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Labor > Rigidity of employment index: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 78 2006
=2 Niger 77 2006
=2 Guinea-Bissau 77 2006
4 Venezuela 76 2006
5 Bolivia 74 2006
6 Central African Republic 73 2006
7 Congo, Republic of the 69 2006
=8 Tanzania 67 2006
=8 Sao Tome and Principe 67 2006
10 Equatorial Guinea 66 2006
=11 Burkina Faso 64 2006
=11 Angola 64 2006
=13 Sierra Leone 63 2006
=13 Morocco 63 2006
=13 Spain 63 2006
=16 Senegal 61 2006
=16 Peru 61 2006
18 Chad 60 2006
=19 Mauritania 59 2006
=19 Paraguay 59 2006
=19 Gabon 59 2006
=19 Latvia 59 2006
=19 Iraq 59 2006
=19 Burundi 59 2006
=25 Estonia 58 2006
=25 Greece 58 2006
=25 Togo 58 2006
=28 Madagascar 57 2006
=28 Slovenia 57 2006
=30 Cameroon 56 2006
=30 France 56 2006
=30 Panama 56 2006
=33 Sudan 55 2006
=33 Ukraine 55 2006
=35 Norway 54 2006
=35 Moldova 54 2006
=35 Italy 54 2006
=35 Mozambique 54 2006
39 Egypt 53 2006
40 Nepal 52 2006
=41 Portugal 51 2006
=41 Ecuador 51 2006
=41 Mali 51 2006
=41 Romania 51 2006
Former French colonies average (profile) 50.48 2006
45 Croatia 50 2006
failed states average (profile) 49.21 2006
=46 Turkey 49 2006
=46 Rwanda 49 2006
=46 Cambodia 49 2006
=46 Iran 49 2006
=50 Finland 48 2006
=50 Lithuania 48 2006
Eurozone average (profile) 47.93 2006
52 Bulgaria 47 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 46.56 2006
=53 East Timor 46 2006
=53 Afghanistan 46 2006
=53 Benin 46 2006
=53 Djibouti 46 2006
=53 Tunisia 46 2006
=53 Comoros 46 2006
=59 Cote d'Ivoire 45 2006
=59 Algeria 45 2006
=61 Indonesia 44 2006
=61 Cape Verde 44 2006
=61 Russia 44 2006
=61 Germany 44 2006
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 43.95 2006
Catholic countries average (profile) 43.44 2006
European Union average (profile) 43.36 2006
=65 Pakistan 43 2006
=65 Sweden 43 2006
NATO countries average (profile) 42.27 2006
=67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42 2006
=67 Netherlands 42 2006
=67 Dominican Republic 42 2006
=67 Brazil 42 2006
Emerging markets average (profile) 41.88 2006
=71 Guinea 41 2006
=71 Argentina 41 2006
=71 India 41 2006
=71 South Africa 41 2006
Muslim countries average (profile) 41 2006
South Asia average (profile) 39.8 2006
Eastern Europe average (profile) 39.71 2006
OPEC countries average (profile) 39.33 2006
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 39.07 2006
=75 Slovakia 39 2006
=75 Philippines 39 2006
=75 Bhutan 39 2006
=78 Albania 38 2006
=78 Mexico 38 2006
=78 Azerbaijan 38 2006
=78 Kyrgyzstan 38 2006
=82 Austria 37 2006
=82 Vietnam 37 2006
=82 Laos 37 2006
South and Central Asia average (profile) 36.73 2006
85 Honduras 36 2006
Religious countries average (profile) 35.81 2006
High income OECD countries average (profile) 35.55 2006
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 35.4 2006
=86 Lesotho 35 2006
=86 Oman 35 2006
=88 Seychelles 34 2006
=88 Mongolia 34 2006
=88 Guatemala 34 2006
=88 Ghana 34 2006
=88 Hungary 34 2006
=88 Zimbabwe 34 2006
=88 Uzbekistan 34 2006
=88 South Korea 34 2006
=88 Ethiopia 34 2006
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 33.5 2006
=97 Poland 33 2006
=97 Yemen 33 2006
=97 Ireland 33 2006
=97 Vanuatu 33 2006
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 32.51 2006
Non-religious countries average (profile) 32.5 2006
=101 Puerto Rico 32 2006
=101 Costa Rica 32 2006
=103 Iceland 31 2006
=103 Uruguay 31 2006
=103 Armenia 31 2006
=103 Tajikistan 31 2006
=107 Syria 30 2006
=107 Mauritius 30 2006
=107 Bangladesh 30 2006
110 Japan 29 2006
=111 Czech Republic 28 2006
=111 Kenya 28 2006
=111 Serbia and Montenegro 28 2005
=114 Namibia 27 2006
=114 Sri Lanka 27 2006
=114 Belarus 27 2006
=114 The Gambia 27 2006
=114 Jordan 27 2006
=114 Israel 27 2006
=114 Colombia 27 2006
=121 Nicaragua 24 2006
=121 Haiti 24 2006
=121 Chile 24 2006
=121 China 24 2006
=121 Lebanon 24 2006
=121 El Salvador 24 2006
=127 Kazakhstan 23 2006
=127 Zambia 23 2006
=127 Switzerland 23 2006
=127 Suriname 23 2006
=131 Guyana 21 2006
=131 Grenada 21 2006
=131 Solomon Islands 21 2006
=131 Fiji 21 2006
=131 Nigeria 21 2006
=131 Malawi 21 2006
=137 Belgium 20 2006
=137 Eritrea 20 2006
=137 United Arab Emirates 20 2006
=137 Botswana 20 2006
141 Thailand 18 2006
=142 Kiribati 17 2006
=142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 2006
=142 Denmark 17 2006
=142 Dominica 17 2006
=142 Swaziland 17 2006
147 United Kingdom 14 2006
=148 Kuwait 13 2006
=148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 2006
=148 Saint Lucia 13 2006
151 Federated States of Micronesia 11 2006
=152 Antigua and Barbuda 10 2006
=152 Samoa 10 2006
=152 Papua New Guinea 10 2006
=152 Belize 10 2006
=152 Malaysia 10 2006
=157 Tonga 7 2006
=157 Uganda 7 2006
=157 New Zealand 7 2006
=157 Saudi Arabia 7 2006
=157 Trinidad and Tobago 7 2006
=157 Georgia 7 2006
=163 Jamaica 4 2006
=163 Palau 4 2006
=163 Canada 4 2006
166 Australia 3 2006

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COUNTRIES COVERED
0=less rigid to 100=more rigid 172

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