Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Employment Based on Gender? by country

Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1
Angola
Lowest
0
Vanuatu
Median
1
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152

What the numbers show

Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Employment Based on Gender? is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1 in Angola; the lowest is 0 in Vanuatu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.8511.

Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Employment Based on Gender?: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Albania 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 United Arab Emirates 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Argentina 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Armenia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Australia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Burundi 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Benin 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Burkina Faso 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bulgaria 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bahamas, The 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Belarus, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Brazil 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Barbados 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Bhutan 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Central African Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Chile 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 China, People's Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 CΓ΄te d’Ivoire 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Cameroon 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Colombia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Comoros, Union of the 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Cabo Verde 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Czech Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Djibouti 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Dominican Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ecuador 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Eritrea, The State of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Estonia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Fiji, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 France 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Gabon 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Ghana 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Guinea 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Gambia, The 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Guinea-Bissau 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Greece 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Grenada 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Guyana 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Honduras 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Croatia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Haiti 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Hungary 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 India 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ireland 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Iraq 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Iceland 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Israel 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Jordan 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Japan 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kenya 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kyrgyz Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Cambodia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kiribati 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Korea, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kuwait 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Lebanon 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Liberia 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Libya 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 St. Lucia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Lesotho 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Luxembourg 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Latvia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Morocco 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Moldova, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Madagascar, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Maldives 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 North Macedonia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mali 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Malta 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Montenegro 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mongolia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mozambique 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Malawi 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Namibia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Niger 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Nicaragua 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands, The 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Norway 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Nepal 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Pakistan 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Panama 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Peru 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Philippines 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Poland, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Puerto Rico 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Paraguay 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Romania 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Russian Federation 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Rwanda 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Saudi Arabia 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Senegal 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Sierra Leone 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 El Salvador 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 San Marino, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Somalia 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Serbia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 South Sudan, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe, Democratic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Suriname 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Slovak Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Slovenia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Seychelles 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Syrian Arab Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Chad 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Togo 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Thailand 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tajikistan, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 TΓΌrkiye, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tanzania 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Uganda 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ukraine 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 United States 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Venezuela, RepΓΊblica Bolivariana de 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Vietnam 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Samoa 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Yemen, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 South Africa 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Zambia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Zimbabwe 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kosovo, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
161 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Bangladesh 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Belize 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Bolivia 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Brunei Darussalam 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Botswana 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Congo, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Dominica 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Algeria 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Guatemala 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Jamaica 0 2023 β€” flat
161 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Sri Lanka 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Myanmar 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Malaysia 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Nigeria 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Oman 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Palau, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Qatar 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Sudan 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Singapore 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Solomon Islands 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Tonga 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Tunisia 0 2023 β€” flat
161 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2023 β€” flat
161 Vanuatu 0 2023 β€” flat

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Indicator
Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Employment Based on Gender?
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.