The share of temporary employees in the EU increased from 11% in 2002 to 13% in 2017, according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical body of the European Union.

Eurostat broke its figures down and found that the total share of temporary employees varied among the member states, with the highest shares observed in Poland and Spain (both 26 %), Portugal (22%) and Croatia (20%), and the lowest in Romania (1%), Lithuania (2%), Estonia and Latvia (both 3%).

Meanwhile, the proportion of women in temporary employment in the EU in 2017 (14%) was almost the same as the proportion of men (13 %).

According to Eurostat, the growth of part-time work represents another significant change in working conditions as the share of people working part-time in the EU rose from 15 % in 2002 to 19% in 2017.

Part-time employment was much more common among women (31%) than men (8%) in the EU in 2017.

The total share of part-time workers varied among the member states, with the highest proportions observed in the Netherlands (47%), Austria (28%), Germany (27%), Belgium and the UK (both 24%), and the lowest in Bulgaria (2%), Hungary (4%) and Croatia (5%).