Rankings

Employment protection rankings

Countries ranked by every metric we track — EPLex composite, OECD strictness, B-READY quality, notice, and severance.

Top and bottom 5 countries across all ranking metrics. Data from ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY (2025), and OECD EPL, covering billions of workers across 145 countries. See our methodology.

Top 5 — Strictest Employment Protection (ILO EPLex Composite)

Higher scores indicate stronger statutory protection against unfair dismissal. Scale: 0–1.

EPLex Composite — Top 5

EPLex Composite — Top 5 Horizontal bar chart of the top 5 items by value (composite score). EPLex Composite — Top 5 Top 5 1. Tajikistan 0.661 2. Czech Republic 0.643 3. Indonesia 0.638 4. Turkmenistan 0.619 5. Montenegro 0.608 Source: ILO EPLex 2020 edition. Higher = stronger statutory dismissal protection.

EPLex Composite

ILO termination protection score (0-1)

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B-READY Labor

World Bank labor regulation quality (0-100)

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OECD Overall

OECD employment protection legislation (0-6)

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Notice Period (2yr tenure)

Mandated notice period in months at 2 years tenure

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Severance Pay (4yr tenure)

Severance pay in salary-months at 4 years tenure

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Max Probation Period

Maximum probation period in months

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Weeks to Dismiss

Actual weeks needed to dismiss a worker

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Sources: ILO EPLex (2020), World Bank B-READY (2025), OECD EPL (through 2019). Rankings use unique ranks (no ties, alphabetical tie-breaking).