Data for 2016
Share of Temporary Employees, 2016
2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Share of Temporary Employees, 2016 covers 74 countries on 3 measures. Belarus is highest, at 90.03; Romania is lowest, at 1.39. The middle country reads 13.93. Against 2015, 65 values changed (32 up, 33 down), 9 countries joined, 7 left.
Share of Temporary Employees · Data for 2016
HighestBelarus
90.03
LowestRomania
1.39Shaded 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 74 countries · select a heading to sort
| BelarusBLREastern Europe | 90.03 | 92.08 | 87.84 | — | — |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 78.50 | 77.12 | 79.18 | — | — |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 74.01 | 72.15 | 75.37 | — | Break in series |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 70.54 | 69.25 | 70.96 | — | — |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 66.16 | 54.35 | 69.12 | — | Break in series |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 65.92 | 64.20 | 67.04 | — | — |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 61.05 | 57.07 | 62.33 | — | — |
 MaliMLIWestern Africa | 60.71 | 62.59 | 60.19 | — | — |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 60.28 | 60.09 | 60.35 | — | — |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 54.89 | 52.58 | 56.29 | — | — |
 Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 54.75 | 43.69 | 60.46 | — | — |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 43.30 | 39.19 | 46.57 | — | — |
 PeruPERSouth America | 37.05 | 37.21 | 36.94 | — | — |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 35.24 | 53.99 | 20.37 | — | — |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 33.79 | 32.08 | 35.38 | — | — |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 33.71 | 38.20 | 30.45 | — | — |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 32.60 | 35.65 | 29.69 | — | — |
 FijiFJIMelanesia | 30.40 | 32.49 | 29.31 | — | — |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 27.90 | 26.55 | 28.86 | — | — |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 27.52 | 27.76 | 27.31 | — | — |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 26.29 | 26.37 | 26.22 | — | — |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 24.65 | 22.99 | 25.61 | — | Break in series |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 23.73 | 21.39 | 25.78 | — | — |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 22.35 | 22.12 | 22.59 | — | — |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 21.98 | 22.20 | 21.78 | — | — |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 21.61 | 24.84 | 21.00 | — | — |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 20.80 | 22.05 | 19.65 | — | — |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 17.82 | 20.11 | 16.08 | — | — |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 17.45 | 16.50 | 18.21 | — | — |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 17.04 | 18.09 | 16.06 | — | — |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 16.81 | 15.02 | 17.85 | — | — |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 16.73 | 18.35 | 15.11 | — | — |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 16.49 | 21.13 | 11.81 | — | — |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 15.85 | 18.34 | 13.25 | — | — |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 14.45 | 10.58 | 18.10 | — | — |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 14.19 | 17.16 | 11.87 | — | — |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 14.01 | 14.62 | 13.50 | — | — |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 13.86 | 15.42 | 12.58 | — | — |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 13.57 | 11.79 | 14.83 | — | — |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 13.32 | 13.96 | 12.69 | — | — |
 MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 13.30 | 15.37 | 12.11 | — | Break in series |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 13.26 | 11.91 | 13.80 | — | — |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 13.25 | 13.19 | 13.31 | — | — |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 13.13 | 13.06 | 13.19 | — | — |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 13.06 | 13.73 | 12.39 | — | — |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 12.94 | 14.44 | 11.52 | — | — |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 12.41 | 8.76 | 15.50 | — | — |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 11.73 | 12.62 | 10.87 | — | — |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 11.22 | 12.38 | 10.27 | — | — |
 SurinameSURSouth America | 10.94 | 12.13 | 10.08 | — | — |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 10.21 | 12.20 | 8.51 | — | — |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 9.73 | 10.18 | 9.33 | — | — |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 9.47 | 11.11 | 7.93 | — | — |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 9.21 | 10.07 | 8.41 | — | — |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 8.94 | 6.42 | 10.57 | — | — |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 8.87 | 8.94 | 8.80 | — | — |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 8.86 | 9.25 | 8.46 | — | — |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 8.55 | 8.74 | 8.39 | — | — |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 8.51 | 9.17 | 8.04 | — | — |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 8.46 | 8.05 | 8.91 | — | — |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 8.37 | 6.22 | 10.45 | — | — |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 7.67 | 8.91 | 6.73 | — | — |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 7.17 | 6.90 | 7.35 | — | — |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 6.89 | 7.26 | 6.55 | — | — |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 6.17 | 6.69 | 5.67 | — | — |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 5.02 | 5.96 | 4.63 | — | — |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 4.01 | 4.09 | 3.93 | — | — |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 3.99 | 3.71 | 4.24 | — | — |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 3.74 | 3.42 | 4.08 | — | — |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 3.72 | 2.85 | 4.70 | — | — |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 3.58 | 2.35 | 4.72 | — | — |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 2.43 | 2.40 | 2.45 | — | — |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 1.94 | 1.73 | 2.18 | — | — |
| RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 1.39 | 0.96 | 1.72 | — | — |
02In 2016
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- Romania1.39
- Lithuania1.94
- El Salvador2.43
- Armenia3.58
- Latvia3.72
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032015 → 2016
Since 2015
What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +9 / −7countries joined / left
- 65values changed, of 65 in both
- 32 · 33rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
- El Salvador4.25 → 2.43−1.82
- Cyprus18.30 → 16.49−1.81
- Hungary11.36 → 9.73−1.63
- Armenia5.15 → 3.58−1.57
- Kosovo72.00 → 70.54−1.47
+ Belarus+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Fiji+ Indonesia+ Jamaica+ Maldives+ Namibia+ Suriname+ Eswatini
− Cabo Verde
− Ghana
− Madagascar
− Myanmar
− Mozambique
− Pakistan
− TogoBoth 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 2016.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
144 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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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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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Share of Temporary Employees, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temporary-employees/2016
0618 held
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07Questions
Share of Temporary Employees, 2016: questions and answers
Which country has the highest temporary employment in Share of Temporary Employees, 2016?
Belarus, at 90.03, of the 74 countries in the file.
What year does Share of Temporary Employees, 2016 describe?
2016.
How many countries does Share of Temporary Employees, 2016 cover?
74.
Where can I download Share of Temporary Employees, 2016?
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, 2016 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Share of Temporary Employees, 2024.