πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή Middle East & Africa

Ethiopia

An ILO EPLex composite of 0.489 places Ethiopia among moderate-protection jurisdictions on the 0-1 scale.

ILO EPLex
0.489 ILO EPLex composite (0–1) Moderate protection
OECD EPL β†’

Ethiopia's statutory protection against unfair dismissal is moderate - an ILO EPLex composite of 0.489 on the 0–1 scale, stronger than 76% of the 95 rated countries.

EPLex 0.489 Β· #24/95. ILO EPLex.

Employment Protection Composite

B+ 75/100

One composite verdict from 1 of 3 independent sources, each percentile-benchmarked against every rated country. A missing source never lowers the score -- its weight redistributes to the sources this country actually has.

ILO EPLex B
0.49
Statutory dismissal-protection composite (0-1 scale)
World Bank B-READY N/A
N/A
Labor-market regulatory quality
OECD EPL N/A
N/A
Employment protection legislation strictness

Benchmarked against p10-p90 of every country rated by that source. See our methodology for the exact benchmark table and weights.

Where Ethiopia sits on ILO EPLex protection

Every rated country's dismissal-protection composite, 95 countries

0.49 Top 24% higher than 76% of 95 rated countries

0.00–0.10: 0 rated countries (0%). Below this entry. 0.10–0.20: 1 rated countries (1%). Below this entry. 0.20–0.30: 8 rated countries (8%). Below this entry. 0.30–0.40: 26 rated countries (27%). Below this entry. 0.40–0.50: 39 rated countries (41%). This entry sits in this band. 0.50–0.60: 15 rated countries (16%). Above this entry. 0.60–0.70: 6 rated countries (6%). Above this entry. 0.70–0.80: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. 0.80–0.90: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. 0.90–1.00: 0 rated countries (0%). Above this entry. Ethiopia 0.00 1.00 every rated country, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more rated countries. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source ILO EPLex Β· 2013

What the Data Shows for Ethiopia

Middle East & Africa. Covered by 1/3 tracked datasets. The most recent ILO EPLex composite score is 0.489 out of 1.0 (2013), summarizing statutory termination rules into a single index.

Statutory notice periods in Ethiopia scale with tenure across 7 tiers, reaching 2.5 months at 20 years of service. Severance pay can reach 7.333333 months of salary at 20 years, while redundancy-specific pay is 9.333333 months. The maximum probation period allowed by law is 1.5 months, defining how long employers can assess workers under reduced protection.

The EPLex redress/reinstatement sub-indicator is 0.500/1.0, reflecting how strong remedies are when a dismissal is ruled unlawful. 6 peer comparisons below.

ILO EPLex (2013)
0.489
out of 1.0 Β· Rank #24
B-READY 2025
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No data available
OECD EPL
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No data available
ILO EPLex

Termination Protection Breakdown (2013)

Prohibited Grounds for Dismissal
0.500
Probation Period
0.940
Procedural Requirements
0.250
Notice Periods
0.378
Severance Pay
0.169
Redundancy Pay
0.414
Redress / Reinstatement
0.500

Scale: 0 = no protection · 1 = maximum protection. Source: ILO EPLex 2013.

Max probation period: 1.5 months

Notice Periods by Tenure

Tenure Notice Period
6 months 1.5 months
9 months 1.5 months
2 years 2 months
4 years 2 months
5 years 2 months
10 years 2.5 months
20 years 2.5 months

Source: ILO EPLex Notice period is the legally mandated advance notice before termination

Severance and Redundancy Pay by Tenure

Tenure Severance Redundancy
6 months 0.5 mo 2.5 mo
9 months 0.75 mo 2.75 mo
2 years 1.333333 mo 3.333333 mo
4 years 2 mo 4 mo
5 years 2.333333 mo 4.333333 mo
10 years 4 mo 6 mo
20 years 7.333333 mo 9.333333 mo

Values in salary-months. Source: ILO EPLex. Severance = individual dismissal. Redundancy = collective/economic dismissal.

Compare Ethiopia With...

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡· Costa Rica πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Brazil πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ Singapore πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ United Arab Emirates πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡³ Tunisia

Countries with similar labor-regulation profiles

Two peer sets for Ethiopia on metrics that vary across the full country corpus, not regional containment. The nearest EPLex block below stays on the ILO composite; these neighborhoods use B-READY, OECD, or statutory-duration axes.

Nearest EPLex peers

Closest ILO EPLex composite scores to Ethiopia (0.489), not the global top of the list.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή Austria 0.494 Β· Ξ” 0.005 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Sweden 0.484 Β· Ξ” 0.005 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡© Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.496 Β· Ξ” 0.007 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· Greece 0.476 Β· Ξ” 0.013

Read with this Ethiopia page

Understanding EPL Scores How Ethiopia's 1/3 source mix maps onto EPLex, OECD, and B-READY. Termination Laws by Country Notice, severance, and dismissal rules that feed Ethiopia's EPLex composite. Non-Compete Agreements Post-employment restraints outside the EPLex composite for Ethiopia.

Read with this Ethiopia roster

Austria β†’Sweden β†’Congo, Dem. Rep. (Middle East & Africa) β†’Comoros (Middle East & Africa) β†’EPLex composite ranking β†’Middle East & Africa region β†’
Data sourced from official OECD, ILO, and World Bank employment-protection datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEmploy

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Primary sources: ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY, OECD EPL.

PlainEmploy is rendered directly from the OECD Employment Protection Legislation indicators, the ILO EPLex database, and the World Bank B-READY labor pillar, no number is typed in by an editor. This country's composite scores and comparisons are computed directly from the underlying OECD/EPLex/B-READY tables, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-30.