ILO EPLex · World Bank B-READY · OECD EPL · August 30, 2026

Employment protection statistics from the live extract

Key findings on source overlap, same-vintage floors, and one ordinal clash. These are published-index counts, not advice on hiring or dismissal.

145
Countries
28
All three registers
19.3%
Triple-source share
65
EPLex last seen 2019

The extract in one line

28 of 145 countries (19.3%) carry ILO EPLex, World Bank B-READY, and OECD EPL together; 65 of 95 EPLex countries last appear in 2019, and 18 of 101 B-READY rows share the 8.33-week dismissal ceiling.

28
countries with all three registers
65
of 95 EPLex last seen in 2019
18
B-READY rows at the 8.33-week cap
81.4%
of Europe has an OECD score
Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.

Key findings

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  • 28 of 145 countries (19.3%) carry all three registers in this extract. 67 have exactly two sources and 50 have exactly one (30 B-READY-only, 13 EPLex-only, 7 OECD-only). Do not add 95 + 101 + 72.
  • 65 of 95 EPLex countries last appear in 2019; only 2 last appear in 2020. The EPLex ladder is latest-observed-year per country, not a single 2020 vintage.
  • 0.66 is Tajikistan's 2019 EPLex composite (#1 of 67 that year) versus 0.18 in Costa Rica (the 2019 floor). The 2019 mean is 0.43 on the 0–1 scale.
  • 3.03 is Czech Republic's 2019 OECD EPL overall (#1 of 42 with a 2019 overall score; 72 countries have any OECD year). Costa Rica is the 2019 OECD floor at 0.85, the same country as the 2019 EPLex floor.
  • 81.4 is Taiwan's 2025 B-READY labor score (#1 of 101) versus 48.5 in South Sudan. The 101-economy mean is 65.4 on the 0–100 scale.
  • 18 of 101 B-READY rows share 8.33 weeks to dismiss (17.8%, the ceiling in this extract). Treat that as one cap, not 18 independent maxima. 8 sit at 0.0; the mean is 5.33 weeks.
  • #59 is Finland's 2019 EPLex ordinal (0.31, n=67) versus OECD 2019 overall #14 (2.48, n=42). 22 countries have both 2019 scores; the ladders are not interchangeable.
  • 81.4% of 43 European countries have an OECD score (35) versus 9.1% of 44 Middle East & Africa countries (4). OECD coverage is Europe-heavy, not a world census.

Two cuts of the same extract

OECD country counts by region. The gauge is the share of the 145-country register that carries all three sources.

1. Europe35 OECD2. Americas23 OECD3. Asia-Pacific10 OECD4. Middle East & Africa4 OECD
OECD-scored countries by region (Europe 35 of 43)
0%100%19.3%
28 of 145 countries carry EPLex, B-READY, and OECD together

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Source: International Labour Organization, World Bank Group, and OECD EPLex composites, B-READY labor scores, OECD EPL overall · 1990–2025 Figures are PlainEmploy's presentation of the published indices, not official releases. Higher EPLex/OECD usually means more statutory protection; higher B-READY labor is a regulation-quality score, not the same construct.

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