Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Iceland
Iceland: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 0.625 0-6 scale in 2024. ▬ Flat
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Iceland, 2008–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
In 2024, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Iceland stood at 0.625 0-6 scale. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Iceland peaked at 0.625 0-6 scale in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.625 0-6 scale, in 2008.
That places Iceland 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Iceland, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.625 0-6 scale | — |
| 2009 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.625 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 0.625 0-6 scale | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 34 Sweden 0.9375 0-6 scale compare
- 35 Israel 0.875 0-6 scale compare
- 36 Ireland 0.625 0-6 scale compare
- 38 South Africa 0.5 0-6 scale compare
- 39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.375 0-6 scale compare
More work & labour data for Iceland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4964 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4501 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5492 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2312 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 373.77 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 16.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 169.5 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 193.08 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 362.58 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Iceland?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Iceland was 0.625 0-6 scale in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.625 0-6 scale in 2008.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.625 0-6 scale in 2008.
- How does Iceland rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Iceland ranks 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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