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Edition 2026.09

Global Employment Facts

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The open dataset our hiring intelligence is built on. 3,095 statutory values across 250 countries and territories and 18 fields, each one carrying the source it came from, the date it took effect and the date a person last checked it.

1,941 of those values, 62.7% of the dataset, come straight from a statute or the government that administers it. These are statutory minimums, not what employers offer.

3,095
Sourced values
250
Countries and territories
18
Statutory fields
62.7%
From a government source
Robbin Schuchmann

Robbin Schuchmann

Co-founder, Employ Borderless

Built September 17, 2026

What this is

Anyone hiring across borders needs the same eighteen numbers for every country: how much leave the law guarantees, how long notice runs, what severance costs, what the employer pays on top of salary, where the minimum wage sits. Those numbers are scattered across labour codes, tax authorities and social insurance agencies in dozens of languages, and the versions that circulate are usually copied from each other rather than from the law.

So we went and read the sources. Every value here names the page it came from and the date it took effect, and a reader can check it in one click. Where a statute and a compilation disagree, the statute wins, and the tier column says which you are looking at.

It is free to use under CC BY 4.0, as a CSV, as JSON, or through a read-only API. Our three published indexes are scored from it, and so is every statutory figure on this site.

What the dataset covers

Coverage is uneven and we publish the gaps rather than filling them. For each field: countries sitting on a government source, countries sitting on a reference compilation, and countries where we hold no sourced value at all. Edition 2026.09, built September 17, 2026.

FieldGovernment sourceReference sourceNo source
Statutory paid annual leaveannual_leave_days151 (60.4%)1980
National public holidayspublic_holidays122 (48.8%)10226
Statutory notice periodnotice_weeks97 (38.8%)10944
Statutory severanceseverance_weeks76 (30.4%)12846
Employer social contributionsemployer_ssc_rate86 (34.4%)12242
Employee social contributionsemployee_ssc_rate87 (34.8%)11647
Statutory minimum wagemin_wage_monthly104 (41.6%)9254
Income tax bracketsincome_tax_brackets53 (21.2%)40157
Top personal income tax ratepersonal_income_tax_top_rate142 (56.8%)3672
Corporate tax ratecorporate_tax_rate130 (52%)6357
Standard VAT ratevat_rate118 (47.2%)4686
Statutory maternity leavematernity_leave_weeks156 (62.4%)6133
Statutory paternity leavepaternity_leave_weeks93 (37.2%)12235
Statutory parental leaveparental_leave_weeks52 (20.8%)16182
Maximum probation periodprobation_months96 (38.4%)7147
Statutory weekly hoursavg_weekly_hours131 (52.4%)14105
Overtime premiumovertime_premium_pct106 (42.4%)2142
State pension ageretirement_age141 (56.4%)5950
All 18 fields1,941 (43.1%)1,1541,405

4,500 slots in total, 250 jurisdictions times 18 fields.

Values by source tier
Statute or government source1,94162.7%
Official multilateral compilation84327.2%
Secondary compiler1755.7%
Machine-extracted, editorially reviewed531.7%
Open holiday calendar832.7%

Use the dataset

Every value, its unit, its source tier, its source URL, the date it took effect and the date it was last verified. Open data under CC BY 4.0. Reuse it freely with attribution.

Download CSVDownload JSON
Cite this dataset

Schuchmann, R. (2026). Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) [Data set]. Employ Borderless. https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/

DOI pending. The Zenodo record for this edition is being minted; until it resolves, cite the canonical URL above. The dataset name will not change.

Read it from the API

The same frozen edition, filterable by field and by country. No key, no rate limit beyond ordinary caching.

GET https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/dataset.json
GET https://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/dataset.csv

# one field, every country
GET /api/hiring-intelligence/facts?field=notice_weeks

# one country, every field
GET /api/hiring-intelligence/facts?iso2=NL

# a named edition, as CSV
GET /api/hiring-intelligence/facts?edition=2026.09&format=csv

Every country in the dataset

242 countries and territories hold at least one sourced value. Each one has its own page with every row we hold, the source behind it and the date it took effect. The number in brackets is how many of the 18 fields sit on a government source.

Corrections

Every value we published and later changed, with the reason and the source that settled it. Nothing is removed from this log and nothing is corrected quietly. To report an error, write to hello@employborderless.com with the country, the field and the government page that shows the right figure.

DateCountryFieldWasNowWhy
2026-09-17IraqStatutory minimum wage350 IQD per month350,000 IQD per monthA figure out by a factor of 1,000. The WageIndicator row we held recorded 350 where the Council of Ministers decision raised the minimum wage to 350 thousand dinars a month. The stored number was the headline figure with its unit dropped. Source
2026-09-17JerseyStatutory minimum wage6.97 GBP per month2,354.62 GBP per monthThe stored figure was an hourly rate sitting in a monthly column. Jersey sets the minimum wage per hour, and the ILOSTAT row we held recorded 6.97 without converting it. The government page gives 13.59 GBP an hour; at 40 hours a week and 4.33 weeks a month that is 2,354.62 GBP a month, and the hours assumption is stated on the row because the page states none. Source
2026-09-17MonacoStatutory minimum wage11.65 EUR per month2,080.39 EUR per monthThe same defect as Jersey: an hourly rate stored as a monthly one. The Monegasque circular states both, and it states the monthly figure itself on the 169-hour month it uses, so no assumption of ours is involved: 2,080.39 EUR a month for workers over 18. Source
2026-09-16AndorraStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysThe circular states both units itself: 30 dies naturals is 22 dies habils. No conversion assumption of ours is involved; the stored 30 was the calendar-day figure in a working-days column. Source
2026-09-16ArgentinaStatutory paid annual leave14 working days10 working daysThe entry-level entitlement is 14 dias corridos, which are calendar days. Counted in working days, with the two weekend days in each completed week removed, that is 10. Source
2026-09-16BahrainStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysThe Labour Law sets not less than 30 days without qualifying them as working days, so they are calendar days. That is 22 working days. Source
2026-09-16Costa RicaStatutory paid annual leave12 working days10 working daysThe entitlement is two weeks for every fifty weeks of continuous service. On a five-day week that is 10 working days, not the 12 we held. Source
2026-09-16CubaStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysThe maximum rest period is 30 dias naturales, which are calendar days. That is 22 working days. Source
2026-09-16EcuadorStatutory paid annual leave15 working days11 working daysThe Codigo del Trabajo gives an uninterrupted period of fifteen days, which is a calendar-day entitlement. That is 11 working days. Source
2026-09-16El SalvadorStatutory paid annual leave15 working days11 working daysThe fifteen dias of article 177 of the Codigo de Trabajo are calendar days. That is 11 working days. Source
2026-09-16EstoniaStatutory paid annual leave28 working days20 working daysThe Employment Contracts Act says 28 calendar days in those words. That is 20 working days. Source
2026-09-16FinlandStatutory paid annual leave25 working days20 working daysOur earlier figure of 25 came from counting the Annual Holidays Act in weekdays including Saturday and then scaling. The Act itself entitles an employee to 2 weekdays a month, and read on a five-day working week the statutory minimum is 20 working days. Source
2026-09-16GrenadaStatutory paid annual leave15 working days10 working daysThe Employment Act gives two weeks for the first year of employment. On a five-day week that is 10 working days; the 15 we held was not the entry-level entitlement. Source
2026-09-16KuwaitStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysArticle 70 of Labour Law 6/2010 states thirty days without qualifying them as working days. Read as calendar days that is 22 working days. Source
2026-09-16KyrgyzstanStatutory paid annual leave28 working days20 working daysThe Labour Code sets 28 kalendarnykh dnei, calendar days in those words. That is 20 working days. Source
2026-09-16MadagascarStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysThe Code du Travail accrues two and a half days for each calendar month of effective service, which is 30 calendar days over a year. That is 22 working days. Source
2026-09-16MaldivesStatutory paid annual leave30 working days22 working daysThe Employment Act gives 30 days, unqualified, so they are calendar days. That is 22 working days. Source
2026-09-16UruguayStatutory paid annual leave14 working days20 working daysOur earlier figure of 14 was a conversion we should not have applied. Ley 12.590 article 1 sets 20 days and excludes feriados from the count, so the 20 are already working days and converting them removed six days that the law grants. Source

Editions

Editions are cut quarterly and frozen, so a citation resolves to the same numbers next quarter. Older editions stay reachable through the API by name.

EditionBuiltValuesNotes
2026.09Sep 17, 20263,095 across 250 countriesFirst published edition, built from the government source registry.

How the numbers are chosen

One row per country and field. Where a country holds several approved rows for the same field, the highest source tier wins: the statute or the government that administers it, then official multilateral compilations, then secondary compilers, then machine-extracted rows, then open holiday calendars. Within one tier the later effective date wins, and source identifier, source URL and value are last-resort tie-breaks so selection is always total. Nothing is averaged, blended or estimated.

Read the full methodology

Three published studies are scored from this dataset and cite it: the Global Employer Burden Index, the Termination Cost Index and the Global Paid Time Off Index. The same rows sit behind every country guide on this site, and they apply whether you employ directly or through an employer of record.

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An open dataset of statutory employment facts for every country and territory. One sourced value per country and field across 18 statutory fields, with the source, the source tier, the date the figure took effect and the date it was last verified. Published under CC BY 4.0.

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Published on2026-09-17
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Entity Home URLhttps://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/
Schema Entity @idhttps://employborderless.com/hiring-intelligence/global-employment-facts/#dataset
DOIPending. The Zenodo record for this edition has not been minted yet.
Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) is authored by
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Robbin Schuchmann
Global Employment Facts (Employ Borderless) is published by
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Employ Borderless
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Datasets scored from itGlobal Employer Burden Index, Termination Cost Index, Global Paid Time Off Index

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