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Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 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
Greece
Lowest
0.0436
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Median
0.7623
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,515

What the numbers show

Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1 in Greece; the lowest is 0.0436 in Bolivia, Plurinational State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7623, and the mean is 0.704.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 82.6%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 94.9%).

Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 1 2014 up 20.2% rising
2 Uganda 0.9597 2014 down 4.0% flat
3 Nigeria 0.8993 2014 unchanged flat
3 Israel 0.8993 2014 unchanged flat
3 Singapore 0.8993 2014 unchanged flat
3 United States of America 0.8993 2014 unchanged flat
3 Uruguay 0.8993 2014 unchanged flat
8 Hong Kong, China 0.8591 2014 unchanged falling
8 Ireland 0.8591 2014 unchanged flat
8 Malaysia 0.8591 2014 unchanged flat
8 Japan 0.8591 2014 unchanged flat
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8591 2014 unchanged rising
8 Georgia 0.8591 2014 up 39.1% rising
14 Switzerland 0.849 2014 unchanged flat
14 Costa Rica 0.849 2014 unchanged flat
14 Peru 0.849 2014 unchanged rising
14 Ecuador 0.849 2014 unchanged flat
18 Türkiye 0.8389 2014 unchanged rising
19 Colombia 0.8322 2014 unchanged flat
19 Guatemala 0.8322 2014 unchanged flat
21 Paraguay 0.8238 2014 unchanged flat
22 Bulgaria 0.8188 2014 unchanged flat
22 Ghana 0.8188 2014 unchanged falling
22 Kenya 0.8188 2014 up 3.4% rising
25 Nicaragua 0.8154 2014 unchanged falling
25 El Salvador 0.8154 2014 unchanged flat
27 Indonesia 0.8087 2014 unchanged flat
27 New Zealand 0.8087 2014 down 5.9% flat
27 Jamaica 0.8087 2014 unchanged flat
27 Albania 0.8087 2014 unchanged volatile
27 Canada 0.8087 2014 unchanged flat
27 Poland 0.8087 2014 unchanged flat
33 Thailand 0.7987 2014 unchanged flat
34 Denmark 0.7936 2014 unchanged flat
35 Burkina Faso 0.7796 2014 up 2.8% rising
36 Chile 0.7785 2014 unchanged falling
36 Philippines 0.7785 2014 unchanged flat
38 Lithuania 0.7685 2014 unchanged rising
38 Zimbabwe 0.7685 2014 unchanged falling
38 Hungary 0.7685 2014 unchanged flat
38 Czechia 0.7685 2014 up 35.5% rising
38 Uzbekistan 0.7685 2014 unchanged flat
38 Azerbaijan 0.7685 2014 unchanged flat
38 Australia 0.7685 2014 unchanged falling
45 Spain 0.7629 2014 up 16.2% rising
46 Austria 0.7617 2014 unchanged flat
47 India 0.7584 2014 unchanged flat
48 Ethiopia 0.7433 2014 unchanged falling
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7181 2014 down 12.3% falling
49 China 0.7181 2014 up 16.3% volatile
49 Belgium 0.7181 2014 down 14.3% falling
52 Sri Lanka 0.7081 2014 unchanged flat
53 Korea 0.7047 2014 unchanged falling
54 Algeria 0.7013 2014 down 2.3% rising
55 Nepal 0.6846 2014 unchanged flat
56 Portugal 0.6678 2014 up 82.6% falling
56 Romania 0.6678 2014 up 5.3% rising
56 Mozambique 0.6678 2014 down 13.1% falling
56 Egypt 0.6678 2014 unchanged volatile
60 Senegal 0.6577 2014 unchanged rising
60 Tunisia 0.6577 2014 unchanged rising
62 Jordan 0.6477 2014 unchanged flat
62 Brazil 0.6477 2014 unchanged flat
62 Dominican Republic 0.6477 2014 unchanged flat
62 Argentina 0.6477 2014 unchanged falling
66 Germany 0.6443 2014 unchanged flat
67 France 0.6353 2014 up 78.6% rising
68 South Africa 0.6175 2014 unchanged falling
69 Pakistan 0.5839 2014 unchanged flat
70 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5783 2014 unchanged falling
71 Italy 0.5774 2014 unchanged rising
72 Finland 0.5738 2014 unchanged falling
73 Latvia 0.5671 2014 unchanged rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.5671 2014 up 21.6% rising
73 Kazakhstan 0.5671 2014 down 26.2% rising
73 Belarus 0.5671 2014 unchanged flat
77 Madagascar 0.557 2014 unchanged falling
78 Mexico 0.5336 2014 unchanged flat
79 Viet Nam 0.5268 2014 unchanged flat
80 Cameroon 0.5235 2014 unchanged falling
81 Norway 0.5168 2014 unchanged falling
82 Netherlands 0.5 2014 unchanged falling
83 Morocco 0.4832 2014 down 23.2% falling
84 Bangladesh 0.4715 2014 unchanged flat
85 Sweden 0.4413 2014 unchanged falling
86 Estonia 0.3826 2014 unchanged falling
87 Russian Federation 0.3658 2014 unchanged falling
88 Ukraine 0.349 2014 unchanged flat
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0503 2014 down 40.0% volatile
90 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0436 2014 down 94.9% falling

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Indicator
Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds
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.