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Labor Statistics > Firing cost > weeks of wages (2004) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Sierra Leone: 328.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 2     Zimbabwe: 273 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 3     Egypt: 186.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 4     Argentina: 182 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 5     Ghana: 177.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 6     Zambia: 177.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 7     Mozambique: 142.9 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 8     Ecuador: 135.4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 9     Sri Lanka: 117 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 10     Paraguay: 112.9 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 11     Indonesia: 108.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 12     Guatemala: 101.1 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 13     Bolivia: 99.5 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 14     Portugal: 98.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 15     Bhutan: 94.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 16     Turkey: 94.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 17     Philippines: 91 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 18     Korea, South: 91 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 19     Israel: 91 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 20     China: 91 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 21     Iran: 90.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 22     Botswana: 90 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 23     Nepal: 90 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 24     Pakistan: 90 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 25     Malaysia: 88 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 26     Dominican Republic: 87.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 27     Vietnam: 86.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 28     El Salvador: 85.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 29     Malawi: 84.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 30     United Arab Emirates: 83.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 31     Saudi Arabia: 80.1 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 32     Syria: 79.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 33     Mexico: 74.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 34     Germany: 69.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 35     Greece: 69.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 36     Albania: 64.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 37     Hong Kong: 62.1 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 38     Jamaica: 60.5 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 39     Colombia: 58.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 40     Angola: 58.5 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 41     Austria: 56.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 42     Vanuatu: 56.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 43     Spain: 56.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 44     India: 55.9 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 45     Morocco: 54.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 46     Thailand: 54.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 47     Peru: 52 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 48     Chile: 52 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 49     Bangladesh: 51 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 50     Nigeria: 49.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 51     Ireland: 49 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 52     Côte d'Ivoire: 48.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 53     Kenya: 47.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 54     Venezuela: 47.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 55     Solomon Islands: 44.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 56     Lesotho: 44.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 57     Panama: 44 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 58     Honduras: 43.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 59     Kuwait: 42.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 60     Congo, Republic of the: 41.2 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 61     Ethiopia: 40.1 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 62     Slovenia: 39.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 63     Papua New Guinea: 39 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 64     Croatia: 39 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 65     Cambodia: 39 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 66     Senegal: 37.9 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 67     Brazil: 36.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 68     Togo: 35.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 69     Chad: 35.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 70     Benin: 35.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 71     Costa Rica: 35.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 72     Estonia: 34.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 73     Macedonia, Republic of: 34.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 74     Hungary: 34.5 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 75     Burkina Faso: 33.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 76     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 33.2 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 77     Cameroon: 32.5 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 78     Tanzania: 32 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 79     France: 31.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 80     Mauritania: 31.4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 81     Mali: 31.4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 82     Niger: 31.4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 83     Uruguay: 31.2 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 84     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 30.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 85     Lithuania: 30.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 86     Uzbekistan: 30.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 87     Madagascar: 30.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 88     Moldova: 28.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 89     Canada: 28 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 90     Fiji: 28 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 91     Sweden: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 92     Guinea: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 93     Rwanda: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 94     Burundi: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 95     Haiti: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 96     Finland: 26 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 97     Namibia: 24.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 98     South Africa: 24 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 99     Nicaragua: 23.8 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 100     United Kingdom: 22.1 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 101     Czech Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 102     Central African Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 103     Azerbaijan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 104     Belarus: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 105     Kyrgyzstan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 106     Georgia: 21.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 107     Laos: 19.4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 108     Yemen: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 109     Lebanon: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 110     Latvia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 111     Russia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 112     Armenia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 113     Netherlands: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 114     Tunisia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 115     Algeria: 17 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 116     Belgium: 16 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 117     Norway: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 118     Switzerland: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 119     Poland: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 120     Slovakia: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 121     Uganda: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 122     Ukraine: 13 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 123     Denmark: 10 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 124     Samoa: 8.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 125     Mongolia: 8.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 126     Bulgaria: 8.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 127     Kazakhstan: 8.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 128     Japan: 8.6 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 129     Kiribati: 4.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 130     Oman: 4.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 131     Jordan: 4.3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 132     Singapore: 4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 133     Australia: 4 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 134     Romania: 3 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
# 135     Italy: 1.7 weeks of wages   2004 Time series
Weighted average: 52.3 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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