| Sex | |
| Age | |
| Employment status | |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Time | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Country | Series | | | | | | | | | | |
Australia | Share of permanent employment | | .. | 95.2 | .. | .. | 95.7 | .. | 94.8 | .. | .. |
| Share of temporary employment | | .. | 4.8 | .. | .. | 4.3 | .. | 5.2 | .. | .. |
Austria | Share of permanent employment | | 92.1 | 92.0 | 92.6 | 92.8 | 91.1 | 90.9 | 91.0 | 91.1 | 91.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
Belgium | Share of permanent employment | | 91.0 | 91.2 | 92.4 | 91.5 | 91.3 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 91.2 | 92.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 9.0 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 |
Canada | Share of permanent employment | | 87.5 | 87.2 | 87.1 | 87.6 | 87.2 | 86.8 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 87.7 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.3 |
Czech Republic | Share of permanent employment | | 90.7 | 91.0 | 91.2 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 91.4 | 91.3 | 91.4 | 92.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
Denmark | Share of permanent employment | | 89.8 | 90.6 | 91.1 | 90.4 | 90.2 | 90.1 | 90.4 | 90.9 | 91.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 |
Finland | Share of permanent employment | | 83.5 | 83.6 | 83.9 | 83.6 | 83.8 | 83.4 | 83.6 | 84.0 | 84.9 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.1 |
France | Share of permanent employment | | 84.5 | 85.1 | 85.9 | 86.6 | 87.0 | 86.7 | 86.6 | 86.4 | 85.8 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
Germany | Share of permanent employment | | 87.3 | 87.6 | 88.0 | 87.8 | 87.6 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 85.8 | 85.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.6 |
Greece | Share of permanent employment | | 86.9 | 87.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Share of temporary employment | | 13.1 | 12.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hungary | Share of permanent employment | | 92.9 | 92.5 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 93.2 | 93.0 | 93.3 | 92.7 | 92.1 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
Iceland | Share of permanent employment | | 87.8 | 90.1 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 90.0 | 89.1 | 88.3 | 87.6 | 90.5 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 12.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 9.5 |
Ireland | Share of permanent employment | | 95.3 | .. | 95.1 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 97.5 | 95.8 | 91.0 | 91.9 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 4.7 | .. | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
Italy | Share of permanent employment | | 89.9 | 90.5 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 88.1 | 87.6 | 87.0 | 86.6 | 86.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 14.0 |
Japan | Share of permanent employment | | 87.5 | 87.2 | 86.5 | 86.2 | 86.1 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 86.1 | 86.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.6 |
Luxembourg | Share of permanent employment | | 96.6 | 95.6 | 95.7 | 96.9 | 95.2 | 94.7 | 93.9 | 93.1 | 92.3 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 |
Mexico | Share of permanent employment | | 79.5 | 80.4 | 80.0 | 79.4 | 79.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Share of temporary employment | | 20.5 | 19.6 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 20.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Netherlands | Share of permanent employment | | 86.0 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 85.5 | 85.4 | 84.8 | 83.8 | 82.0 | 81.7 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 18.0 | 18.3 |
Norway | Share of permanent employment | | 90.7 | 90.7 | 90.1 | 90.6 | 90.1 | 90.5 | 89.9 | 90.5 | 91.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
Poland | Share of permanent employment | | .. | 88.3 | 84.6 | 80.6 | 77.3 | 74.3 | 72.7 | 71.8 | 73.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | .. | 11.7 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 22.7 | 25.7 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 27.0 |
Portugal | Share of permanent employment | | 79.6 | 79.7 | 78.4 | 79.4 | 80.1 | 80.6 | 79.8 | 77.8 | 76.8 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 20.4 | 20.3 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 22.2 | 23.3 |
Slovak Republic | Share of permanent employment | | 95.2 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 94.9 | 94.4 | 95.0 | 94.9 | 94.9 | 95.3 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
Spain | Share of permanent employment | | 67.9 | 68.4 | 68.0 | 68.2 | 67.9 | 66.7 | 65.6 | 68.2 | 70.6 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 32.1 | 31.6 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 34.4 | 31.9 | 29.4 |
Sweden | Share of permanent employment | | 84.8 | 85.3 | 85.3 | 85.3 | 84.9 | 84.2 | 83.2 | 82.6 | 84.0 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 16.1 |
Switzerland | Share of permanent employment | | 88.3 | 88.4 | 87.5 | 87.8 | 87.8 | 87.0 | 86.4 | 87.0 | 86.7 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
Turkey | Share of permanent employment | | 79.7 | 82.6 | 84.5 | 84.5 | 83.8 | 86.7 | 87.3 | 88.2 | 88.8 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 20.3 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
United Kingdom | Share of permanent employment | | 93.3 | 93.3 | 93.9 | 94.2 | 94.3 | 94.5 | 94.4 | 94.2 | 94.7 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
United States | Share of permanent employment | | .. | 96.0 | .. | .. | .. | 95.8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Share of temporary employment | | .. | 4.0 | .. | .. | .. | 4.2 | .. | .. | .. |
| European Union 15 | Share of permanent employment | | 86.5 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 86.9 | 86.5 | 85.9 | 85.4 | 85.3 | 85.5 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
| Europe | Share of permanent employment | | 86.5 | 86.9 | 86.9 | 86.7 | 86.2 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 85.1 | 85.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
| G7 countries | Share of permanent employment | | 88.2 | 91.6 | 88.2 | 88.3 | 88.1 | 91.2 | 87.5 | 87.4 | 87.4 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 11.8 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| North America | Share of permanent employment | | 82.2 | 92.9 | 82.4 | 82.2 | 82.3 | 94.9 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 87.7 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 17.8 | 7.1 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.3 |
| OECD countries | Share of permanent employment | | 86.1 | 89.5 | 86.2 | 85.0 | 84.7 | 88.2 | 84.6 | 84.2 | 84.6 |
| Share of temporary employment | | 13.9 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 11.8 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.4 |