There are over 200 million employees in the European Union as of 2024, an increase when compared with 2023 when there were approximately 199 million full-time workers in the EU. At the time of the financial crash of 2008, full-time workers numbered around 158.7 million, but dropped to 147.9 million by 2013. It was not until ten years later in 2018, that the number of full-time workers recovered to pre-crisis levels. The number of part-time employees has grown consistently since 2002, growing from less than 25 million employees to almost 35 million in 2024.
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