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Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 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
1
Singapore
Lowest
0.0667
Indonesia
Median
0.7857
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,515

What the numbers show

Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1 in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0667 in Indonesia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7857, and the mean is 0.7654.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 57.0%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 39.3%).

Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 1 2014 up 16.8% rising
1 Malaysia 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Japan 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 2014 up 4.7% flat
1 Hungary 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong (China) 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Guatemala 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 1 2014 up 40.3% rising
1 Paraguay 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Ethiopia 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 2014 up 4.7% rising
1 Costa Rica 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Colombia 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Canada 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 United States 1 2014 unchanged flat
20 Belgium 0.9804 2014 up 2.4% flat
21 Denmark 0.9778 2014 unchanged flat
22 Nigeria 0.9667 2014 unchanged flat
22 Thailand 0.9667 2014 unchanged flat
22 Greece 0.9667 2014 unchanged flat
25 Switzerland 0.95 2014 unchanged flat
26 Philippines 0.9333 2014 unchanged falling
27 Latvia 0.9111 2014 unchanged rising
28 Pakistan 0.9051 2014 unchanged flat
29 China 0.9009 2014 up 22.8% rising
30 El Salvador 0.9 2014 unchanged flat
31 Nicaragua 0.8923 2014 unchanged falling
32 Austria 0.8788 2014 unchanged flat
33 United Kingdom 0.8667 2014 unchanged falling
33 Brazil 0.8667 2014 unchanged flat
33 Chile 0.8667 2014 unchanged flat
36 Kyrgyzstan 0.8564 2014 up 5.5% rising
36 Burkina Faso 0.8564 2014 up 57.0% rising
36 South Africa 0.8564 2014 unchanged falling
39 India 0.8519 2014 unchanged falling
40 Spain 0.8222 2014 up 2.8% falling
40 United Republic of Tanzania 0.8222 2014 unchanged rising
42 Bangladesh 0.8111 2014 up 4.3% rising
43 Australia 0.8018 2014 unchanged falling
44 Uganda 0.7967 2014 down 19.4% falling
45 Albania 0.788 2014 unchanged rising
46 Dominican Republic 0.7833 2014 unchanged flat
47 Peru 0.7822 2014 unchanged rising
48 Bulgaria 0.7778 2014 unchanged rising
48 Belarus 0.7778 2014 up 6.1% flat
50 Türkiye 0.7684 2014 unchanged falling
51 Argentina 0.7667 2014 unchanged falling
52 Jordan 0.7534 2014 unchanged falling
53 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.7333 2014 down 26.1% flat
53 Ghana 0.7333 2014 unchanged falling
55 Korea 0.73 2014 up 5.7% falling
56 Ecuador 0.7153 2014 unchanged flat
57 Romania 0.7129 2014 unchanged rising
58 Italy 0.7104 2014 down 10.2% falling
59 Kazakhstan 0.7027 2014 down 24.0% rising
60 Nepal 0.6787 2014 unchanged falling
61 Kenya 0.6684 2014 down 27.8% falling
62 Azerbaijan 0.6667 2014 unchanged flat
62 New Zealand 0.6667 2014 down 21.1% falling
64 Finland 0.66 2014 down 15.0% falling
65 Tunisia 0.6564 2014 unchanged falling
66 Senegal 0.6462 2014 unchanged flat
67 France 0.6387 2014 down 5.9% flat
68 Cameroon 0.6342 2014 unchanged falling
69 Mexico 0.628 2014 unchanged flat
70 Russia 0.624 2014 unchanged falling
71 Zimbabwe 0.6191 2014 down 11.9% falling
72 Mozambique 0.6151 2014 down 6.7% falling
73 Sri Lanka 0.5852 2014 unchanged falling
74 Germany 0.5734 2014 unchanged rising
75 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5676 2014 unchanged falling
76 Poland 0.5662 2014 unchanged rising
77 Czechia 0.5453 2014 up 13.6% rising
78 Sweden 0.5276 2014 unchanged falling
79 Uzbekistan 0.5262 2014 unchanged falling
80 Norway 0.5249 2014 unchanged falling
81 Viet Nam 0.5111 2014 up 27.2% falling
82 Morocco 0.4723 2014 down 39.3% falling
83 Portugal 0.4668 2014 unchanged falling
84 Netherlands 0.4578 2014 unchanged falling
85 Algeria 0.4098 2014 unchanged falling
86 Ukraine 0.3631 2014 unchanged falling
87 Egypt 0.3333 2014 unchanged falling
88 Madagascar 0.3084 2014 unchanged falling
89 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.236 2014 unchanged falling
90 Indonesia 0.0667 2014 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
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.