Ireland vs Uruguay: Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals
Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals over time
- Ireland
- Uruguay
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 1.31 0-6 scale against 1.13 0-6 scale in Uruguay, a difference of 0.18 0-6 scale.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 36th and Uruguay ranks 38th of 41 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals, Ireland or Uruguay?
- Ireland, at 1.31 0-6 scale against 1.13 0-6 scale in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals between Ireland and Uruguay?
- 0.18 0-6 scale, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Uruguay?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2019.
- How do Ireland and Uruguay rank globally for strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals?
- Ireland ranks 36th 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
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