Korea vs Poland: Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals
Korea
2.42 0-6 scale
in 2025
Poland
2.33 0-6 scale
in 2025
Korea rank
2nd
Poland rank
4th
Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals over time
- Korea
- Poland
How they compare
Korea currently reports 2.42 0-6 scale against 2.33 0-6 scale in Poland, a difference of 0.09 0-6 scale.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 2nd and Poland ranks 4th of 2 groups.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.82 0-6 scale | 2.33 0-6 scale | 0.4913 0-6 scale | Korea |
| 2000s | 2.42 0-6 scale | 2.33 0-6 scale | 0.0913 0-6 scale | Korea |
| 2010s | 2.42 0-6 scale | 2.33 0-6 scale | 0.0913 0-6 scale | Korea |
| 2020s | 2.42 0-6 scale | 2.33 0-6 scale | 0.0913 0-6 scale | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals, Korea or Poland?
- Korea, at 2.42 0-6 scale against 2.33 0-6 scale in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals between Korea and Poland?
- 0.09 0-6 scale, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Poland?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Poland rank globally for strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals?
- Korea ranks 2nd and Poland ranks 4th of 2 groups.
- 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