Belgium vs Portugal: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Belgium
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.31 0-6 scale against 2.06 0-6 scale in Belgium, a difference of 0.25 0-6 scale.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 15th and Portugal ranks 12th of 41 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.5 0-6 scale | 3.38 0-6 scale | 1.12 0-6 scale | Belgium |
| 1990s | 4.05 0-6 scale | 3.21 0-6 scale | 0.8438 0-6 scale | Belgium |
| 2000s | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.54 0-6 scale | 0.2875 0-6 scale | Portugal |
| 2010s | 2.14 0-6 scale | 1.9 0-6 scale | 0.2375 0-6 scale | Belgium |
| 2020s | 2.06 0-6 scale | 2.31 0-6 scale | 0.25 0-6 scale | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Belgium or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2.31 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 Portugal?
- 0.25 0-6 scale, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Portugal?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Portugal rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Belgium ranks 15th and Portugal ranks 12th 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