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 | 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, 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 |
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.