2007 - World Bank indices: Employing Workers			(see http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreTopics/EmployingWorkers/)
Region or Economy	Difficulty of Hiring Index	Rigidity of Hours Index	Difficulty of Firing Index	Rigidity of Employment Index	Nonwage labor cost (% of salary)	Firing costs (weeks of wages)
East Asia & Pacific	23.7	25.2	19.6	23	9.4	41.7
Europe & Central Asia	34.2	50.7	37.1	40.8	26.7	26.2
Latin America & Caribbean	34	34.8	26.5	31.7	12.5	59
Middle East & North Africa	29.7	44.7	32.9	35.8	15.6	56.9
OECD	27	45.2	27.4	33.3	21.4	31.3
South Asia	41.8	25	37.5	34.8	6.8	71.5
Sub-Saharan Africa	44.3	52	44.9	47.1	12.7	71.2
Afghanistan	67	40	30	46	0	4.3
Albania	44	40	30	38	30.7	64.3
Algeria	44	60	30	45	27.5	17
Angola	33	80	80	64	8	58.5
Antigua and Barbuda	11	0	20	10	8.5	52.3
Argentina	44	60	20	41	23	138.7
Armenia	33	40	20	31	17.5	13
Australia	0	0	10	3	21.3	4
Austria	11	60	40	37	31.4	56.3
Azerbaijan	33	40	40	38	22	21.7
Bangladesh	11	40	40	30	0	51
Belarus	0	40	40	27	39.1	21.7
Belgium	11	40	10	20	55.2	16
Belize	11	20	0	10	7.5	24
Benin	39	60	40	46	29	35.8
Bhutan	78	40	0	39	1	94.7
Bolivia	61	60	100	74	13.7	99.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	56	40	30	42	15.2	33.2
Botswana	0	20	40	20	0	90
Brazil	67	60	0	42	37.3	36.8
Bulgaria	50	80	10	47	30.1	8.7
Burkina Faso	83	60	50	64	20	33.6
Burundi	78	60	40	59	6.9	26
Cambodia	56	60	30	49	0	39
Cameroon	28	60	80	56	16.2	32.5
Canada	11	0	0	4	13.6	28
Cape Verde	33	40	60	44	17	91
Central African Republic	89	80	50	73	17.8	21.7
Chad	39	60	80	60	21.2	35.8
Chile	33	20	20	24	3.4	52
China	11	20	40	24	44	91
Colombia	22	40	20	27	27.6	58.6
Comoros	39	60	40	46	0	99.7
Congo, Dem. Rep.	83	80	70	78	6	30.8
Congo, Rep.	78	60	70	69	28.8	41.2
Costa Rica	56	40	0	32	26	35.3
Côte d'Ivoire	44	80	10	45	18.4	48.8
Croatia	61	40	50	50	17.2	39
Czech Republic	33	20	30	28	35	21.7
Denmark	0	40	10	17	0.7	10
Djibouti	67	40	30	46	15.7	56.3
Dominica	11	20	20	17	7	57.7
Dominican Republic	56	40	30	42	14.2	87.6
Ecuador	44	60	50	51	12.2	135.4
Egypt	0	60	100	53	26	186.3
El Salvador	33	40	0	24	8.9	85.7
Equatorial Guinea	67	60	70	66	23	132.9
Eritrea	0	40	20	20	0	69.3
Estonia	33	80	60	58	33.5	34.7
Ethiopia	33	40	30	34	0	40.1
Fiji	22	40	0	21	9	28
Finland	44	60	40	48	24.6	26
France	67	60	40	56	47.4	31.8
Gabon	17	80	80	59	20.1	43.3
Gambia	0	40	40	27	11	8.7
Georgia	0	20	0	7	20	4.3
Germany	33	60	40	44	19.3	69.3
Ghana	11	40	50	34	12.5	177.7
Greece	44	80	50	58	31.2	69.3
Grenada	44	20	0	21	5	28.7
Guatemala	61	40	0	34	12.7	101.1
Guinea	33	60	30	41	27	26
Guinea-Bissau	100	60	70	77	22	86.7
Guyana	22	20	20	21	7.8	56.3
Haiti	11	40	20	24	11	26
Honduras	67	40	0	36	9.5	43.3
Hong Kong, China	0	0	0	0	5	62.1
Hungary	11	80	10	34	35.2	34.5
Iceland	33	60	0	31	11.8	13
India	33	20	70	41	16.8	55.9
Indonesia	61	20	50	44	10	108.3
Iran	78	60	10	49	23	90.7
Iraq	78	60	40	59	12	4
Ireland	28	40	30	33	10.8	49
Israel	0	60	20	27	5.9	91
Italy	61	60	40	54	41.6	1.7
Jamaica	11	0	0	4	11.5	60.5
Japan	28	60	0	29	12.7	8.6
Jordan	11	20	50	27	11	4.3
Kazakhstan	0	60	10	23	22	8.7
Kenya	33	20	30	28	4.3	47.3
Kiribati	0	0	50	17	7.5	4.3
Korea	11	60	30	34	17.5	91
Kuwait	0	40	0	13	11	42.7
Kyrgyz Republic	33	40	40	38	24.5	17.3
Lao PDR	11	40	60	37	5	19.4
Latvia	67	40	70	59	24.1	17.3
Lebanon	33	0	40	24	21.5	17.3
Lesotho	56	40	10	35	0	44.3
Lithuania	33	80	30	48	31.2	30.3
Macedonia, FYR	61	60	40	54	32.5	21.7
Madagascar	72	60	40	57	18	30.3
Malawi	22	20	20	21	1	84.3
Malaysia	0	20	10	10	12.8	88
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	8.7
Mali	44	60	50	51	26.9	31.4
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	10.5	0
Mauritania	67	60	50	59	15.6	31.4
Mauritius	0	40	50	30	6	34.7
Mexico	33	40	40	38	23.9	74.3
Micronesia	33	0	0	11	6	0
Moldova	33	60	70	54	29	28.8
Mongolia	11	80	10	34	20	8.7
Montenegro	33	40	30	34	16.1	39
Morocco	100	40	50	63	17.7	85.1
Mozambique	83	60	20	54	4	142.9
Namibia	0	60	20	27	0.1	24.3
Nepal	67	20	70	52	10	90
Netherlands	17	40	70	42	18.1	17.3
New Zealand	11	0	10	7	1	0
Nicaragua	11	60	0	24	17	23.8
Niger	100	80	50	77	17.4	31.4
Nigeria	22	20	20	21	8.5	49.8
Norway	61	60	40	54	14.1	13
Oman	44	60	0	35	9.8	4.3
Pakistan	78	20	30	43	12	90
Palau	11	0	0	4	6	0
Panama	78	20	70	56	19.4	44
Papua New Guinea	11	20	0	10	9.7	39
Paraguay	56	60	60	59	16.5	112.9
Peru	44	60	80	61	9.8	52
Philippines	56	40	20	39	8.5	91
Poland	0	60	40	33	21.4	13
Portugal	33	60	60	51	23.8	98.7
Puerto Rico	56	20	20	32	7.7	0
Romania	33	80	40	51	33.3	3
Russia	33	60	40	44	31	17.3
Rwanda	56	60	30	49	5	26
Samoa	11	20	0	10	6	8.7
São Tomé and Principe	61	80	60	67	6	91
Saudi Arabia	0	20	0	7	11	80.1
Senegal	72	60	50	61	21.4	37.9
Serbia	33	40	40	38	17.9	27.3
Seychelles	33	20	50	34	25	38.6
Sierra Leone	78	60	50	63	10	328.7
Singapore	0	0	0	0	13	4
Slovakia	17	60	40	39	35.2	13
Slovenia	61	60	50	57	16.6	39.6
Solomon Islands	22	20	20	21	7.5	44.3
South Africa	44	40	40	41	2.4	24
Spain	78	60	50	63	30.1	56.3
Sri Lanka	0	20	60	27	15	177.7
St. Kitts and Nevis	0	20	20	13	10	60
St. Lucia	0	20	20	13	5	56
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11	20	20	17	4	54
Sudan	56	60	50	55	25	118.1
Suriname	0	20	50	23	0	26
Swaziland	11	20	20	17	2.8	53.2
Sweden	28	60	40	43	32.7	26
Switzerland	0	60	10	23	14.4	13
Syria	0	40	50	30	17	79.8
Taiwan, China	78	60	30	56	10.5	91
Tajikistan	33	20	40	31	25	21.7
Tanzania	100	40	60	67	16	32
Thailand	33	20	0	18	5.2	54.3
Timor-Leste	67	20	50	46	0	34.5
Togo	44	60	70	58	25	35.8
Tonga	0	20	0	7	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	20	7	4.5	67.1
Tunisia	17	40	80	46	21.8	17.3
Turkey	56	60	30	49	21.6	94.7
Uganda	0	20	0	7	10	13
Ukraine	44	40	80	55	38.8	13
United Arab Emirates	0	60	0	20	12.5	83.6
United Kingdom	11	20	10	14	11	22.1
United States	0	0	0	0	8.5	0
Uruguay	33	60	0	31	6.2	31.2
Uzbekistan	33	40	30	34	31	30.3
Vanuatu	50	40	10	33	4	56.3
Venezuela	67	60	100	76	15.7	47.3
Vietnam	0	40	70	37	17	86.7
West Bank and Gaza	33	40	20	31	13	91
Yemen	0	60	40	33	9	17.3
Zambia	0	40	30	23	10.6	177.7
Zimbabwe	11	40	50	34	4.2	446.3