NationMaster - Entrepreneurship > Hiring & Firing Workers > Firing costs (weeks of wages) (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Sierra Leone:	188.3
#2	Zambia:	176
#3	Sri Lanka:	175.7
#4	Brazil:	165.3
#5	Egypt:	162.3
#6	Indonesia:	144.8
#7	Mozambique:	141
#8	Ecuador:	131
#9	Turkey:	112
#10	São Tomé and Príncipe:	108
#11	Guatemala:	100
#12	Paraguay:	99
#13	Bolivia:	98
#14	Romania:	98
#15	Vietnam:	98
#16	Portugal:	98
#17	United Arab Emirates:	95.6
#18	Bhutan:	94
#19	Argentina:	94
#20	China:	90
#21	Nepal:	90
#22	Korea, South:	90
#23	Jordan:	90
#24	Pakistan:	90
#25	Israel:	90
#26	Malawi:	90
#27	Taiwan:	90
#28	Iran:	90
#29	Philippines:	90
#30	El Salvador:	86
#31	Morocco:	83.3
#32	Mali:	80.8
#33	Saudi Arabia:	79.3
#34	Syria:	79.3
#35	India:	79
#36	Dominican Republic:	76.9
#37	Niger:	75.6
#38	Mexico:	74.5
#39	Greece:	68.8
#40	Eritrea:	68.5
#41	Côte d'Ivoire:	67.6
#42	Germany:	66.7
#43	Togo:	66.3
#44	Malaysia:	65.2
#45	Albania:	63.6
#46	Angola:	61.8
#47	Jamaica:	60.2
#48	Burkina Faso:	57
#49	Spain:	56
#50	Peru:	55.6
#51	Vanuatu:	55
#52	Austria:	54.7
#53	Rwanda:	53.8
#54	Ireland:	52.1
#55	Solomon Islands:	51.7
#56	Chile:	51.3
#57	Panama:	47.3
#58	Kenya:	47
#59	Thailand:	47
#60	Lesotho:	47
#61	Italy:	47
#62	Bangladesh:	47
#63	Kiribati:	46.4
#64	Venezuela:	46.4
#65	Honduras:	46.4
#66	Colombia:	43.9
#67	Slovenia:	43
#68	Azerbaijan:	42.4
#69	Samoa:	42.4
#70	Kuwait:	42.4
#71	Congo, Republic of the:	41.5
#72	Madagascar:	40.9
#73	Macedonia, Republic of:	40.7
#74	Ethiopia:	40.2
#75	Cameroon:	40
#76	Denmark:	38.9
#77	Cambodia:	38.8
#78	Papua New Guinea:	38.4
#79	Tanzania:	38.4
#80	Senegal:	38.3
#81	Croatia:	37.8
#82	South Africa:	37.5
#83	Central African Republic:	37.2
#84	Sudan:	36.9
#85	Laos:	35.9
#86	Benin:	35.2
#87	Lithuania:	33.8
#88	Costa Rica:	33.7
#89	Hungary:	33.5
#90	United Kingdom:	33.5
#91	Estonia:	33.2
#92	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	32.8
#93	France:	31.9
#94	Mauritania:	30.9
#95	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	30.8
#96	Uzbekistan:	30.5
#97	Bulgaria:	29.8
#98	Zimbabwe:	29.2
#99	Tunisia:	28.9
#100	Canada:	28
#101	Fiji:	27.8
#102	Uruguay:	25.8
#103	Haiti:	25.6
#104	Guinea:	25.5
#105	Poland:	24.9
#106	Ghana:	24.9
#107	Burundi:	24.9
#108	Namibia:	24.2
#109	Sweden:	24
#110	Finland:	24
#111	Nicaragua:	23.5
#112	Czech Republic:	21.6
#113	East Timor:	21.2
#114	Serbia and Montenegro:	21.2
#115	Japan:	21.2
#116	Moldova:	20.9
#117	Kyrgyzstan:	20.9
#118	Belarus:	20.9
#119	Chad:	20.6
#120	Maldives:	20
#121	Botswana:	18.9
#122	Lebanon:	17.3
#123	Latvia:	17
#124	Algeria:	16.9
#125	Mongolia:	16.9
#126	Yemen:	16.9
#127	Armenia:	16.6
#128	Ukraine:	16.6
#129	Russia:	16.6
#130	Belgium:	16
#131	Netherlands:	16
#132	Mauritius:	15.2
#133	Iceland:	13
#134	Hong Kong:	12.9
#135	Slovakia:	12.9
#136	Oman:	12.6
#137	Norway:	12
#138	Switzerland:	12
#139	Uganda:	12
#140	Kazakhstan:	8.3
#141	Afghanistan:	4
#142	Australia:	4
#143	Nigeria:	4
#144	Georgia:	4
#145	Singapore:	4
#146	Iraq:	4
#147	Micronesia, Federated States of:	0
#148	Tonga:	0
#149	Marshall Islands:	0
#150	Palau:	0
#151	Guyana:	0
#152	New Zealand:	0
#153	United States:	0
#154	Puerto Rico:	0
	Weighted average:	49.0

DEFINITION: Hiring & Firing Workers, Firing costs (weeks of wages)

SOURCE: Doing Business

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