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Labor market, S1 - Firing costs by country

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Countries reporting
90
Highest
1
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
0.6727
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,515

What the numbers show

Labor market, S1 - Firing costs is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1 in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6727, and the mean is 0.6604.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 363.5%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 100.0%).

Labor market, S1 - Firing costs: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 1 2014 unchanged flat
4 Canada 0.939 2014 unchanged flat
5 Singapore 0.9219 2014 unchanged flat
6 Nigeria 0.9194 2014 unchanged flat
7 Pakistan 0.8971 2014 unchanged flat
8 Costa Rica 0.8942 2014 unchanged flat
9 Netherlands 0.8912 2014 unchanged flat
10 Burkina Faso 0.8833 2014 down 6.2% falling
11 South Africa 0.8788 2014 unchanged falling
12 Korea 0.8765 2014 unchanged rising
12 Jordan 0.8765 2014 unchanged flat
14 Romania 0.8759 2014 down 3.5% falling
15 Italy 0.8743 2014 unchanged flat
16 Switzerland 0.8684 2014 unchanged rising
17 Australia 0.8671 2014 down 5.9% falling
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8614 2014 unchanged rising
19 Zimbabwe 0.8602 2014 unchanged flat
20 Cameroon 0.858 2014 unchanged flat
21 Ghana 0.8564 2014 unchanged flat
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8448 2014 unchanged flat
23 Japan 0.8148 2014 unchanged flat
24 Uganda 0.8131 2014 down 2.4% falling
25 Austria 0.8108 2014 unchanged flat
26 India 0.8104 2014 unchanged falling
27 Greece 0.7964 2014 up 27.2% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7957 2014 unchanged flat
29 Ireland 0.7777 2014 down 9.1% falling
30 Kazakhstan 0.7713 2014 unchanged rising
30 Uzbekistan 0.7713 2014 up 31.6% falling
32 Finland 0.7706 2014 unchanged falling
33 Türkiye 0.7656 2014 unchanged flat
34 Madagascar 0.7526 2014 unchanged falling
35 Jamaica 0.7469 2014 unchanged falling
36 Norway 0.7461 2014 unchanged falling
37 Kenya 0.7406 2014 down 10.1% flat
38 Denmark 0.7347 2014 unchanged flat
39 Bulgaria 0.7222 2014 unchanged flat
40 Estonia 0.7173 2014 up 85.9% falling
41 Germany 0.7111 2014 unchanged falling
42 Mozambique 0.7074 2014 up 41.5% falling
43 Nepal 0.6957 2014 unchanged flat
44 Bangladesh 0.6838 2014 up 107.9% rising
45 Kyrgyzstan 0.6787 2014 up 30.6% rising
46 Guatemala 0.6667 2014 unchanged flat
47 Tunisia 0.6473 2014 unchanged falling
48 France 0.6465 2014 down 0.5% falling
49 Hungary 0.6431 2014 unchanged flat
50 Thailand 0.6399 2014 unchanged falling
51 Ukraine 0.6296 2014 unchanged rising
51 Georgia 0.6296 2014 down 4.2% rising
53 Senegal 0.6266 2014 unchanged falling
54 Sweden 0.6162 2014 down 2.8% falling
55 Poland 0.6112 2014 unchanged falling
56 Peru 0.6088 2014 up 9.2% falling
57 Nicaragua 0.6075 2014 unchanged falling
58 El Salvador 0.6049 2014 unchanged flat
58 Ecuador 0.6049 2014 unchanged falling
60 Portugal 0.6006 2014 up 363.5% volatile
61 Mexico 0.5955 2014 unchanged flat
62 Hong Kong, China 0.5827 2014 unchanged falling
63 Ethiopia 0.5718 2014 unchanged falling
64 Latvia 0.5711 2014 down 9.3% falling
65 Azerbaijan 0.5648 2014 unchanged rising
65 Russian Federation 0.5648 2014 unchanged falling
67 Colombia 0.5594 2014 unchanged flat
68 Dominican Republic 0.5551 2014 unchanged falling
69 Brazil 0.5424 2014 down 14.3% falling
70 Spain 0.5375 2014 up 14.8% falling
71 Uruguay 0.5218 2014 unchanged flat
72 Belarus 0.5213 2014 unchanged flat
73 Belgium 0.5 2014 down 19.7% falling
73 Indonesia 0.5 2014 unchanged falling
75 Argentina 0.4909 2014 unchanged rising
76 Viet Nam 0.4827 2014 unchanged falling
77 Albania 0.4816 2014 unchanged volatile
78 Morocco 0.4737 2014 down 40.6% falling
79 Czechia 0.4589 2014 up 20.9% rising
80 Malaysia 0.4514 2014 unchanged falling
81 Israel 0.3985 2014 unchanged falling
82 Chile 0.393 2014 unchanged falling
83 Paraguay 0.323 2014 unchanged falling
84 Philippines 0.3148 2014 unchanged falling
84 China 0.3148 2014 unchanged volatile
86 Egypt 0.2833 2014 unchanged volatile
87 Lithuania 0.2536 2014 unchanged volatile
88 Algeria 0.1651 2014 down 79.1% volatile
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0 2014 — volatile

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Indicator
Labor market, S1 - Firing costs
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
90 places, 3,515 data points, 1973–2014
Last refreshed

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.