Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Hungary
Hungary: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 1.25 0-6 scale in 2025. ▲ Rising
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Hungary, 1990–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 1.25 0-6 scale for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Hungary peaked at 1.25 0-6 scale in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.625 0-6 scale, in 1990.
That places Hungary 27th out of 41 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Hungary, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.625 0-6 scale | — |
| 1991 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +80.0% |
| 2005 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.12 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.925 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 1.12 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 0-6 scale | 1.12 0-6 scale | 1.25 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 0-6 scale | 1.25 0-6 scale | 1.25 0-6 scale | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Hungary
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2145 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.1929 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.237 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.21 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1776 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,774 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,505 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,653 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,807 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 7,461 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Hungary?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Hungary was 1.25 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 0-6 scale in 2012.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.625 0-6 scale in 1990.
- How does Hungary rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Hungary ranks 27th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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