Luxembourg vs Sweden: Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals

Luxembourg
2.14 0-6 scale
in 2025
Sweden
2.32 0-6 scale
in 2025
Luxembourg rank
17th
Sweden rank
14th

Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Sweden
0123198520052025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2.32 0-6 scale against 2.14 0-6 scale in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.18 0-6 scale.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Luxembourg ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 14th of 41 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 2.14 0-6 scale 2.45 0-6 scale 0.3104 0-6 scale Sweden
2010s 2.14 0-6 scale 2.45 0-6 scale 0.3104 0-6 scale Sweden
2020s 2.14 0-6 scale 2.38 0-6 scale 0.2479 0-6 scale Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals, Luxembourg or Sweden?
Sweden, at 2.32 0-6 scale against 2.14 0-6 scale in Luxembourg as of 2025.
What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals between Luxembourg and Sweden?
0.18 0-6 scale, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
18 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2025.
How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for strictness of employment protection — individual dismissals?
Luxembourg ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 14th 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