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Labor Statistics > Firing cost > weeks of wages (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Zimbabwe: 446.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 2   Sierra Leone: 328.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 3   Egypt: 186.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 4   Sri Lanka: 177.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 4   Ghana: 177.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 4   Zambia: 177.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 7   Mozambique: 142.9 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 8   Argentina: 138.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 9   Ecuador: 135.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 10   Equatorial Guinea: 132.9 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 11   Sudan: 118.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 12   Paraguay: 112.9 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 13   Indonesia: 108.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 14   Guatemala: 101.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 15   Comoros: 99.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 16   Bolivia: 99.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 17   Portugal: 98.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 18   Turkey: 94.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 18   Bhutan: 94.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   Korea, South: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   São Tomé and Príncipe: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   China: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   Israel: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   Philippines: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 20   Cape Verde: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 26   Iran: 90.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 27   Botswana: 90 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 27   Nepal: 90 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 27   Pakistan: 90 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 30   Malaysia: 88 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 31   Dominican Republic: 87.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 32   Guinea-Bissau: 86.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 32   Vietnam: 86.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 34   El Salvador: 85.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 35   Morocco: 85.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 36   Malawi: 84.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 37   United Arab Emirates: 83.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 38   Saudi Arabia: 80.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 39   Syria: 79.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 40   Mexico: 74.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 41   Greece: 69.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 41   Germany: 69.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 41   Eritrea: 69.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 44   Trinidad and Tobago: 67.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 45   Albania: 64.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 46   Hong Kong: 62.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 47   Jamaica: 60.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 48   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 60 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 49   Colombia: 58.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 50   Angola: 58.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 51   Dominica: 57.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 52   Guyana: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 52   Djibouti: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 52   Spain: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 52   Vanuatu: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 52   Austria: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 57   Saint Lucia: 56 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 58   India: 55.9 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 59   Thailand: 54.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 60   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 54 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 61   Swaziland: 53.2 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 62   Antigua and Barbuda: 52.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 63   Chile: 52 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 63   Peru: 52 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 65   Bangladesh: 51 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 66   Nigeria: 49.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 67   Ireland: 49 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 68   Côte d'Ivoire: 48.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 69   Venezuela: 47.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 69   Kenya: 47.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 71   Solomon Islands: 44.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 71   Lesotho: 44.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 73   Panama: 44 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 74   Honduras: 43.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 74   Gabon: 43.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 76   Kuwait: 42.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 77   Congo, Republic of the: 41.2 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 78   Ethiopia: 40.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 79   Slovenia: 39.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 80   Cambodia: 39 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 80   Croatia: 39 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 80   Papua New Guinea: 39 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 83   Seychelles: 38.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 84   Senegal: 37.9 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 85   Brazil: 36.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 86   Benin: 35.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 86   Chad: 35.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 86   Togo: 35.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 89   Costa Rica: 35.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 90   Estonia: 34.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 90   Mauritius: 34.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 92   Hungary: 34.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 92   East Timor: 34.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 94   Burkina Faso: 33.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 95   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 33.2 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 96   Cameroon: 32.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 97   Tanzania: 32 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 98   France: 31.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 99   Mali: 31.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 99   Niger: 31.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 99   Mauritania: 31.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 102   Uruguay: 31.2 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 103   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 30.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 104   Lithuania: 30.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 104   Uzbekistan: 30.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 104   Madagascar: 30.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 107   Moldova: 28.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 108   Grenada: 28.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 109   Canada: 28 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 109   Fiji: 28 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Guinea: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Suriname: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Finland: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Haiti: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Burundi: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Rwanda: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 111   Sweden: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 118   Namibia: 24.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 119   South Africa: 24 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 119   Belize: 24 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 121   Nicaragua: 23.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 122   United Kingdom: 22.1 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Czech Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Belarus: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Tajikistan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Central African Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Macedonia, Republic of: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 123   Azerbaijan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 129   Laos: 19.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Netherlands: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Tunisia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Kyrgyzstan: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Lebanon: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Russia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Latvia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 130   Yemen: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 137   Algeria: 17 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 138   Belgium: 16 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Norway: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Switzerland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Armenia: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Iceland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Poland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Slovakia: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Uganda: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 139   Ukraine: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 147   Denmark: 10 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Kazakhstan: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Bulgaria: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Samoa: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Mongolia: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Gambia, The: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 148   Maldives: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 154   Japan: 8.6 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 155   Jordan: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 155   Oman: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 155   Georgia: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 155   Kiribati: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 155   Afghanistan: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 160   Australia: 4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 160   Iraq: 4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
= 160   Singapore: 4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 163   Romania: 3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 164   Italy: 1.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 53.3 weeks of wages   



DEFINITION: Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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