Data for 2008
Share of Temporary Employees, 2008
2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Share of Temporary Employees, 2008 covers 60 countries on 3 measures. Nepal is highest, at 78.712; Romania is lowest, at 1.256. The middle country reads 13.572. Against 2007, 57 values changed (22 up, 35 down), 3 countries joined, 5 left.
Share of Temporary Employees · Data for 2008
HighestNepal
78.712
LowestRomania
1.256Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Share of Temporary Employees, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 60 countries · select a heading to sort
| NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 78.712 | 83.64 | 76.97 | — | Break in series |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 74.669 | 72.02 | 76.26 | — | — |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 58.991 | — | — | — | — |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 55.493 | 52.68 | 57.13 | — | — |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 45.148 | 57.11 | 43.50 | — | — |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 32.526 | 28.99 | 34.64 | — | — |
 PeruPERSouth America | 31.220 | 28.95 | 32.62 | — | — |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 29.083 | 34.02 | 24.42 | — | — |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 28.865 | 30.56 | 27.49 | — | — |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 28.571 | 24.17 | 30.70 | — | — |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 27.616 | 13.36 | 30.49 | — | Break in series |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 27.488 | — | — | — | — |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 23.670 | 25.44 | 22.39 | — | — |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 22.730 | 24.06 | 21.52 | — | — |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 21.506 | 20.27 | 22.26 | — | — |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 20.624 | 24.88 | 17.55 | — | — |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 18.577 | 10.54 | 24.80 | — | Break in series |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 18.371 | 14.76 | 20.58 | — | — |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 17.715 | 8.60 | 23.14 | — | — |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 17.375 | 19.66 | 15.35 | — | — |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 17.228 | 17.77 | 16.76 | — | — |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 16.913 | 18.49 | 15.53 | — | — |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 16.056 | 18.73 | 13.42 | — | — |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 15.897 | 12.30 | 17.89 | — | — |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 15.645 | 16.30 | 15.19 | — | — |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 14.732 | 18.16 | 11.27 | — | — |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 14.669 | 12.42 | 16.19 | — | — |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 14.452 | 14.40 | 14.50 | — | — |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 13.890 | 11.40 | 16.33 | — | — |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 13.870 | 19.90 | 8.19 | — | — |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 13.274 | 15.56 | 11.51 | — | — |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 13.108 | 13.01 | 13.20 | — | — |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 13.057 | 14.02 | 12.13 | — | — |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 12.718 | 11.01 | 14.06 | — | Break in series |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 12.293 | 12.47 | 12.15 | — | — |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 12.261 | 12.72 | 11.81 | — | — |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 11.601 | 13.85 | 9.96 | — | — |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 11.507 | 11.20 | 11.74 | — | Break in series |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 11.214 | 11.63 | 11.09 | — | — |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 9.889 | 8.32 | 11.13 | Geographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas | — |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 9.496 | 9.89 | 9.13 | — | — |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 9.385 | 11.52 | 7.32 | — | — |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 9.315 | 10.65 | 8.04 | — | — |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 8.712 | 8.81 | 8.63 | — | — |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 8.420 | 9.34 | 7.55 | — | — |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 8.271 | 10.22 | 6.58 | — | — |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 8.047 | 9.84 | 6.54 | — | — |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 7.880 | 7.06 | 8.62 | — | — |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 6.707 | 5.87 | 7.39 | — | — |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 6.216 | 6.62 | 5.91 | — | — |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 5.891 | 4.83 | 7.04 | — | — |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 5.478 | 6.11 | 4.87 | — | — |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 4.676 | 4.80 | 4.57 | — | — |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 4.276 | 5.77 | 3.43 | — | — |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 4.084 | 3.66 | 4.48 | — | — |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 3.776 | — | — | — | — |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 3.406 | 2.09 | 4.78 | — | — |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 2.374 | 1.40 | 3.37 | — | — |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 2.373 | 1.84 | 2.93 | — | — |
| RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 1.256 | 1.16 | 1.34 | — | — |
02In 2008
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.572. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032007 → 2008
Since 2007
What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +3 / −5countries joined / left
- 57values changed, of 57 in both
- 22 · 35rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Armenia13.060 → 18.577+5.517
- Peru28.416 → 31.220+2.804
- North Macedonia12.594 → 14.669+2.075
- Russia12.330 → 13.890+1.560
- Indonesia27.013 → 28.571+1.558
Fell most
- Panama56.542 → 18.371−38.171
- South Africa25.894 → 11.507−14.387
- Serbia20.086 → 12.718−7.368
- Argentina12.778 → 9.889−2.889
- Iceland12.217 → 9.496−2.721
+ Ecuador+ Egypt+ Nepal
− Cameroon
− Mali
− Tajikistan
− Vietnam
− ZimbabweBoth years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
120 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
Some readings carry a flag
ILO marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Break in series.
05The files
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https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator/?id=EES_XTMP_SEX_RT&format=.csv&channel=ilostat
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Share of Temporary Employees, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temporary-employees/2008
0618 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Share of Temporary Employees, 200762 countries
The year after ›
Share of Temporary Employees, 200969 countries
All of them
Share of Temporary Employees: every year18 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Share of Temporary Employees, 2008: questions and answers
Which country has the highest temporary employment in Share of Temporary Employees, 2008?
Nepal, at 78.712, of the 60 countries in the file.
What year does Share of Temporary Employees, 2008 describe?
2008.
How many countries does Share of Temporary Employees, 2008 cover?
60.
Where can I download Share of Temporary Employees, 2008?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Share of Temporary Employees, 2008 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Share of Temporary Employees, 2024.