Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Korea
Korea: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 2.25 0-6 scale in 2025. ▼ Falling
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Korea, 1990–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
Korea recorded 2.25 0-6 scale for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Korea peaked at 3.25 0-6 scale in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2.25 0-6 scale, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.25 0-6 scale | — |
| 1991 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2.25 0-6 scale | -30.8% |
| 2000 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2.25 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.15 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 3.25 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 2.25 0-6 scale | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Korea?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Korea was 2.25 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 Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.25 0-6 scale in 1990.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.25 0-6 scale in 1999.
- How does Korea rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Korea ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea 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