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Temporary employees share in Germany

Temporary employees share in Germany was 11.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024. That is the 11th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202511.5%
Change on 2024+0.1 pts
Rank11th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high15.12009
Series low11.22020

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Temporary employees share in Germany, 2009 to 2025

1112131415162009201220152018202120252009: 15.1 %2010: 15.1 %2011: 15.1 %2012: 14.3 %2013: 13.9 %2014: 13.6 %2015: 13.6 %2016: 13.7 %2017: 13.4 %2018: 13.1 %2019: 12.5 %2020: 11.2 %2021: 11.3 %2022: 12.3 %2023: 11.9 %2024: 11.4 %2025: 11.5 %1112131415162009201520252009: 15.1 %2010: 15.1 %2011: 15.1 %2012: 14.3 %2013: 13.9 %2014: 13.6 %2015: 13.6 %2016: 13.7 %2017: 13.4 %2018: 13.1 %2019: 12.5 %2020: 11.2 %2021: 11.3 %2022: 12.3 %2023: 11.9 %2024: 11.4 %2025: 11.5 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.
All 17 values
Period%
202511.5
202411.4
202311.9
202212.3
202111.3
202011.2 Series break
201912.5
201813.1
201713.4
201613.7
201513.6
201413.6
201313.9
201214.3
201115.1 Series break
201015.1 Series break
200915.1

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Germany11.5
European Union (27)12.6

Germany compared with nearby places

Austria: 8.3 %Belgium: 11 %Bulgaria: 2.6 %Cyprus: 14.6 %Czechia: 7.5 %Germany: 11.5 %Denmark: 12.5 %Estonia: 3.4 %Spain: 15.4 %Finland: 14 %France: 15.2 %Greece: 9.5 %Croatia: 8.4 %Hungary: 4.5 %Ireland: 7.4 %Italy: 13.6 %Lithuania: 1.8 %Luxembourg: 9.3 %Latvia: 2.6 %Malta: 9.3 %Netherlands: 25.5 %Poland: 15.7 %Portugal: 15.2 %Romania: 1.9 %Sweden: 12.5 %Slovenia: 9.6 %Slovakia: 3.9 %
  • Under 4
  • 4 to 8.8
  • 8.8 to 11
  • 11 to 14
  • 14 and over
Temporary employees share, 2025, %. Germany is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Employees aged 15 to 64 with a temporary job or a fixed-term contract, as a percentage of all employees aged 15 to 64. A job is temporary when employer and employee agree that it ends on a set date, on completion of a task or on the return of a worker who is being replaced.

Counts employees only; self-employed people are excluded. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a) (Temporary employees share, Germany, 2009 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table

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Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), Temporary employees share, Germany, 2009 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/temporary-employees-share/germany. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Temporary employees share, Germany, 2009 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/temporary-employees-share/germany.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), Temporary employees share, Germany, 2009 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/temporary-employees-share/germany (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi\_pt\_a): Temporary employees share, Germany, 2009 to 2025}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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What is the temporary employees share in Germany?

Temporary employees share in Germany was 11.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024. That is the 11th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest temporary employees share in Germany?

15.1% in 2009, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

Temporary employees share elsewhere in European Union (27)

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