Ranking·OECD·72 countries

OECD Employment Protection

OECD EPL panel for oecd employment protection - OECD employment protection legislation index for regular employment contracts, covering procedural requirements, notice periods, and severance pay for individual dismissals.

Scale 0-6 72 ranked OECD span 3.23 · top Indonesia
4.08 #1 - Indonesia

OECD EPL in one line

Indonesia tops 72 OECD reporters at 4.08, with the middle country at 2.33.

4.08
#1 - Indonesia
2.33
global median
3.23
high-low spread
72
mid coverage

Source: OECD. Scale 0-6.

What OECD EPL shows on OECD Employment Protection

This board sorts 72 countries by oecd employment protection from OECD (scale 0-6, 2025 cycle). OECD EPL is a multi-year panel (from 1990) that scores how hard it is to dismiss workers and use temporary contracts across member economies. Ranks are unique (alphabetical tie-break), so every country has a distinct slot even when raw values match.

Mean 2.27 vs median 2.33 - the pack sits evenly across 72 reporters. Top three: Indonesia (4.08), Venezuela (3.50), Kazakhstan (3.32). Bottom three: Costa Rica (0.85), Uruguay (0.98), Nicaragua (1.24). High-low spread is 3.23 (4.8× top/bottom).

Higher OECD EPL values mean stricter employment protection on the OECD scale, open a country row for regular/temporary/collective history behind this composite.

EPLex Composite B-READY Labor OECD Employment Notice Period at 2 Years Tenure Severance Pay at 4 Years Tenure Maximum Probation Period Weeks to Dismiss a Worker
# Country Score (0-6)
1 Indonesia 🇮🇩 4.08
2 Venezuela 🇻🇪 3.50
3 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 3.32
4 India 🇮🇳 3.29
5 China 🇨🇳 3.26
6 Russia 🇷🇺 3.06
7 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 3.03
8 Turkey 🇹🇷 2.95
9 Thailand 🇹🇭 2.92
10 Netherlands 🇳🇱 2.88
11 Portugal 🇵🇹 2.87
12 Italy 🇮🇹 2.86
13 Malaysia 🇲🇾 2.84
14 Israel 🇮🇱 2.83
15 Montenegro 🇲🇪 2.78
16 Belgium 🇧🇪 2.71
17 Latvia 🇱🇻 2.71
18 France 🇫🇷 2.68
19 Bolivia 🇧🇴 2.64
20 Argentina 🇦🇷 2.56
21 Sweden 🇸🇪 2.54
22 Greece 🇬🇷 2.54
23 Tunisia 🇹🇳 2.54
24 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 2.54
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 2.52
26 Croatia 🇭🇷 2.48
27 Finland 🇫🇮 2.48
28 Mexico 🇲🇽 2.46
29 Spain 🇪🇸 2.43
30 Poland 🇵🇱 2.39
31 Norway 🇳🇴 2.37
32 South Korea 🇰🇷 2.35
33 Panama 🇵🇦 2.35
34 Chile 🇨🇱 2.34
35 Germany 🇩🇪 2.33
36 Slovakia 🇸🇰 2.33
37 Slovenia 🇸🇮 2.32
38 Honduras 🇭🇳 2.25
39 Lithuania 🇱🇹 2.24
40 Iceland 🇮🇸 2.20
41 South Africa 🇿🇦 2.16
42 Albania 🇦🇱 2.14
43 North Macedonia 🇲🇰 2.14
44 Ireland 🇮🇪 2.13
45 New Zealand 🇳🇿 2.09
46 Japan 🇯🇵 2.08
47 Paraguay 🇵🇾 2.02
48 Colombia 🇨🇴 1.98
49 Denmark 🇩🇰 1.94
50 Bahamas 🇧🇸 1.94
51 Estonia 🇪🇪 1.93
52 Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 1.91
53 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 1.90
54 Hungary 🇭🇺 1.89
55 Peru 🇵🇪 1.80
56 Austria 🇦🇹 1.80
57 Ecuador 🇪🇨 1.76
58 Serbia 🇷🇸 1.70
59 Australia 🇦🇺 1.70
60 El Salvador 🇸🇻 1.68
61 Canada 🇨🇦 1.68
62 Kosovo 🇽🇰 1.67
63 Switzerland 🇨🇭 1.61
64 Jamaica 🇯🇲 1.58
65 Brazil 🇧🇷 1.53
66 Guatemala 🇬🇹 1.47
67 Barbados 🇧🇧 1.39
68 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 1.37
69 United States 🇺🇸 1.31
70 Nicaragua 🇳🇮 1.24
71 Uruguay 🇺🇾 0.98
72 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 0.85

Source: OECD. Scale: 0-6. Unique ranks (alphabetical tie-break). Retrieved and formatted by PlainEmploy. See methodology.