Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees

In 2021, Ireland's temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees increased by 3.9% compared to 2020, reaching 7.90.

Ireland accounts for 60.8% of the EU-27 total of 13.0.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.9% (from 7.60 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.