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Labor Statistics > Firing cost > weeks of wages (2006) 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     Zambia: 177.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 5     Sri Lanka: 177.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 6     Ghana: 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
# 19     Bhutan: 94.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 20     Philippines: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 21     China: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 22     Israel: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 23     Korea, South: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 24     São Tomé and Príncipe: 91 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 25     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
# 28     Nepal: 90 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 29     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
# 33     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     Germany: 69.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 42     Greece: 69.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 43     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     Djibouti: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 53     Guyana: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 54     Spain: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 55     Vanuatu: 56.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 56     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     Peru: 52 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 64     Chile: 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     Kenya: 47.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 70     Venezuela: 47.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 71     Solomon Islands: 44.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 72     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
# 75     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     Croatia: 39 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 81     Papua New Guinea: 39 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 82     Cambodia: 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     Togo: 35.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 87     Chad: 35.8 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 88     Benin: 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
# 91     Mauritius: 34.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 92     Hungary: 34.5 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 93     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     Mauritania: 31.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 100     Mali: 31.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 101     Niger: 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     Uzbekistan: 30.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 105     Madagascar: 30.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 106     Lithuania: 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     Fiji: 28 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 110     Canada: 28 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 111     Haiti: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 112     Guinea: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 113     Sweden: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 114     Rwanda: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 115     Burundi: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 116     Suriname: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 117     Finland: 26 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 118     Namibia: 24.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 119     Belize: 24 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 120     South Africa: 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     Tajikistan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 124     Czech Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 125     Macedonia, Republic of: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 126     Central African Republic: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 127     Belarus: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 128     Azerbaijan: 21.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 129     Laos: 19.4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 130     Lebanon: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 131     Kyrgyzstan: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 132     Latvia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 133     Netherlands: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 134     Russia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 135     Tunisia: 17.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 136     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     Armenia: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 140     Slovakia: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 141     Iceland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 142     Ukraine: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 143     Uganda: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 144     Norway: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 145     Switzerland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 146     Poland: 13 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 147     Denmark: 10 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 148     Maldives: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 149     Bulgaria: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 150     Kazakhstan: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 151     Samoa: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 152     Mongolia: 8.7 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 153     Gambia, The: 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
# 156     Georgia: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 157     Kiribati: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 158     Afghanistan: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 159     Oman: 4.3 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 160     Australia: 4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 161     Singapore: 4 weeks of wages   2006 Time series
# 162     Iraq: 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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