Belgium vs Greece: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Belgium
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 2.25 0-6 scale against 2.06 0-6 scale in Belgium, a difference of 0.19 0-6 scale.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
Across all 41 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 15th and Greece ranks 13th of 41 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.5 0-6 scale | 4.75 0-6 scale | 0.25 0-6 scale | Greece |
| 1990s | 4.05 0-6 scale | 4.75 0-6 scale | 0.7 0-6 scale | Greece |
| 2000s | 2.25 0-6 scale | 3.55 0-6 scale | 1.3 0-6 scale | Greece |
| 2010s | 2.14 0-6 scale | 2.33 0-6 scale | 0.1875 0-6 scale | Greece |
| 2020s | 2.06 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 0.1875 0-6 scale | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Belgium or Greece?
- Greece, at 2.25 0-6 scale against 2.06 0-6 scale in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Belgium and Greece?
- 0.19 0-6 scale, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Belgium ranks 15th and Greece ranks 13th 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