Data for 2021
Share of Temporary Employees, 2021
2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Share of Temporary Employees, 2021 covers 83 countries on 3 measures. Belarus is highest, at 90.039; Estonia is lowest, at 1.756. The middle country reads 15.331. Against 2020, 70 values changed (48 up, 22 down), 13 countries joined, 7 left.
Share of Temporary Employees · Data for 2021
HighestBelarus
90.039
LowestEstonia
1.756Shaded 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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort
| BelarusBLREastern Europe | 90.039 | 91.556 | 88.44 | — | — |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 82.498 | 77.498 | 83.28 | — | — |
 RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 80.829 | 81.785 | 80.09 | — | — |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 71.329 | 66.085 | 75.35 | — | — |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 70.872 | 38.660 | 76.59 | — | — |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 65.790 | 63.144 | 67.49 | — | — |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 64.742 | 54.334 | 71.67 | — | Break in series |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 55.638 | 55.166 | 55.84 | — | — |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 52.829 | 52.108 | 53.14 | — | — |
 Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 52.382 | 40.340 | 58.61 | — | — |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 46.465 | 16.014 | 51.01 | — | — |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 46.335 | 45.992 | 46.73 | — | — |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 41.774 | 40.913 | 42.59 | — | — |
 EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 40.394 | 38.013 | 41.70 | — | — |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 37.865 | 45.191 | 34.74 | — | — |
 PeruPERSouth America | 33.386 | 35.140 | 32.29 | — | — |
 ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 31.538 | 22.776 | 34.93 | — | — |
 UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 31.397 | 28.410 | 32.67 | — | — |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 31.309 | 39.989 | 24.04 | — | — |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 30.670 | 28.815 | 32.43 | — | — |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 28.406 | 30.988 | 25.81 | — | — |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 27.203 | 28.898 | 25.55 | — | — |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 26.964 | 29.634 | 26.44 | — | — |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 26.138 | 25.114 | 26.87 | — | — |
 GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 25.164 | 26.305 | 24.09 | — | — |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 25.153 | 26.706 | 23.71 | — | — |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 24.727 | 21.164 | 26.72 | — | Break in series |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 23.953 | 36.365 | 16.95 | — | — |
 Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia | 23.302 | 21.629 | 23.88 | — | — |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 22.534 | 22.235 | 22.80 | — | — |
 EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 21.691 | 17.824 | 25.13 | — | — |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 20.207 | 19.378 | 21.04 | — | — |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 20.126 | 25.052 | 16.12 | — | — |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 17.806 | 19.228 | 16.81 | — | — |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 17.765 | 16.914 | 18.39 | — | — |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 17.241 | 11.876 | 20.78 | — | — |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 17.145 | 16.358 | 17.97 | — | — |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 16.838 | 19.518 | 14.10 | — | — |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 16.437 | 17.276 | 15.74 | — | — |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 15.562 | 10.367 | 20.56 | — | — |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 15.452 | 17.311 | 13.65 | — | — |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 15.331 | 15.951 | 14.70 | — | — |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 15.104 | 15.608 | 14.64 | — | — |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 13.687 | 15.934 | 11.83 | — | — |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 13.384 | 13.329 | 13.44 | — | — |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 13.354 | 15.002 | 11.81 | — | — |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 12.910 | 16.973 | 9.11 | — | — |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 12.709 | 14.510 | 11.63 | — | Break in series |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 12.526 | 14.054 | 11.11 | — | — |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 12.022 | 13.564 | 10.61 | — | — |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 11.974 | 12.642 | 11.33 | — | — |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 11.619 | 9.624 | 12.51 | — | — |
 SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 11.617 | 11.976 | 11.27 | — | — |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 11.477 | 11.326 | 11.62 | — | — |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 11.405 | 12.232 | 11.12 | — | — |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 11.092 | 8.799 | 12.94 | Geographical coverage: Main cities or metropolitan areas | — |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 10.978 | 12.513 | 9.53 | — | — |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 10.554 | 10.713 | 10.39 | — | — |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 10.232 | 10.610 | 9.86 | — | — |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 10.132 | 12.371 | 8.23 | — | — |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 9.724 | 10.091 | 9.37 | — | — |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 9.693 | 11.651 | 7.89 | — | — |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 9.345 | 10.015 | 8.92 | — | — |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 9.194 | 10.091 | 8.41 | — | — |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 9.037 | 8.807 | 9.25 | — | — |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 8.060 | 8.462 | 7.79 | — | — |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 7.755 | 9.789 | 6.15 | — | — |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 7.260 | 5.185 | 9.26 | — | — |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 7.190 | 4.308 | 10.07 | — | — |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 6.861 | 8.289 | 5.63 | — | — |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 6.633 | 4.501 | 8.05 | — | — |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 5.912 | 6.209 | 5.64 | — | — |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 5.830 | 4.141 | 7.27 | — | — |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 5.526 | 6.024 | 5.03 | — | — |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 5.255 | 5.574 | 5.12 | — | — |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 4.379 | 4.497 | 4.26 | — | Break in series |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 3.406 | 3.434 | 3.39 | — | — |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 3.380 | 2.776 | 3.94 | — | — |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 2.978 | 2.106 | 3.90 | — | — |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 2.352 | 1.115 | 3.30 | — | — |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 2.068 | 2.078 | 2.06 | — | — |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 1.904 | 1.892 | 1.92 | — | — |
| EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 1.756 | 1.690 | 1.83 | — | — |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- Estonia1.756
- Lithuania1.904
- Dominican Republic2.068
- Romania2.352
- Latvia2.978
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.331. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +13 / −7countries joined / left
- 70values changed, of 70 in both
- 48 · 22rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
- Peru22.247 → 33.386+11.139
- Netherlands18.205 → 27.203+8.998
- Zambia47.068 → 52.829+5.761
- Iceland8.284 → 12.526+4.242
- Rwanda76.632 → 80.829+4.197
Fell most
- Mexico30.990 → 9.345−21.645
- Mongolia48.402 → 41.774−6.628
- Poland18.683 → 15.104−3.579
- Croatia15.267 → 13.354−1.913
- El Salvador5.255 → 3.406−1.849
+ Bolivia+ Colombia+ Comoros+ Ethiopia+ Guatemala+ Iraq+ Pakistan+ Paraguay+ Singapore+ Eswatini+ Timor-Leste+ Tunisia+ Uganda
− Burundi
− DR Congo
− Mali
− Myanmar
− New Caledonia
− Seychelles
− TanzaniaBoth 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 2021.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
161 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) (2021). Share of Temporary Employees, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/temporary-employees/2021
0618 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Share of Temporary Employees, 202077 countries
The year after ›
Share of Temporary Employees, 202289 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, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest temporary employment in Share of Temporary Employees, 2021?
Belarus, at 90.039, of the 83 countries in the file.
What year does Share of Temporary Employees, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Share of Temporary Employees, 2021 cover?
83.
Where can I download Share of Temporary Employees, 2021?
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, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Share of Temporary Employees, 2024.