Labor Market / Temporary Agency Work Market
Number of temporary agency workers and market penetration of temporary agency workers
Data on the number of temporary agency workers shows 1.42 million for 2019, accounting for 2.5% (market penetration rate) of the total working population.
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of temporary workers | 39 | 45 | 39 | 46 | 62 | 95 | 121 | 121 | 145 | 116 | 98 | 96 | 90 | 124 | 117 | 121 | 132 | 129 | 139 | 142 |
| Ratio of temporary workers | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
[Reference] "Labor Force Special Survey" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications up to 2001 (every February)
"Labor Force Survey" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications since 2002 (average of January to March every year)
