Australia vs Austria: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts

Australia
1.12 0-6 scale
in 2025
Austria
1.31 0-6 scale
in 2025
Australia rank
29th
Austria rank
26th

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time

  • Australia
  • Austria
00.511.5198520052025

How they compare

Austria currently reports 1.31 0-6 scale against 1.12 0-6 scale in Australia, a difference of 0.19 0-6 scale.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 29th and Austria ranks 26th of 41 countries.

Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Austria Difference Ahead
1980s 0.875 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 0.4375 0-6 scale Austria
1990s 0.875 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 0.4375 0-6 scale Austria
2000s 0.875 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 0.4375 0-6 scale Austria
2010s 0.875 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 0.4375 0-6 scale Austria
2020s 0.9583 0-6 scale 1.31 0-6 scale 0.3542 0-6 scale Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Australia or Austria?
Austria, at 1.31 0-6 scale against 1.12 0-6 scale in Australia as of 2025.
What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Australia and Austria?
0.19 0-6 scale, with Austria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Austria?
41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
How do Australia and Austria rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
Australia ranks 29th and Austria ranks 26th of 41 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Strictness of employment protection — Temporary 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 — Temporary 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