Paraguay
Paraguay scores 2.02/6.0 on the OECD employment-protection strictness index.
Paraguay scores 2.02/6.0 on the OECD employment-protection index - above the OECD average of about 2.0.
#80/101 · OECD 2.02/6 · B-READY 59.6. World Bank B-READY 2025 · OECD EPL.
Employment Protection Composite
One composite verdict from 2 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.
Benchmarked against p10-p90 of every country rated by that source. See our methodology for the exact benchmark table and weights.
What the Data Shows for Paraguay
Americas. Covered by 2/3 tracked datasets. B-READY 2025 labor score: 59.6/100, moderate. The OECD EPL overall strictness index is 2.02/6.0, where higher values indicate stricter rules on individual and collective dismissal.
Dismissal process: fast, ~0.0 weeks. No 3rd-party approval required for individual dismissal.
Formal labor dispute resolution is notably slow, averaging 6.6 months from filing to outcome. A moderate share of firms, 3.6% in the World Bank's survey, report experiencing a labor dispute. Employer social contributions run to a moderate 10.7% of salary on top of wages. Historically, Paraguay's OECD EPL score moved from 2.02 in 2014 to 2.02 in 2019, showing the direction of reform over time. 6 peer comparisons below.
Labor Regulation Quality
Source: World Bank Business Ready 2025 Pillar scores are 0-100 (higher = better regulation quality)
Historical Protection Score
| Year | Overall Score | Visual |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2.02 | |
| 2015 | 2.02 | |
| 2016 | 2.02 | |
| 2017 | 2.02 | |
| 2018 | 2.02 | |
| 2019 | 2.02 | |
Scale: 0-6 (higher = more protective). Source: OECD Employment Protection Legislation database.
Compare Paraguay With...
Countries with similar labor-regulation profiles
Two peer sets for Paraguay 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.
Similar B-READY labor score
Nearest countries by World Bank B-READY labor regulation (59.6/100 here).
Similar OECD EPL strictness
Nearest countries by OECD employment-protection index (2.02/6 here).
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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.