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Every country with employment-protection data, open any profile for its full EPLex, B-READY, and OECD breakdown.

145 countries ranked by employment protection (0-100 scale). Higher score = stronger worker protections. Click column headers to sort. Scores derive from ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY, and OECD EPL covering billions of workers; see our methodology.

Download the country-level extract cited on this page: employment-protection-statistics.csv (CC BY 4.0).

EPLex, ILO termination rules (0-1 → normalized) B-READY, World Bank labor regulation (0-100, 2025) OECD, employment protection (0-6 → normalized)
# Country Score
#1 🇹🇼 Taiwan 81
#2 🇲🇹 Malta 79
#3 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 74
#4 🇲🇩 Moldova 72
#5 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 71
#6 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic 70
#7 🇲🇺 Mauritius 70
#8 🇱🇦 Lao PDR 69
#9 🇸🇿 Eswatini 67
#10 🇧🇭 Bahrain 66
#11 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 66
#12 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 66
#13 🇹🇬 Togo 66
#14 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 66
#15 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 64
#16 🇮🇩 Indonesia 64
#17 🇵🇰 Pakistan 64
#18 🇼🇸 Samoa 64
#19 🇳🇵 Nepal 62
#20 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 62
#21 🇲🇪 Montenegro 61
#22 🇵🇭 Philippines 61
#23 🇸🇨 Seychelles 61
#24 🇵🇸 West Bank and Gaza 61
#25 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 60
#26 🇵🇹 Portugal 59
#27 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 58
#28 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 58
#29 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. 57
#30 🇲🇱 Mali 57
#31 🇳🇱 Netherlands 57
#32 🇸🇰 Slovakia 57
#33 🇧🇹 Bhutan 56
#34 🇧🇯 Benin 55
#35 🇧🇴 Bolivia 55
#36 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 55
#37 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 55
#38 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 54
#39 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 54
#40 🇦🇴 Angola 53
#41 🇹🇩 Chad 53
#42 🇪🇬 Egypt 53
#43 🇬🇲 Gambia 53
#44 🇱🇸 Lesotho 53
#45 🇸🇮 Slovenia 53
#46 🇹🇷 Turkey 53
#47 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 53
#48 🇷🇺 Russia 51
#49 🇺🇦 Ukraine 51
#50 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. 50
#51 🇩🇪 Germany 50
#52 🇦🇹 Austria 49
#53 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 49
#54 🇹🇴 Tonga 49
#55 🇬🇷 Greece 48
#56 🇸🇸 South Sudan 48
#57 🇸🇪 Sweden 48
#58 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 47
#59 🇰🇲 Comoros 47
#60 🇪🇪 Estonia 47
#61 🇮🇱 Israel 47
#62 🇲🇽 Mexico 47
#63 🇲🇦 Morocco 47
#64 🇰🇭 Cambodia 46
#65 🇨🇳 China 46
#66 🇩🇰 Denmark 46
#67 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 46
#68 🇿🇲 Zambia 46
#69 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 45
#70 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 45
#71 🇭🇺 Hungary 45
#72 🇱🇻 Latvia 45
#73 🇳🇴 Norway 45
#74 🇵🇦 Panama 45
#75 🇷🇴 Romania 45
#76 🇰🇷 South Korea 45
#77 🇻🇪 Venezuela 45
#78 🇬🇪 Georgia 44
#79 🇷🇸 Serbia 44
#80 🇦🇲 Armenia 43
#81 🇫🇷 France 43
#82 🇮🇳 India 43
#83 🇳🇿 New Zealand 43
#84 🇩🇿 Algeria 42
#85 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 42
#86 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42
#87 🇪🇸 Spain 42
#88 🇸🇾 Syria 42
#89 🇧🇪 Belgium 41
#90 🇭🇷 Croatia 41
#91 🇭🇳 Honduras 41
#92 🇮🇹 Italy 41
#93 🇯🇴 Jordan 41
#94 🇦🇺 Australia 40
#95 🇧🇼 Botswana 40
#96 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 40
#97 🇵🇱 Poland 40
#98 🇸🇳 Senegal 40
#99 🇹🇿 Tanzania 40
#100 🇺🇬 Uganda 39
#101 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 37
#102 🇮🇸 Iceland 37
#103 🇱🇹 Lithuania 37
#104 🇵🇪 Peru 37
#105 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 37
#106 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 37
#107 🇦🇱 Albania 36
#108 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 36
#109 🇨🇱 Chile 36
#110 🇮🇪 Ireland 36
#111 🇯🇵 Japan 36
#112 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 35
#113 🇨🇾 Cyprus 35
#114 🇾🇪 Yemen 35
#115 🇵🇾 Paraguay 34
#116 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 34
#117 🇨🇭 Switzerland 34
#118 🇨🇴 Colombia 33
#119 🇸🇻 El Salvador 33
#120 🇷🇼 Rwanda 33
#121 🇿🇦 South Africa 33
#122 🇦🇷 Argentina 32
#123 🇧🇸 Bahamas 32
#124 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 32
#125 🇬🇭 Ghana 32
#126 🇲🇬 Madagascar 32
#127 🇫🇮 Finland 31
#128 🇳🇦 Namibia 31
#129 🇬🇹 Guatemala 30
#130 🇹🇭 Thailand 30
#131 🇨🇦 Canada 29
#132 🇪🇨 Ecuador 29
#133 🇨🇲 Cameroon 28
#134 🇽🇰 Kosovo 28
#135 🇯🇲 Jamaica 26
#136 🇲🇾 Malaysia 26
#137 🇹🇳 Tunisia 25
#138 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 24
#139 🇧🇧 Barbados 23
#140 🇧🇷 Brazil 23
#141 🇸🇬 Singapore 23
#142 🇺🇸 United States 22
#143 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 21
#144 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 18
#145 🇺🇾 Uruguay 16

Protection Score (0-100) is normalized from the best available source per country: ILO EPLex (0-1 × 100), OECD EPL (0-6 × 16.7), or World Bank B-READY (0-100 as-is). Higher = stronger employment protections. Rankings tie-break alphabetically.