
18
2008–2025
Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) recorded 1.5% for precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) peaked at 2.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2.4% | — |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -26.1% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
- 1 Montenegro 8.6% compare
- 2 Türkiye 6.7% compare
- 3 North Macedonia 5.1% compare
- 4 France 3.9% compare
More work & labour data for Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 70.7% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 75.6% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 75.6% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 266,546 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 266,546 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 164,734 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 164,734 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 164,734 Thousand persons (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 34.9 Hour (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 70.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) was 1.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2023.
- How does Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) rank for precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity?
- Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) ranks 1st out of 2 regions with data for 2025.
- Is precarious employment by nace rev. 2 activity rising or falling in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity (2008-2026). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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