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Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Uruguay

Uruguay: Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts was 4 0-6 scale in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
4 0-6 scale
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
3rd
of 41 countries
All-time high
4 0-6 scale
in 2014
All-time low
4 0-6 scale
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts in Uruguay, 2014–2019

012342014201620192014: 4 0-6 scale2015: 4 0-6 scale2016: 4 0-6 scale2017: 4 0-6 scale2018: 4 0-6 scale2019: 4 0-6 scale

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in 0-6 scale.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 4 0-6 scale for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Uruguay ranks 3rd of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 1 Mexico 4.25 0-6 scale compare
  2. 2 Brazil 4.12 0-6 scale
  3. 4 Luxembourg 3.75 0-6 scale compare
  4. 5 France 3.5 0-6 scale compare
  5. 6 Spain 3.47 0-6 scale compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Uruguay?
Strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts in Uruguay was 4 0-6 scale in 2019, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 4 0-6 scale in 2014.
What is the lowest strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 4 0-6 scale in 2014.
How does Uruguay rank for strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts?
Uruguay ranks 3rd out of 41 countries with data for 2019.
Is strictness of employment protection — temporary contracts rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Uruguay 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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Indicator
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts
Unit
0-6 scale
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
50 places, 1,336 data points, 1985–2025
Last refreshed

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