Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Estonia
Estonia: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 3 0-6 scale in 2025. ▲ Rising
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Estonia, 2008–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 3 0-6 scale for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Estonia peaked at 3 0-6 scale in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.88 0-6 scale, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Estonia, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.88 0-6 scale | — |
| 2009 | 1.88 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.88 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.88 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.88 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 0-6 scale | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.88 0-6 scale | 1.88 0-6 scale | 1.88 0-6 scale | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.66 0-6 scale | 1.88 0-6 scale | 3 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 3 0-6 scale | 3 0-6 scale | 3 0-6 scale | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Estonia?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Estonia 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 3 0-6 scale in 2013.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.88 0-6 scale in 2008.
- How does Estonia rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Estonia ranks 2nd out of 7 countries with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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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About this data
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