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Table 6 Countries rankings across indicators. “Top 20”, 2009

From: Composite indicators of labour market regulations in a comparative perspective

IMD LR

Fraser LMR

WEF LME

WB Redundancy Cost

1. Denmark

16

5

1

2. Switzerland

5

2

11

3. Singapore

12

1

3

4. Hong Kong

1

4

9

5. Thailand

36

18

32

6. Malaysia

14

22

37

7. Kazakhstan

21

13

8

8. Japan

8

10

4

9. Canada

4

6

21

10. Turkey

51

53

40

11. Australia

7

8

3

12. Hungary

20

34

23

13. Israel

42

20

39

14. China

39

23

38

15. Finland

37

17

20

16. United Kingdom

9

7

18

17. Norway

48

12

11

18. Taiwan

46

17

38

19. United States

2

3

1

20. Austria

27

2

2

  1. Source: own computations, restricting Fraser, WEF, and WB to the IMD sample of countries