Australia vs Japan: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.12 0-6 scale against 1 0-6 scale in Japan, a difference of 0.12 0-6 scale.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.
Australia ranks 29th and Japan ranks 31st of 41 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 1.69 0-6 scale | 0.8125 0-6 scale | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 1.63 0-6 scale | 0.7563 0-6 scale | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0 0-6 scale | — |
| 2010s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.95 0-6 scale | 0.075 0-6 scale | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9583 0-6 scale | 1 0-6 scale | 0.0417 0-6 scale | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Australia or Japan?
- Australia, at 1.12 0-6 scale against 1 0-6 scale in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Australia and Japan?
- 0.12 0-6 scale, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Australia ranks 29th and Japan ranks 31st 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
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