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
This statistic is an average of "
Regulation - Hiring", "
Regulation - Firing", and "
Regulation - Employment Conditions". Nations are listed with an Employment Laws Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates Employment.
| Rank |
Countries
 |
Amount
 |
|
= 1
|
Panama: |
79 |
|
|
= 1
|
Portugal: |
79 |
|
|
= 3
|
Angola: |
78 |
|
|
= 3
|
Brazil: |
78 |
|
|
= 5
|
Mexico: |
77 |
|
|
= 5
|
Belarus: |
77 |
|
|
# 7
|
Venezuela: |
75 |
|
|
# 8
|
Mozambique: |
74 |
|
|
= 9
|
Ukraine: |
73 |
|
|
= 9
|
Peru: |
73 |
|
|
= 9
|
Paraguay: |
73 |
|
|
# 12
|
Spain: |
70 |
|
|
# 13
|
El Salvador: |
69 |
|
|
= 14
|
Greece: |
67 |
|
|
= 14
|
Sierra Leone: |
67 |
|
|
= 14
|
Moldova: |
67 |
|
|
= 17
|
Chad: |
66 |
|
|
= 17
|
Bolivia: |
66 |
|
|
= 17
|
Argentina: |
66 |
|
|
= 20
|
Guatemala: |
65 |
|
|
= 20
|
Croatia: |
65 |
|
|
= 22
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
64 |
|
|
= 22
|
Lithuania: |
64 |
|
|
= 24
|
Azerbaijan: |
63 |
|
|
= 24
|
Costa Rica: |
63 |
|
|
= 26
|
Latvia: |
62 |
|
|
= 26
|
Central African Republic: |
62 |
|
|
= 26
|
Burundi: |
62 |
|
|
= 29
|
Russia: |
61 |
|
|
= 29
|
Madagascar: |
61 |
|
|
= 29
|
Slovakia: |
61 |
|
|
= 29
|
Nicaragua: |
61 |
|
|
= 29
|
Tanzania: |
61 |
|
|
= 29
|
Thailand: |
61 |
|
|
= 35
|
Philippines: |
60 |
|
|
= 35
|
Haiti: |
60 |
|
|
= 35
|
Jordan: |
60 |
|
|
= 35
|
Rwanda: |
60 |
|
|
= 35
|
Guinea: |
60 |
|
|
= 40
|
Slovenia: |
59 |
|
|
= 40
|
Colombia: |
59 |
|
|
= 40
|
Mauritania: |
59 |
|
|
= 40
|
Italy: |
59 |
|
|
= 40
|
Niger: |
59 |
|
|
# 45
|
Pakistan: |
58 |
|
|
= 46
|
Tunisia: |
57 |
|
|
= 46
|
Indonesia: |
57 |
|
|
= 46
|
Armenia: |
57 |
|
|
= 46
|
Togo: |
57 |
|
|
= 50
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
56 |
|
|
= 50
|
Vietnam: |
56 |
|
|
= 50
|
Honduras: |
56 |
|
|
= 53
|
Ecuador: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Poland: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Finland: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Kazakhstan: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Georgia: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Turkey: |
55 |
|
|
= 53
|
Uzbekistan: |
55 |
|
|
= 60
|
Cambodia: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Netherlands: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Hungary: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Oman: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Senegal: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Romania: |
54 |
|
|
= 60
|
Mali: |
54 |
|
|
= 67
|
Bulgaria: |
53 |
|
|
= 67
|
Burkina Faso: |
53 |
|
|
= 69
|
Benin: |
52 |
|
|
= 69
|
Malawi: |
52 |
|
|
= 71
|
Ethiopia: |
51 |
|
|
= 71
|
Germany: |
51 |
|
|
= 71
|
India: |
51 |
|
|
= 71
|
Morocco: |
51 |
|
|
= 75
|
France: |
50 |
|
|
= 75
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
50 |
|
|
= 75
|
Chile: |
50 |
|
|
= 75
|
Bangladesh: |
50 |
|
|
= 75
|
Mongolia: |
50 |
|
|
= 80
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
49 |
|
|
= 80
|
Ireland: |
49 |
|
|
= 80
|
Dominican Republic: |
49 |
|
|
# 83
|
Belgium: |
48 |
|
|
# 84
|
China: |
47 |
|
|
= 85
|
Algeria: |
46 |
|
|
= 85
|
Zambia: |
46 |
|
|
= 85
|
Lebanon: |
46 |
|
|
= 88
|
Lesotho: |
45 |
|
|
= 88
|
United Arab Emirates: |
45 |
|
|
= 88
|
Syria: |
45 |
|
|
= 88
|
Nepal: |
45 |
|
|
# 92
|
Cameroon: |
44 |
|
|
= 93
|
Nigeria: |
43 |
|
|
= 93
|
Namibia: |
43 |
|
|
= 95
|
Uganda: |
42 |
|
|
= 95
|
Sweden: |
42 |
|
|
= 95
|
Sri Lanka: |
42 |
|
|
= 98
|
Puerto Rico: |
41 |
|
|
= 98
|
Kuwait: |
41 |
|
|
= 98
|
Albania: |
41 |
|
|
= 98
|
Norway: |
41 |
|
|
# 102
|
Uruguay: |
39 |
|
|
# 103
|
Israel: |
38 |
|
|
# 104
|
Japan: |
37 |
|
|
= 105
|
Australia: |
36 |
|
|
= 105
|
Switzerland: |
36 |
|
|
= 105
|
Czech Republic: |
36 |
|
|
= 105
|
South Africa: |
36 |
|
|
= 105
|
Saudi Arabia: |
36 |
|
|
= 110
|
Ghana: |
35 |
|
|
= 110
|
Botswana: |
35 |
|
|
= 112
|
Canada: |
34 |
|
|
= 112
|
Jamaica: |
34 |
|
|
= 112
|
Kenya: |
34 |
|
|
# 115
|
New Zealand: |
32 |
|
|
# 116
|
Austria: |
30 |
|
|
# 117
|
United Kingdom: |
28 |
|
|
# 118
|
Zimbabwe: |
27 |
|
|
# 119
|
Papua New Guinea: |
26 |
|
|
= 120
|
Malaysia: |
25 |
|
|
= 120
|
Denmark: |
25 |
|
|
# 122
|
United States: |
22 |
|
|
# 123
|
Singapore: |
20 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
52.6 |
|
DEFINITION: This statistic is an average of "
Regulation - Hiring", "
Regulation - Firing", and "
Regulation - Employment Conditions". Nations are listed with an Employment Laws Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates Employment.
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.
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