Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Slovenia
Slovenia: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 1.5 0-6 scale in 2025. ▼ Falling
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Slovenia, 2008–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.
Analysis
In 2025, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Slovenia stood at 1.5 0-6 scale. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Slovenia peaked at 1.81 0-6 scale in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.5 0-6 scale, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | 0-6 scale | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.81 0-6 scale | — |
| 2009 | 1.81 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.81 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.81 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.81 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.81 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5 0-6 scale | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1.5 0-6 scale | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.81 0-6 scale | 1.81 0-6 scale | 1.81 0-6 scale | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.62 0-6 scale | 1.5 0-6 scale | 1.81 0-6 scale | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5 0-6 scale | 1.5 0-6 scale | 1.5 0-6 scale | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
- 1 Mexico 4.25 0-6 scale compare
- 1 Türkiye 4.19 0-6 scale compare
- 2 Estonia 3 0-6 scale compare
- 2 Brazil 4.12 0-6 scale compare
- 3 Poland 1.62 0-6 scale compare
- 3 Uruguay 4 0-6 scale compare
- 4 Luxembourg 3.75 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 compare
- 7 Costa Rica 3.38 0-6 scale compare
- 7 Latvia 0.875 0-6 scale compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Slovenia?
- Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Slovenia was 1.5 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.81 0-6 scale in 2008.
- What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5 0-6 scale in 2014.
- How does Slovenia rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
- Slovenia ranks 4th out of 7 countries with data for 2025.
- Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovenia 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