Economic/Production & Innovation/Labour & Employment

Labour Market Institutions & Wage Setting

The capacity to govern the terms of work: wage-setting machinery, collective bargaining architecture and employment protection calibrated to both security and adjustment.
pending/cap/labour-market-institutions-wage-setting
World mean
7.8
of 20 · median 7.0
Range
1–19
middle half 5.0–10.0
Panel SD
±0.19
round 1 ±0.90 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
Denmark, Sweden

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4
Advanced 14
Established 21
Transitional 31
Foundational 63
Nascent 55
Inception 9

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 19 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
4 🇳🇴Norway Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇦🇹Austria Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇫🇮Finland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
21 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
22 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 13 Established ±0.00
26 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
27 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 12 Established ±0.50
29 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.00
30 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
31 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
32 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 12 Established ±0.00
33 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 12 Established ±0.43
34 🇲🇹Malta Europe 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 12 Established ±0.43
36 🇵🇱Poland Europe 12 Established ±0.00
37 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
38 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
39 🇺🇸United States Americas 12 Established ±0.00
40 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
41 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
42 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
43 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
44 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
45 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
46 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
47 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
48 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
55 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
56 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.00
58 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
59 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
62 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
63 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
64 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
65 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
67 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
69 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
72 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
73 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
74 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
75 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
76 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
78 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
79 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
80 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
81 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
82 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇵🇦Panama Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
84 🇵🇪Peru Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
85 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
86 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
87 🇦🇱Albania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
88 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
89 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
90 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
93 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
95 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
97 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
101 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
102 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
105 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.00
106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
107 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
108 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇧🇿Belize Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
112 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
115 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
117 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
121 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
122 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
127 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
130 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
136 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
140 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
143 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
144 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
145 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
147 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
148 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
155 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
158 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
159 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
163 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
174 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
175 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
176 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
187 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
188 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
190 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00

Others in Labour & Employment

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Employment & Labour Force Participation8.50–17Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands
Employment Services & Skills Matching7.60–18Denmark
Labour Adjustment, Transition & Formalisation7.61–18Denmark, Sweden