OECD Employment Protection
OECD EPL panel for oecd employment protection - OECD composite employment protection legislation index measuring strictness of regulations on dismissals and use of temporary contracts across member countries.
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.
Source: OECD. Scale: 0-6. Unique ranks (alphabetical tie-break). Retrieved and formatted by PlainEmploy. See methodology.