Iceland vs Sweden: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Iceland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.9375 0-6 scale against 0.625 0-6 scale in Iceland, a difference of 0.3125 0-6 scale.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.5 times Iceland's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 36th and Sweden ranks 34th of 41 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.8125 0-6 scale | 0.1875 0-6 scale | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.8125 0-6 scale | 0.1875 0-6 scale | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.8625 0-6 scale | 0.2375 0-6 scale | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Iceland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.9375 0-6 scale against 0.625 0-6 scale in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Iceland and Sweden?
- 0.3125 0-6 scale, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Iceland ranks 36th and Sweden ranks 34th 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