# EU countries by temporary employees share, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `temporary_employees_share`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/temporary-employees-share/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Netherlands | 25.5 |
| 2 | Poland | 15.7 |
| 3 | Spain | 15.4 |
| 4 | France | 15.2 |
| 4 | Portugal | 15.2 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 14.6 |
| 7 | Finland | 14 |
| 8 | Italy | 13.6 |
| 9 | Denmark | 12.5 |
| 9 | Sweden | 12.5 |
| 11 | Germany | 11.5 |
| 12 | Belgium | 11 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 9.6 |
| 14 | Greece | 9.5 |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 9.3 |
| 15 | Malta | 9.3 |
| 17 | Croatia | 8.4 |
| 18 | Austria | 8.3 |
| 19 | Czechia | 7.5 |
| 20 | Ireland | 7.4 |
| 21 | Hungary | 4.5 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 3.9 |
| 23 | Estonia | 3.4 |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 2.6 |
| 24 | Latvia | 2.6 |
| 26 | Romania | 1.9 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 1.8 |