EU countries by temporary employees share

The Netherlands had the highest temporary employees share of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 30.1%. Romania had the lowest, at 1.4%. The median was 11.4% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 16%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.1Netherlands

Lowest1.4Romania

Median11.427 EU countries

European Union (27)16History

Map of EU countries, 2016

Under 6.9
6.9 to 9.4
9.4 to 14
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%, 2016. Source: Eurostat, Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Netherlands	30.1	+0.5 pts
2	Poland	27.5	-0.5 pts
3	Spain	26.1	+0.9 pts
4	Portugal	22.3	+0.3 pts
5	Croatia	21.8	+1.8 pts
6	Slovenia	20.1	-1 pts
7	Finland	18.3	+0.5 pts
8	Cyprus	16.5	-1.9 pts
9	Sweden	15.5	-0.5 pts
10	France	15.2	0 pts
11	Italy	14	-0.1 pts
12	Germany	13.7	+0.1 pts
13	Denmark Series break	12.9	+4.5 pts
14	Greece	11.4	-0.7 pts
15	Czechia	9.7	-0.3 pts
16	Belgium	9.4	+0.1 pts
16	Hungary	9.4	-1.6 pts
18	Austria	9.2	-0.1 pts
19	Ireland	8.8	-0.7 pts
19	Luxembourg	8.8	-1.3 pts
21	Malta	7.6	+0.1 pts
22	Slovakia	6.7	-0.4 pts
23	Bulgaria	4.3	-0.4 pts
24	Estonia	3.8	+0.4 pts
25	Latvia	3.4	-0.1 pts
26	Lithuania	2	-0.1 pts
27	Romania	1.4	0 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) (EU countries by temporary employees share, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table

MLA 9

Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), EU countries by temporary employees share, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/temporary-employees-share/eu-countries?period=2016. 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). EU countries by temporary employees share, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/temporary-employees-share/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), EU countries by temporary employees share, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/temporary-employees-share/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/temporary-employees-share/eu-countries?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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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Which EU country has the highest temporary employees share?

The Netherlands, with 30.1% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest temporary employees share?

Romania, with 1.4% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Employees with a temporary contract as a percentage of all employees, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18.