Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Latvia
Latvia: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 0.875 0-6 scale in 2025. ▬ Flat
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Latvia, 2012–2025
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 Latvia is 0.875 0-6 scale, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Latvia peaked at 0.875 0-6 scale in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.875 0-6 scale, in 2012.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Latvia, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.875 0-6 scale | — |
| 2013 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.875 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.875 0-6 scale | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.875 0-6 scale | 0.875 0-6 scale | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 4 Luxembourg 3.75 0-6 scale compare
- 4 Slovenia 1.5 0-6 scale compare
- 5 France 3.5 0-6 scale compare
- 5 Lithuania 1.38 0-6 scale compare
- 6 Netherlands 0.9375 0-6 scale compare
- 6 Spain 3.47 0-6 scale compare
- 7 Saudi Arabia 3.38 0-6 scale
- 7 Costa Rica 3.38 0-6 scale compare
- 9 Norway 3 0-6 scale compare
- 9 Chile 3 0-6 scale compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Latvia?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Latvia was 0.875 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.875 0-6 scale in 2012.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.875 0-6 scale in 2012.
- How does Latvia rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Latvia ranks 7th out of 7 countries with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latvia 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