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DEFINITION
The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.
Labor Statistics > Rigidity of employment index (most recent) by country
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2006
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
78
2006
= 2
Niger :
77
2006
= 2
Guinea-Bissau :
77
2006
# 4
Venezuela :
76
2006
# 5
Bolivia :
74
2006
# 6
Central African Republic :
73
2006
# 7
Congo, Republic of the :
69
2006
= 8
São Tomé and Príncipe :
67
2006
= 8
Tanzania :
67
2006
# 10
Equatorial Guinea :
66
2006
= 11
Angola :
64
2006
= 11
Burkina Faso :
64
2006
= 13
Morocco :
63
2006
= 13
Sierra Leone :
63
2006
= 13
Spain :
63
2006
= 16
Peru :
61
2006
= 16
Senegal :
61
2006
# 18
Chad :
60
2006
= 19
Paraguay :
59
2006
= 19
Gabon :
59
2006
= 19
Burundi :
59
2006
= 19
Iraq :
59
2006
= 19
Mauritania :
59
2006
= 19
Latvia :
59
2006
= 25
Togo :
58
2006
= 25
Estonia :
58
2006
= 25
Greece :
58
2006
= 28
Madagascar :
57
2006
= 28
Slovenia :
57
2006
= 30
Panama :
56
2006
= 30
Cameroon :
56
2006
= 30
France :
56
2006
= 33
Sudan :
55
2006
= 33
Ukraine :
55
2006
= 35
Macedonia, Republic of :
54
2006
= 35
Italy :
54
2006
= 35
Moldova :
54
2006
= 35
Mozambique :
54
2006
= 35
Norway :
54
2006
# 40
Egypt :
53
2006
# 41
Nepal :
52
2006
= 42
Mali :
51
2006
= 42
Romania :
51
2006
= 42
Portugal :
51
2006
= 42
Ecuador :
51
2006
# 46
Croatia :
50
2006
= 47
Turkey :
49
2006
= 47
Cambodia :
49
2006
= 47
Rwanda :
49
2006
= 47
Iran :
49
2006
= 51
Finland :
48
2006
= 51
Lithuania :
48
2006
# 53
Bulgaria :
47
2006
= 54
Djibouti :
46
2006
= 54
Afghanistan :
46
2006
= 54
Comoros :
46
2006
= 54
East Timor :
46
2006
= 54
Tunisia :
46
2006
= 54
Benin :
46
2006
= 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
45
2006
= 60
Algeria :
45
2006
= 62
Germany :
44
2006
= 62
Cape Verde :
44
2006
= 62
Indonesia :
44
2006
= 62
Russia :
44
2006
= 66
Pakistan :
43
2006
= 66
Sweden :
43
2006
= 68
Netherlands :
42
2006
= 68
Brazil :
42
2006
= 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
42
2006
= 68
Dominican Republic :
42
2006
= 72
Argentina :
41
2006
= 72
Guinea :
41
2006
= 72
India :
41
2006
= 72
South Africa :
41
2006
= 76
Slovakia :
39
2006
= 76
Philippines :
39
2006
= 76
Bhutan :
39
2006
= 79
Mexico :
38
2006
= 79
Azerbaijan :
38
2006
= 79
Kyrgyzstan :
38
2006
= 79
Albania :
38
2006
= 83
Austria :
37
2006
= 83
Vietnam :
37
2006
= 83
Laos :
37
2006
# 86
Honduras :
36
2006
= 87
Lesotho :
35
2006
= 87
Oman :
35
2006
= 89
Mongolia :
34
2006
= 89
Hungary :
34
2006
= 89
Zimbabwe :
34
2006
= 89
Ethiopia :
34
2006
= 89
Korea, South :
34
2006
= 89
Ghana :
34
2006
= 89
Seychelles :
34
2006
= 89
Guatemala :
34
2006
= 89
Uzbekistan :
34
2006
= 98
Vanuatu :
33
2006
= 98
Poland :
33
2006
= 98
Yemen :
33
2006
= 98
Ireland :
33
2006
= 102
Puerto Rico :
32
2006
= 102
Costa Rica :
32
2006
= 104
Armenia :
31
2006
= 104
Iceland :
31
2006
= 104
Uruguay :
31
2006
= 104
Tajikistan :
31
2006
= 108
Bangladesh :
30
2006
= 108
Mauritius :
30
2006
= 108
Syria :
30
2006
# 111
Japan :
29
2006
= 112
Czech Republic :
28
2006
= 112
Kenya :
28
2006
= 112
Serbia and Montenegro :
28
2005
= 115
Belarus :
27
2006
= 115
Israel :
27
2006
= 115
Sri Lanka :
27
2006
= 115
Gambia, The :
27
2006
= 115
Namibia :
27
2006
= 115
Jordan :
27
2006
= 115
Colombia :
27
2006
= 122
Haiti :
24
2006
= 122
Chile :
24
2006
= 122
China :
24
2006
= 122
El Salvador :
24
2006
= 122
Nicaragua :
24
2006
= 122
Lebanon :
24
2006
= 128
Switzerland :
23
2006
= 128
Suriname :
23
2006
= 128
Zambia :
23
2006
= 128
Kazakhstan :
23
2006
= 132
Guyana :
21
2006
= 132
Fiji :
21
2006
= 132
Grenada :
21
2006
= 132
Solomon Islands :
21
2006
= 132
Malawi :
21
2006
= 132
Nigeria :
21
2006
= 138
Eritrea :
20
2006
= 138
Botswana :
20
2006
= 138
Belgium :
20
2006
= 138
United Arab Emirates :
20
2006
# 142
Thailand :
18
2006
= 143
Kiribati :
17
2006
= 143
Denmark :
17
2006
= 143
Dominica :
17
2006
= 143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
17
2006
= 143
Swaziland :
17
2006
# 148
United Kingdom :
14
2006
= 149
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
13
2006
= 149
Kuwait :
13
2006
= 149
Saint Lucia :
13
2006
# 152
Micronesia, Federated States of :
11
2006
= 153
Malaysia :
10
2006
= 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
10
2006
= 153
Belize :
10
2006
= 153
Papua New Guinea :
10
2006
= 153
Samoa :
10
2006
= 158
Trinidad and Tobago :
7
2006
= 158
New Zealand :
7
2006
= 158
Uganda :
7
2006
= 158
Saudi Arabia :
7
2006
= 158
Georgia :
7
2006
= 158
Tonga :
7
2006
= 164
Palau :
4
2006
= 164
Canada :
4
2006
= 164
Jamaica :
4
2006
# 167
Australia :
3
2006
Weighted average:
37.7
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.
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