Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment by country
The law punishes sexual harassment at work with fines or prison, requires offenders to compensate victims, or allows victims to seek civil remedies even after losing their job.
Countries reporting
139
Highest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Afghanistan
Lowest
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
East Timor
Median
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in East Timor.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), and the mean is 0.9928 (1=yes; 0=no).
Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Angola | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Austria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burundi | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Benin | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bahrain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bahamas | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belize | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | China | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cameroon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Congo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Comoros | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Djibouti | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Algeria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Egypt | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Eritrea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | France | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Gabon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Ghana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | India | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Italy | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kiribati | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Korea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kuwait | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Lebanon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Liberia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Morocco | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Madagascar | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Maldives | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mozambique | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Niger | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nepal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Pakistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Panama | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Philippines | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Senegal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Sudan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Suriname | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Slovak Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chad | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Togo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tunisia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tanzania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Venezuela | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Samoa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | East Timor | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
About this data
The law punishes sexual harassment at work with fines or prison, requires offenders to compensate victims, or allows victims to seek civil remedies even after losing their job.