Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Chile

Chile: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 3 0-6 scale in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
3 0-6 scale
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
9th
of 41 countries
All-time high
3 0-6 scale
in 2008
All-time low
3 0-6 scale
in 2008
Years of data
18
2008–2025

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Chile, 2008–2025

01232008201620252008: 3 0-6 scale2009: 3 0-6 scale2010: 3 0-6 scale2011: 3 0-6 scale2012: 3 0-6 scale2013: 3 0-6 scale2014: 3 0-6 scale2015: 3 0-6 scale2016: 3 0-6 scale2017: 3 0-6 scale2018: 3 0-6 scale2019: 3 0-6 scale2020: 3 0-6 scale2021: 3 0-6 scale2022: 3 0-6 scale2023: 3 0-6 scale2024: 3 0-6 scale2025: 3 0-6 scale

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.

Analysis

The most recent figure for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Chile is 3 0-6 scale, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Chile peaked at 3 0-6 scale in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3 0-6 scale, in 2008.

Chile ranks 9th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 2
2010s 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 10
2020s 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 3 0-6 scale 6

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 6 Spain 3.47 0-6 scale compare
  2. 7 Saudi Arabia 3.38 0-6 scale compare
  3. 7 Costa Rica 3.38 0-6 scale compare
  4. 9 Norway 3 0-6 scale compare
  5. 11 Indonesia 2.75 0-6 scale compare
  6. 12 Portugal 2.31 0-6 scale compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Chile?
Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Chile was 3 0-6 scale in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 3 0-6 scale in 2008.
What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 3 0-6 scale in 2008.
How does Chile rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
Chile ranks 9th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Unit
0-6 scale
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
50 places, 1,336 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

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