Arab Region | Labor freedom (Arabic countries, 2005–2021)

Labor freedom is a quantitative measure that considers various aspects of the legal and regulatory framework of a country’s labor market, including regulations concerning minimum wages, laws inhibiting layoffs, severance requirements, and measurable regulatory restraints on hiring and hours worked, plus the labor force participation rate as an indicative measure of employment opportunities in the labor market. Seven quantitative sub-factors are equally weighted, with each counted as one-seventh of the labor freedom component: 1) ratio of minimum wage to the average value added per worker, 2) hindrance to hiring additional workers, 3) rigidity of hours, 4) difficulty of firing redundant employees, 5) legally mandated notice period, 6) mandatory severance pay, and 7) labor force participation rate. This is a Composite Index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)
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Arab Region | Labor freedom (Arabic countries, 2005–2021)
2006 Algeria 57.4
2007 Algeria 57.6
2009 Algeria 55.5
2014 Algeria 48.3
2016 Algeria 48.2
2017 Algeria 49.5
2019 Algeria 49.9
2020 Algeria 50.5
2007 Bahrain 40
2008 Bahrain 40
2009 Bahrain 85.1
2011 Bahrain 97
2013 Bahrain 90.4
2016 Bahrain 79.1
2017 Bahrain 78.7
2021 Bahrain 71.4
2010 Comoros 31.4
2012 Comoros 31.2
2015 Comoros 52
2017 Comoros 50.6
2005 Djibouti 59.7
2012 Djibouti 61.6
2015 Djibouti 66.6
2016 Djibouti 62.9
2018 Djibouti 58.9
2020 Djibouti 60.6
2006 Egypt 62.1
2014 Egypt 45.7
2017 Egypt 51.3
2013 Iraq 70.1
2018 Iraq 69.8
2007 Jordan 74.6
2010 Jordan 74.2
2011 Jordan 74.2
2012 Jordan 75.7
2014 Jordan 72.9
2020 Jordan 52.5
2021 Jordan 52.8
2009 Kuwait 79.3
2013 Kuwait 62.8
2014 Kuwait 63.6
2015 Kuwait 64.2
2016 Kuwait 62.7
2017 Kuwait 61.5
2018 Kuwait 61.5
2020 Kuwait 62.2
2006 Lebanon 61
2007 Lebanon 62.3
2009 Lebanon 57.4
2013 Lebanon 57.2
2016 Lebanon 57.3
2019 Lebanon 46.5
2020 Lebanon 47.8
2011 Libya 20
2006 Mauritania 50.5
2008 Mauritania 51.9
2017 Mauritania 57.4
2005 Morocco 42.1
2009 Morocco 30.8
2009 Oman 75
2015 Oman 76.1
2017 Oman 70.3
2018 Oman 55.2
2021 Oman 61
2009 Qatar 64.7
2012 Qatar 67.9
2016 Qatar 70.7
2017 Qatar 65.4
2018 Qatar 65.4
2019 Qatar 65.9
2010 Saudi Arabia 74.4
2015 Saudi Arabia 72.7
2018 Saudi Arabia 64.8
2021 Saudi Arabia 63.3
2014 Sudan 49.1
2016 Sudan 43.5
2009 Syria 54.9
2011 Syria 55.8
2014 Syria 55.1
2017 Syria 55.7
2007 Tunisia 61
2008 Tunisia 62.3
2012 Tunisia 74.1
2018 Tunisia 52.9
2019 Tunisia 50.3
2006 United Arab Emirates 74.3
2009 United Arab Emirates 76.2
2010 United Arab Emirates 79.3
2011 United Arab Emirates 72.4
2017 United Arab Emirates 80.9
2018 United Arab Emirates 81.1
2006 Yemen 76.7
2007 Yemen 76.3
2008 Yemen 76.5
2011 Yemen 50.9
2016 Yemen 54.4
2017 Yemen 54.2
2019 Yemen 49.8
2020 Yemen 43.8
2021 Yemen 57.7

Arab Region | Labor freedom (Arabic countries, 2005–2021)

Labor freedom is a quantitative measure that considers various aspects of the legal and regulatory framework of a country’s labor market, including regulations concerning minimum wages, laws inhibiting layoffs, severance requirements, and measurable regulatory restraints on hiring and hours worked, plus the labor force participation rate as an indicative measure of employment opportunities in the labor market. Seven quantitative sub-factors are equally weighted, with each counted as one-seventh of the labor freedom component: 1) ratio of minimum wage to the average value added per worker, 2) hindrance to hiring additional workers, 3) rigidity of hours, 4) difficulty of firing redundant employees, 5) legally mandated notice period, 6) mandatory severance pay, and 7) labor force participation rate. This is a Composite Index (i.e. aggregating multiple sources)
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
319
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