Netherlands vs Norway: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts over time
- Netherlands
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 3 0-6 scale against 0.9375 0-6 scale in Netherlands, a difference of 2.06 0-6 scale.
That makes Norway's figure about 3.2 times Netherlands's.
Across all 41 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Netherlands ranks 6th and Norway ranks 9th of 7 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.38 0-6 scale | 3.12 0-6 scale | 1.75 0-6 scale | Norway |
| 1990s | 1.33 0-6 scale | 3.15 0-6 scale | 1.82 0-6 scale | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 2.88 0-6 scale | 1.94 0-6 scale | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.04 0-6 scale | 2.81 0-6 scale | 1.77 0-6 scale | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.9375 0-6 scale | 2.81 0-6 scale | 1.88 0-6 scale | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts, Netherlands or Norway?
- Norway, at 3 0-6 scale against 0.9375 0-6 scale in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts between Netherlands and Norway?
- 2.06 0-6 scale, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Norway?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
- How do Netherlands and Norway rank globally for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Netherlands ranks 6th and Norway ranks 9th of 7 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