Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals

Costa Rica
0.6825 0-6 scale
in 2025
Uruguay
1.13 0-6 scale
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
39th
Uruguay rank
38th

Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 1.13 0-6 scale against 0.6825 0-6 scale in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.4475 0-6 scale.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.7 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 39th and Uruguay ranks 38th of 41 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 1.13 0-6 scale against 0.6825 0-6 scale in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.4475 0-6 scale, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
6 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals?
Costa Rica ranks 39th and Uruguay ranks 38th of 41 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals (regular contracts). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals (regular contracts)
Unit
0-6 scale
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
50 places, 1,336 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. For each year, indicators refer to regulation in force on the 1st of January. For more information and full methodology, see OECD Indicators of Employment Protection webpage Last data update: May 2022 OECD statistics contact: ELS.Contact@oecd.org