Employing Workers

Singapore in the East Asian and the Pacific region has been ranked 1 for Employing Workers as an important parameter in the doing business report 2008.

Employing workers simply measures the flexibility of labor laws among various countries over the world.

It clearly examines difficulty of hiring a new worker, rigidity in terms of working hours and problems faced while dismissing a worker.

Find below the complete list of employing workers ranking:

Singapore in the East Asian and the Pacific region has been ranked 1 for Employing Workers as an important parameter in the doing business report 2008.

Employing workers simply measures the flexibility of labor laws among various countries over the world.

It clearly examines difficulty of hiring a new worker, rigidity in terms of working hours and problems faced while dismissing a worker.

Find below the complete list of employing workers ranking:

Economy	Employing Workers 2008	Economy	Employing Workers 2008	Economy	Employing Workers 2008	Economy	Employing Workers 2008
Singapore	1	Jordan	46	Malawi	91	Chad	136
United States	2	Grenada	47	South Africa	92	Turkey	137
Marshall Islands	3	Solomon Islands	47	Netherlands	93	Germany	138
Georgia	4	Armenia	47	Moldova	94	Ghana	139
Tonga	5	Thailand	50	Norway	95	Croatia	140
Brunei	6	Suriname	51	Rwanda	96	Sudan	141
Maldives	7	Swaziland	52	Latvia	97	Iran	142
Australia	8	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	53	Seychelles	98	Greece	143
Palau	9	Lebanon	54	Montenegro	99	Cape Verde	144
Denmark	9	Dominica	55	Guinea	100	France	145
Uganda	11	Czech Republic	56	Burundi	101	Romania	146
Micronesia	12	Italy	57	Russia	102	Togo	147
New Zealand	13	Bulgaria	58	Ukraine	103	Argentina	148
Bhutan	14	Eritrea	58	West Bank and Gaza	104	Taiwan, China	149
Samoa	15	Nicaragua	60	Liberia	105	Central African Republic	150
Fiji	16	Iraq	61	Guatemala	106	Madagascar	151
Japan	17	Mauritius	62	Dominican Republic	107	Tanzania	152
St. Kitts and Nevis	17	Austria	63	Sweden	108	Burkina Faso	153
Canada	19	Yemen	64	Egypt	109	Indonesia	154
Switzerland	20	Mongolia	65	Albania	110	Spain	155
United Kingdom	21	United Arab Emirates	66	Serbia	111	Nepal	156
Kazakhstan	22	Kenya	67	Sri Lanka	112	Estonia	157
Hong Kong, China	23	Uzbekistan	68	Côte d’Ivoire	113	Portugal	158
Afghanistan	24	Chile	69	Tunisia	114	Comoros	159
Kiribati	24	Lesotho	70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	115	Peru	160
Oman	26	Botswana	71	Benin	116	Senegal	161
St. Lucia	26	Guyana	72	Honduras	117	Niger	162
Belize	28	Uruguay	73	Mauritania	118	Mozambique	163
Gambia	29	Timor-Leste	74	Algeria	119	Gabon	164
Nigeria	30	Kyrgyz Republic	74	Brazil	120	Luxembourg	165
Papua New Guinea	31	Slovakia	76	Cameroon	121	Morocco	166
Puerto Rico	32	El Salvador	77	Zambia	122	Slovenia	167
Namibia	33	Vanuatu	78	Philippines	123	Congo, Rep.	168
Jamaica	34	Poland	79	Zimbabwe	124	Ecuador	169
Haiti	35	Costa Rica	79	Lithuania	125	Sierra Leone	170
Belgium	36	Azerbaijan	81	Tajikistan	126	Panama	171
Ireland	37	Hungary	82	Syria	127	Congo, Dem. Rep.	172
Trinidad and Tobago	38	Lao PDR	83	Finland	128	Angola	173
Kuwait	39	Colombia	84	Macedonia, FYR	129	Paraguay	174
Saudi Arabia	40	Vietnam	85	Bangladesh	130	Guinea-Bissau	175
Antigua and Barbuda	41	India	86	Djibouti	131	Equatorial Guinea	176
Iceland	42	China	87	Korea	132	São Tomé and Principe	177
Malaysia	43	Israel	88	Pakistan	133	Bolivia	178
Belarus	45	Mali	89	Cambodia	134	Venezuela	179
		Ethiopia	90	Mexico	135

Source: Doing Business Database