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Legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia

Australia: Legislation on sexual harassment in employment was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1984
All-time low
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia, 1970–2023

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Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

Australia recorded 1 (1=yes; 0=no) for legislation on sexual harassment in employment in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

Australia ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1972 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1973 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1974 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1975 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1976 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1977 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1978 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1979 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1980 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1981 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1982 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1983 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1984 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1985 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1986 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1987 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1988 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1989 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1990 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1991 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1992 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1993 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1994 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Australia's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 0.6 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near Australia

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  4. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Bahrain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Comoros 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Equatorial Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Iraq 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Jordan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Kuwait 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Niger 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Oman 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Saudi Arabia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Tanzania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  138. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  142. 1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia?
Legislation on sexual harassment in employment in Australia was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest legislation on sexual harassment in employment recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1984.
What is the lowest legislation on sexual harassment in employment recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Australia rank for legislation on sexual harassment in employment?
Australia ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is legislation on sexual harassment in employment rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Legislation on sexual harassment in employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
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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Legal provisions specifically protect against sexual harassment in employment, including unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.