Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Lithuania
Lithuania: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 1.38 0-6 scale in 2025. ▼ Falling
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Lithuania, 2014–2025
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 Lithuania is 1.38 0-6 scale, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Lithuania peaked at 2.5 0-6 scale in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.38 0-6 scale, in 2018.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.06 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 2.5 0-6 scale | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.38 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 1.38 0-6 scale | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 3 Uruguay 4 0-6 scale compare
- 4 Luxembourg 3.75 0-6 scale compare
- 5 France 3.5 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 Lithuania?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Lithuania was 1.38 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5 0-6 scale in 2015.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.38 0-6 scale in 2018.
- How does Lithuania rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Lithuania ranks 6th out of 8 regions with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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