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Labor market, Overall by country

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.

Countries reporting
90
Highest
0.9726
Nigeria
Lowest
0.164
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Median
0.6933
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,515

What the numbers show

Labor market, Overall is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 0.9726 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.164 in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6933, and the mean is 0.686.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 79.7%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (down 62.8%).

Labor market, Overall: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 0.9726 2014 unchanged flat
2 United States 0.9702 2014 unchanged flat
3 Costa Rica 0.9625 2014 unchanged flat
4 Guatemala 0.9037 2014 unchanged flat
5 Switzerland 0.8851 2014 unchanged falling
6 Uruguay 0.885 2014 unchanged flat
7 Thailand 0.8812 2014 unchanged flat
8 Greece 0.8716 2014 up 10.7% flat
9 Nicaragua 0.8595 2014 unchanged falling
10 Canada 0.8586 2014 unchanged falling
11 Singapore 0.8473 2014 unchanged flat
12 United Kingdom 0.8429 2014 up 1.4% flat
13 Georgia 0.8352 2014 up 28.8% rising
14 Hong Kong (China) 0.8017 2014 unchanged falling
15 Pakistan 0.8016 2014 down 0.4% flat
16 Israel 0.8012 2014 unchanged falling
17 Colombia 0.7988 2014 unchanged falling
18 Brazil 0.7973 2014 down 2.7% falling
19 Denmark 0.7962 2014 unchanged falling
20 Nepal 0.7958 2014 unchanged flat
21 El Salvador 0.7923 2014 unchanged flat
22 Uganda 0.7891 2014 down 19.6% falling
23 Ecuador 0.7865 2014 unchanged flat
24 Jordan 0.7858 2014 up 1.4% falling
25 New Zealand 0.782 2014 down 8.7% falling
26 Dominican Republic 0.7804 2014 unchanged falling
27 Ireland 0.78 2014 down 1.8% falling
28 India 0.7724 2014 unchanged flat
29 Kenya 0.7703 2014 down 4.8% flat
30 Ghana 0.7694 2014 unchanged falling
31 Australia 0.7694 2014 up 0.4% falling
32 Japan 0.7659 2014 unchanged falling
33 TΓΌrkiye 0.7654 2014 unchanged falling
34 Hungary 0.7579 2014 up 11.5% flat
35 South Africa 0.7569 2014 unchanged falling
36 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7563 2014 down 3.1% flat
37 Austria 0.7527 2014 unchanged falling
38 Jamaica 0.7245 2014 unchanged falling
39 Bulgaria 0.7207 2014 down 0.7% flat
40 Malaysia 0.7191 2014 unchanged falling
41 Chile 0.7179 2014 unchanged falling
42 Cameroon 0.7086 2014 unchanged falling
43 Ethiopia 0.7076 2014 unchanged falling
44 Kazakhstan 0.6989 2014 down 14.7% rising
45 Sri Lanka 0.6935 2014 down 2.3% flat
46 Estonia 0.6931 2014 up 34.4% falling
47 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 0.6893 2014 unchanged flat
48 Senegal 0.6866 2014 unchanged falling
49 Peru 0.6818 2014 up 3.7% flat
50 Paraguay 0.6797 2014 unchanged falling
51 Burkina Faso 0.6683 2014 down 12.3% falling
52 Spain 0.6681 2014 up 12.9% flat
53 Republic of Korea 0.6608 2014 down 6.2% falling
54 Germany 0.6547 2014 unchanged flat
55 Tunisia 0.6458 2014 unchanged flat
56 Uzbekistan 0.6444 2014 up 7.4% falling
57 Romania 0.6422 2014 up 3.7% falling
58 Bangladesh 0.6256 2014 up 10.3% rising
59 Mexico 0.6214 2014 up 5.5% flat
60 Lithuania 0.6212 2014 up 2.5% falling
61 Poland 0.6159 2014 unchanged falling
62 Madagascar 0.6115 2014 unchanged falling
63 Italy 0.6078 2014 down 3.0% falling
64 Latvia 0.6011 2014 down 1.8% falling
65 Philippines 0.5972 2014 unchanged falling
66 Mozambique 0.5963 2014 down 9.0% falling
67 Belgium 0.5942 2014 down 16.7% falling
68 Albania 0.5908 2014 unchanged rising
69 Finland 0.5904 2014 down 4.9% falling
70 Azerbaijan 0.589 2014 unchanged rising
71 Czechia 0.5778 2014 up 15.4% flat
72 Netherlands 0.5737 2014 up 0.1% falling
73 Morocco 0.5704 2014 down 23.1% falling
74 Belarus 0.5682 2014 down 7.1% falling
75 France 0.557 2014 up 2.1% falling
76 Norway 0.5422 2014 unchanged falling
77 Egypt 0.5393 2014 unchanged falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.5373 2014 down 5.9% falling
79 Zimbabwe 0.533 2014 down 5.6% falling
80 China 0.5296 2014 down 6.7% rising
81 Argentina 0.5293 2014 unchanged falling
82 Russia 0.5199 2014 unchanged falling
83 Sweden 0.4977 2014 down 0.9% falling
84 Ukraine 0.4879 2014 down 6.2% falling
85 Portugal 0.4852 2014 up 79.7% falling
86 Indonesia 0.4718 2014 unchanged falling
87 Algeria 0.4596 2014 down 25.2% falling
88 Viet Nam 0.4279 2014 up 6.5% falling
89 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2967 2014 down 62.8% falling
90 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.164 2014 up 31.3% volatile

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Indicator
Labor market, Overall
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
90 places, 3,515 data points, 1973–2014
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The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.