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
 |
|
# 1
|
Angola: |
74 |
|
|
# 2
|
Portugal: |
73 |
|
|
= 3
|
Belarus: |
71 |
|
|
= 3
|
Paraguay: |
71 |
|
|
= 3
|
Russia: |
71 |
|
|
# 6
|
Mexico: |
70 |
|
|
= 7
|
Ukraine: |
69 |
|
|
= 7
|
Peru: |
69 |
|
|
= 9
|
Panama: |
68 |
|
|
= 9
|
Brazil: |
68 |
|
|
# 11
|
Mauritania: |
66 |
|
|
# 12
|
Ecuador: |
65 |
|
|
= 13
|
Jordan: |
64 |
|
|
= 13
|
Mozambique: |
64 |
|
|
# 15
|
Sierra Leone: |
62 |
|
|
= 16
|
Venezuela: |
60 |
|
|
= 16
|
Slovakia: |
60 |
|
|
= 16
|
Colombia: |
60 |
|
|
# 19
|
Nicaragua: |
58 |
|
|
= 20
|
China: |
57 |
|
|
= 20
|
Guinea: |
57 |
|
|
= 22
|
Malawi: |
54 |
|
|
= 22
|
Moldova: |
54 |
|
|
= 22
|
Namibia: |
54 |
|
|
= 25
|
Finland: |
52 |
|
|
= 25
|
El Salvador: |
52 |
|
|
= 27
|
Guatemala: |
51 |
|
|
= 27
|
Burundi: |
51 |
|
|
= 29
|
Philippines: |
50 |
|
|
= 29
|
Kuwait: |
50 |
|
|
= 29
|
Central African Republic: |
50 |
|
|
= 29
|
Uzbekistan: |
50 |
|
|
= 29
|
Uganda: |
50 |
|
|
= 34
|
Madagascar: |
49 |
|
|
= 34
|
Georgia: |
49 |
|
|
= 34
|
Tanzania: |
49 |
|
|
= 34
|
Cambodia: |
49 |
|
|
# 38
|
Vietnam: |
48 |
|
|
= 39
|
Honduras: |
47 |
|
|
= 39
|
Nepal: |
47 |
|
|
= 41
|
Costa Rica: |
46 |
|
|
= 41
|
Argentina: |
46 |
|
|
= 43
|
Spain: |
45 |
|
|
= 43
|
Germany: |
45 |
|
|
= 43
|
Bolivia: |
45 |
|
|
= 43
|
India: |
45 |
|
|
# 47
|
Tunisia: |
44 |
|
|
= 48
|
Indonesia: |
43 |
|
|
= 48
|
Greece: |
43 |
|
|
= 50
|
Latvia: |
42 |
|
|
= 50
|
Kazakhstan: |
42 |
|
|
# 52
|
Slovenia: |
41 |
|
|
= 53
|
Italy: |
40 |
|
|
= 53
|
Sri Lanka: |
40 |
|
|
= 53
|
Zambia: |
40 |
|
|
= 56
|
Poland: |
39 |
|
|
= 56
|
Cameroon: |
39 |
|
|
= 58
|
United Arab Emirates: |
37 |
|
|
= 58
|
Armenia: |
37 |
|
|
= 60
|
Togo: |
36 |
|
|
= 60
|
Nigeria: |
36 |
|
|
= 62
|
Lebanon: |
35 |
|
|
= 62
|
Haiti: |
35 |
|
|
= 62
|
Dominican Republic: |
35 |
|
|
# 65
|
Niger: |
34 |
|
|
= 66
|
Pakistan: |
33 |
|
|
= 66
|
Morocco: |
33 |
|
|
= 66
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
33 |
|
|
= 66
|
Netherlands: |
33 |
|
|
= 70
|
Bangladesh: |
32 |
|
|
= 70
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
32 |
|
|
= 70
|
Rwanda: |
32 |
|
|
= 73
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
31 |
|
|
= 73
|
Croatia: |
31 |
|
|
= 73
|
Lithuania: |
31 |
|
|
= 73
|
Sweden: |
31 |
|
|
= 77
|
Ireland: |
30 |
|
|
= 77
|
South Africa: |
30 |
|
|
= 77
|
Thailand: |
30 |
|
|
= 77
|
Senegal: |
30 |
|
|
= 81
|
Romania: |
29 |
|
|
= 81
|
Ethiopia: |
29 |
|
|
= 81
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
29 |
|
|
= 81
|
Chile: |
29 |
|
|
= 85
|
Burkina Faso: |
27 |
|
|
= 85
|
Chad: |
27 |
|
|
= 85
|
Azerbaijan: |
27 |
|
|
= 85
|
Czech Republic: |
27 |
|
|
= 89
|
Bulgaria: |
26 |
|
|
= 89
|
France: |
26 |
|
|
= 89
|
Zimbabwe: |
26 |
|
|
= 92
|
Lesotho: |
25 |
|
|
= 92
|
Mongolia: |
25 |
|
|
= 92
|
Norway: |
25 |
|
|
= 92
|
Oman: |
25 |
|
|
# 96
|
Puerto Rico: |
24 |
|
|
= 97
|
Hungary: |
23 |
|
|
= 97
|
Mali: |
23 |
|
|
= 97
|
Switzerland: |
23 |
|
|
= 100
|
Belgium: |
22 |
|
|
= 100
|
Syria: |
22 |
|
|
= 102
|
New Zealand: |
20 |
|
|
= 102
|
Benin: |
20 |
|
|
# 104
|
Algeria: |
19 |
|
|
# 105
|
Jamaica: |
18 |
|
|
= 106
|
Denmark: |
17 |
|
|
= 106
|
Botswana: |
17 |
|
|
= 106
|
Ghana: |
17 |
|
|
= 106
|
Turkey: |
17 |
|
|
= 110
|
Saudi Arabia: |
16 |
|
|
= 110
|
Israel: |
16 |
|
|
= 110
|
Canada: |
16 |
|
|
= 110
|
Kenya: |
16 |
|
|
= 114
|
Albania: |
15 |
|
|
= 114
|
Malaysia: |
15 |
|
|
# 116
|
Austria: |
14 |
|
|
# 117
|
Australia: |
13 |
|
|
= 118
|
Japan: |
9 |
|
|
= 118
|
United Kingdom: |
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
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