Austria vs Czechia: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Austria
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 1.44 0-6 scale against 1.31 0-6 scale in Austria, a difference of 0.13 0-6 scale.
That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 26th and Czechia ranks 25th of 41 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Czechia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.31 0-6 scale | 0.5 0-6 scale | 0.8125 0-6 scale | Austria |
| 2000s | 1.31 0-6 scale | 0.8125 0-6 scale | 0.5 0-6 scale | Austria |
| 2010s | 1.31 0-6 scale | 1.41 0-6 scale | 0.1 0-6 scale | Czechia |
| 2020s | 1.31 0-6 scale | 1.44 0-6 scale | 0.125 0-6 scale | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Austria or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 1.44 0-6 scale against 1.31 0-6 scale in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Austria and Czechia?
- 0.13 0-6 scale, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Czechia rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Austria ranks 26th and Czechia ranks 25th 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