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)
Timor-Leste
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 Timor-Leste.

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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, Plurinational State of 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 Côte d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 volatile
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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, China 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 Republic of 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 Republic of 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 Slovakia 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, United Republic of 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 of America 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Viet Nam 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 Timor-Leste 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 volatile

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Indicator
Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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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.