List of OECD countries by job security

This is a list of OECD countries by job security, an important component in measuring quality of life and the well-being of its citizens. It lists OECD countries' workers' chance of losing their job in 2012, with some non-OECD countries also included. Workers facing a high risk of job loss are more vulnerable, especially in countries with smaller social safety nets. This indicator presents the probability to become unemployed, calculated as the number of people who were unemployed in 2012, but were employed in 2011 over the total number of employed in 2011.

Rank	Country/Territory	Chance of losing job in 2012
1	Switzerland	2.8%
2	Japan	2.9%
2	Norway	2.9%
4	South Korea	3.0%
5	Germany	3.2%
6	Austria	3.4%
7	Netherlands	3.6%
8	Luxembourg	4.0%
8	Russia	4.0%
10	Czech Republic	4.2%
11	Iceland	4.3%
12	Australia	4.4%
13	Belgium	4.5%
14	Mexico	4.7%
14	Chile	4.7%
16	Brazil	4.8%
17	Slovenia	5.0%
18	Estonia	5.3%
19	Italy	5.5%
20	United Kingdom	5.6%
21	Slovakia	5.8%
21	New Zealand	5.8%
21	Denmark	5.8%
24	United States	6.3%
25	Ireland	6.4%
25	Finland	6.4%
27	Israel	6.5%
27	Sweden	6.5%
27	France	6.5%
30	Canada	6.6%
31	Hungary	6.7%
32	Poland	7.3%
33	Turkey	7.8%
34	Portugal	9.1%
35	Greece	12.0%
36	Spain	17.7%

See also

• Job security