Temporary employees by educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
35
Highest
4,342
Germany
Lowest
14.1
Lithuania
Median
191.9
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
1,006
What the numbers show
Temporary employees by educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 4,342 in Germany; the lowest is 14.1 in Lithuania.
The median across all reporting countries is 191.9, and the mean is 703.86.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 308.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 70.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovak Republic (down 59.7%).
Temporary employees by educational attainment level - quarterly data: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 4,342 | 2026 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 2 | France | 3,744 | 2026 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Spain | 2,814 | 2026 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 4 | Italy | 2,442 | 2026 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2,137 | 2026 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 2,117 | 2026 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 1,443 | 2020 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 8 | Portugal | 632 | 2026 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 602.4 | 2026 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 531.4 | 2026 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 502.6 | 2026 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 393.7 | 2026 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 367.3 | 2026 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 313.2 | 2026 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 302.2 | 2026 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 16 | Finland | 291.7 | 2026 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 17 | Greece | 224.8 | 2026 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 191.9 | 2026 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 19 | Hungary | 174.5 | 2026 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 147.8 | 2026 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 124.4 | 2026 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116.5 | 2026 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 114.4 | 2026 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 104.3 | 2026 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Slovenia | 89 | 2026 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 26 | Slovak Republic | 85.5 | 2026 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 66.4 | 2026 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 54.6 | 2026 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 29 | Montenegro | 46.2 | 2020 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 26.2 | 2026 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 25.4 | 2026 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Latvia | 21.5 | 2026 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Iceland | 17.5 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Estonia | 15.6 | 2026 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 14.1 | 2026 | down 14.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 2,357