Belgium vs OECD: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts

Belgium
2.06 0-6 scale
in 2025
OECD
1.82 0-6 scale
in 2024
Belgium rank
15th
OECD rank
18th

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time

  • Belgium
  • OECD
012345198520052025

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 2.06 0-6 scale against 1.82 0-6 scale in OECD, a difference of 0.24 0-6 scale.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times OECD's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 15th and OECD ranks 18th of 41 countries.

Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium OECD Difference Ahead
2010s 2.06 0-6 scale 1.73 0-6 scale 0.3322 0-6 scale Belgium
2020s 2.06 0-6 scale 1.75 0-6 scale 0.3081 0-6 scale Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Belgium or OECD?
Belgium, at 2.06 0-6 scale against 1.82 0-6 scale in OECD as of 2025.
What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Belgium and OECD?
0.24 0-6 scale, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and OECD?
11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
How do Belgium and OECD rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
Belgium ranks 15th and OECD ranks 18th 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