Level of national compliance with labor rights by country
Countries reporting
181
Highest
10
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Sweden
Median
1.63
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
1,870
What the numbers show
Level of national compliance with labor rights is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 10 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.63, and the mean is 2.61.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 1,327.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).
Level of national compliance with labor rights: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 10 | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 1 | Myanmar | 10 | 2024 | up 226.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 9.92 | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 9.14 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 6 | China | 9.13 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 9.06 | 2024 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela | 8.91 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 9 | Qatar | 8.72 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 10 | Sudan | 8.59 | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 11 | Guatemala | 6.88 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 12 | Iraq | 6.85 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 6.7 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 6.64 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Libya | 6.49 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Syria | 6.47 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 17 | Cambodia | 6.42 | 2024 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 18 | El Salvador | 6.24 | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 6.11 | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 6.05 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 6.02 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Malaysia | 5.95 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 5.94 | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 5.8 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 25 | Djibouti | 5.76 | 2024 | up 203.2% | rising |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 5.71 | 2024 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 27 | South Korea | 5.63 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 5.48 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 5.14 | 2024 | up 1,327.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 5.01 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 4.86 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 4.83 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 33 | Peru | 4.81 | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 4.81 | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.8 | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 36 | Maldives | 4.6 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.5 | 2024 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 38 | India | 4.45 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 39 | Algeria | 4.44 | 2024 | up 241.5% | rising |
| 40 | Panama | 4.32 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Nepal | 4.3 | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 42 | Fiji | 4.18 | 2024 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 43 | Lebanon | 4.17 | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 44 | Bahrain | 4 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 4 | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 3.98 | 2024 | up 121.1% | rising |
| 47 | United States | 3.83 | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 3.71 | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 49 | Oman | 3.7 | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 50 | Jordan | 3.48 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Bolivia | 3.3 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 52 | Brazil | 3.25 | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 53 | Mexico | 3.2 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 54 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.16 | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 3.13 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 56 | Nigeria | 3.08 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 57 | Burundi | 3.02 | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 58 | Paraguay | 3.01 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 59 | Botswana | 2.91 | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 2.83 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 2.77 | 2024 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 2.76 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 63 | Eritrea | 2.74 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 64 | Kuwait | 2.71 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 65 | Singapore | 2.7 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Eswatini | 2.69 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 67 | Brunei | 2.58 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 2.54 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 69 | Morocco | 2.44 | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 70 | Angola | 2.27 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 2.27 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 2.21 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | South Sudan | 2.18 | 2024 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 2.16 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 75 | Liberia | 2.11 | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 76 | Togo | 2.1 | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Madagascar | 2.06 | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea | 2.02 | 2024 | up 201.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Bahamas | 2 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 79 | Mozambique | 2 | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 81 | Lesotho | 1.99 | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 1.88 | 2024 | up 113.6% | rising |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.84 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 1.8 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritius | 1.79 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 1.78 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 87 | Cuba | 1.75 | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Samoa | 1.67 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 89 | Niger | 1.65 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 90 | Gambia | 1.64 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mauritania | 1.63 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 92 | Ghana | 1.62 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Haiti | 1.62 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 94 | Hungary | 1.6 | 2024 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 95 | Uruguay | 1.59 | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 96 | Marshall Islands | 1.55 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 96 | Palau | 1.55 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 98 | Somalia | 1.5 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 99 | Cameroon | 1.48 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 99 | Malta | 1.48 | 2024 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 99 | Tunisia | 1.48 | 2024 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 102 | Moldova | 1.46 | 2024 | up 37.7% | flat |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 1.45 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 104 | Senegal | 1.44 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 1.43 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Tanzania | 1.43 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 105 | Ukraine | 1.43 | 2024 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 108 | Tuvalu | 1.42 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 1.41 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 1.41 | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 109 | Serbia | 1.41 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 1.39 | 2024 | up 595.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 1.38 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 1.35 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Rwanda | 1.28 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 116 | Uganda | 1.26 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 1.23 | 2024 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 117 | Montenegro | 1.23 | 2024 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.16 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 120 | Croatia | 1.12 | 2024 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 121 | Japan | 1.11 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 122 | New Zealand | 1.1 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 1.1 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 124 | Yemen | 1.08 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 1.07 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 125 | Seychelles | 1.07 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.03 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 128 | South Africa | 0.98 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | Cook Islands | 0.98 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 130 | Poland | 0.91 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.89 | 2024 | up 161.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mali | 0.88 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 132 | Namibia | 0.88 | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 134 | Tonga | 0.87 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Greece | 0.85 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.82 | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 0.75 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Armenia | 0.73 | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.72 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.72 | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 141 | Benin | 0.71 | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 0.71 | 2024 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Grenada | 0.71 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Chad | 0.7 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Australia | 0.69 | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.68 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Kiribati | 0.56 | 2024 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 0.54 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Barbados | 0.54 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Belize | 0.53 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Guyana | 0.53 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Belgium | 0.52 | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.51 | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 153 | Portugal | 0.51 | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 0.51 | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 156 | Congo | 0.5 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 156 | France | 0.5 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 156 | East Timor | 0.5 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 0.47 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.39 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Germany | 0.38 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Canada | 0.36 | 2024 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0.35 | 2024 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 164 | Spain | 0.33 | 2024 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 165 | Denmark | 0.19 | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Switzerland | 0.18 | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 166 | Czechia | 0.18 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Slovenia | 0.18 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Austria | 0.17 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Dominica | 0.17 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 0.17 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 169 | Malawi | 0.17 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 169 | Suriname | 0.17 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Mongolia | 0.15 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 175 | Estonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Ireland | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Iceland | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Italy | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Lithuania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Latvia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Sweden | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |