SOURCE
The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference
DEFINITION
Nations are listed with a Flexibility of Firing Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates the process of firing employed
labor.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Angola: |
74 |
|
| #2 |
Portugal: |
73 |
|
| #3 |
Russia: |
71 |
|
| #4 |
Belarus: |
71 |
|
| #5 |
Paraguay: |
71 |
|
| #6 |
Mexico: |
70 |
|
| #7 |
Ukraine: |
69 |
|
| #8 |
Peru: |
69 |
|
| #9 |
Panama: |
68 |
|
| #10 |
Brazil: |
68 |
|
| #11 |
Mauritania: |
66 |
|
| #12 |
Ecuador: |
65 |
|
| #13 |
Mozambique: |
64 |
|
| #14 |
Jordan: |
64 |
|
| #15 |
Sierra Leone: |
62 |
|
| #16 |
Venezuela: |
60 |
|
| #17 |
Colombia: |
60 |
|
| #18 |
Slovakia: |
60 |
|
| #19 |
Nicaragua: |
58 |
|
| #20 |
China: |
57 |
|
| #21 |
Guinea: |
57 |
|
| #22 |
Malawi: |
54 |
|
| #23 |
Namibia: |
54 |
|
| #24 |
Moldova: |
54 |
|
| #25 |
Finland: |
52 |
|
| #26 |
El Salvador: |
52 |
|
| #27 |
Burundi: |
51 |
|
| #28 |
Guatemala: |
51 |
|
| #29 |
Uzbekistan: |
50 |
|
| #30 |
Kuwait: |
50 |
|
| #31 |
Uganda: |
50 |
|
| #32 |
Central African Republic: |
50 |
|
| #33 |
Philippines: |
50 |
|
| #34 |
Madagascar: |
49 |
|
| #35 |
Cambodia: |
49 |
|
| #36 |
Tanzania: |
49 |
|
| #37 |
Georgia: |
49 |
|
| #38 |
Vietnam: |
48 |
|
| #39 |
Nepal: |
47 |
|
| #40 |
Honduras: |
47 |
|
| #41 |
Argentina: |
46 |
|
| #42 |
Costa Rica: |
46 |
|
| #43 |
Bolivia: |
45 |
|
| #44 |
Germany: |
45 |
|
| #45 |
Spain: |
45 |
|
| #46 |
India: |
45 |
|
| #47 |
Tunisia: |
44 |
|
| #48 |
Indonesia: |
43 |
|
| #49 |
Greece: |
43 |
|
| #50 |
Latvia: |
42 |
|
| #51 |
Kazakhstan: |
42 |
|
| #52 |
Slovenia: |
41 |
|
| #53 |
Zambia: |
40 |
|
| #54 |
Italy: |
40 |
|
| #55 |
Sri Lanka: |
40 |
|
| #56 |
Cameroon: |
39 |
|
| #57 |
Poland: |
39 |
|
| #58 |
Armenia: |
37 |
|
| #59 |
United Arab Emirates: |
37 |
|
| #60 |
Nigeria: |
36 |
|
| #61 |
Togo: |
36 |
|
| #62 |
Haiti: |
35 |
|
| #63 |
Dominican Republic: |
35 |
|
| #64 |
Lebanon: |
35 |
|
| #65 |
Niger: |
34 |
|
| #66 |
Netherlands: |
33 |
|
| #67 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
33 |
|
| #68 |
Morocco: |
33 |
|
| #69 |
Pakistan: |
33 |
|
| #70 |
Rwanda: |
32 |
|
| #71 |
Bangladesh: |
32 |
|
| #72 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
32 |
|
| #73 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
31 |
|
| #74 |
Lithuania: |
31 |
|
| #75 |
Sweden: |
31 |
|
| #76 |
Croatia: |
31 |
|
| #77 |
South Africa: |
30 |
|
| #78 |
Senegal: |
30 |
|
| #79 |
Ireland: |
30 |
|
| #80 |
Thailand: |
30 |
|
| #81 |
Ethiopia: |
29 |
|
| #82 |
Romania: |
29 |
|
| #83 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
29 |
|
| #84 |
Chile: |
29 |
|
| #85 |
Chad: |
27 |
|
| #86 |
Czech Republic: |
27 |
|
| #87 |
Azerbaijan: |
27 |
|
| #88 |
Burkina Faso: |
27 |
|
| #89 |
Bulgaria: |
26 |
|
| #90 |
France: |
26 |
|
| #91 |
Zimbabwe: |
26 |
|
| #92 |
Oman: |
25 |
|
| #93 |
Norway: |
25 |
|
| #94 |
Mongolia: |
25 |
|
| #95 |
Lesotho: |
25 |
|
| #96 |
Puerto Rico: |
24 |
|
| #97 |
Mali: |
23 |
|
| #98 |
Hungary: |
23 |
|
| #99 |
Switzerland: |
23 |
|
| #100 |
Syria: |
22 |
|
| #101 |
Belgium: |
22 |
|
| #102 |
New Zealand: |
20 |
|
| #103 |
Benin: |
20 |
|
| #104 |
Algeria: |
19 |
|
| #105 |
Jamaica: |
18 |
|
| #106 |
Turkey: |
17 |
|
| #107 |
Denmark: |
17 |
|
| #108 |
Ghana: |
17 |
|
| #109 |
Botswana: |
17 |
|
| #110 |
Saudi Arabia: |
16 |
|
| #111 |
Israel: |
16 |
|
| #112 |
Kenya: |
16 |
|
| #113 |
Canada: |
16 |
|
| #114 |
Malaysia: |
15 |
|
| #115 |
Albania: |
15 |
|
| #116 |
Austria: |
14 |
|
| #117 |
Australia: |
13 |
|
| #118 |
United Kingdom: |
9 |
|
| #119 |
Japan: |
9 |
|
| #120 |
United States: |
5 |
|
| #121 |
Papua New Guinea: |
4 |
|
| #122 |
Uruguay: |
3 |
|
| #123 |
Singapore: |
1 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
37.8 |
|
DEFINITION: Nations are listed with a Flexibility of Firing Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates the process of firing employed
labor.
SOURCE: The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference