Only 1 In 4 Workers Worldwide Have A Secure Job
There is an increasing trend towards temporary contracts and insecure work across the world, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). In fact, only a quarter of global workers are on permanent contracts while the rest are unpaid at home, self-employed, working informally or employed on a temporary contract.
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This chart shows the distribution of employment status by country income group in the latest available year.
Share of employees working in the informal sector worldwide in 2004 and 2024, by country income group
Share of employees with a temporary contract in selected countries from 2015 to 2023
Share of temporary agency workers who were offered a permanent contract worldwide in 2024
Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees in Italy from 2005 to 2023
Share of informal employment as a percentage of total employment worldwide in 2018, by region
Share of freelancers who prefer independent work to full-time salaried employment worldwide in 2018
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