Iceland vs Ireland: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Iceland
0.625 0-6 scale
in 2024
Ireland
0.625 0-6 scale
in 2025
Iceland rank
36th
Ireland rank
36th
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Iceland
- Ireland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.625 0-6 scale against 0.625 0-6 scale in Ireland, a difference of 0 0-6 scale.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 36th and Ireland ranks 36th of 41 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0 0-6 scale | — |
| 2010s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0 0-6 scale | — |
| 2020s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0 0-6 scale | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Iceland or Ireland?
- Iceland, at 0.625 0-6 scale against 0.625 0-6 scale in Ireland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Iceland and Ireland?
- 0 0-6 scale, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Ireland?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Ireland rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Iceland ranks 36th and Ireland ranks 36th 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