LGBT employment discrimination

LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination in 62 countries.

DATE

LGBT employment discrimination

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.

Summary

62
Protected
62 regions (31%)
Protected
30
Some protections
30 regions (15%)
Some protections
91
No protections
91 regions (46%)
No protections
14
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
14 regions (7%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Europe
72%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
36 regions (72%)
Some protections
5 regions (10%)
No protections
8 regions (16%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (2%)
Oceania
43%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
6 regions (43%)
Some protections
3 regions (21%)
No protections
5 regions (36%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
South America
50%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
6 regions (50%)
Some protections
4 regions (33%)
No protections
2 regions (17%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
North America
30%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
7 regions (30%)
Some protections
6 regions (26%)
No protections
7 regions (30%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
3 regions (13%)
Africa
6%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
3 regions (6%)
Some protections
8 regions (15%)
No protections
39 regions (74%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
3 regions (6%)
Asia
9%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
4 regions (9%)
Some protections
4 regions (9%)
No protections
30 regions (68%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
6 regions (14%)

Timeline of lgbt employment discrimination

Number of countries to ban lgbtq+ employment discrimination over the past 61 years.

Recent Changes

2023

2022

2021

2020

LGBT employment discrimination by Country

Sexual orientation and gender identity

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 62 regions.

  1. Asia (4)
  2. Israel 2015
  3. Mongolia 1992
  4. Taiwan 2007
  5. Thailand 2015
  6. Europe (36)
  7. Albania 2010
  8. Andorra 2019
  9. Austria 2004
  10. Belgium 2003
  11. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
  12. Bulgaria 2003
  13. Croatia 2009
  14. Cyprus 2014
  15. Czech Republic 2009
  16. Denmark 1996
  17. Estonia 2009
  18. Finland 2004
  19. France 2012
  20. Georgia 2014
  21. Germany 2006
  22. Greece 2016
  23. Hungary 1998
  24. Iceland 1996
  25. Ireland 1993
  26. Italy 2023
  27. Kosovo 2015
  28. Luxembourg 2006
  29. Malta 2004
  30. Moldova 2023
  31. Montenegro 2010
  32. North Macedonia 2020
  33. Norway 1981
  34. Poland 2022
  35. Portugal 2015
  36. Serbia 2009
  37. Slovakia 2004
  38. Slovenia 2016
  39. Spain 2022
  40. Sweden 1999
  41. Ukraine 2015
  42. United Kingdom 2010
  43. North America (7)
  44. Antigua and Barbuda 2022
  45. Canada 2017
  46. Cuba 2013
  47. El Salvador
  48. Grenada
  49. Honduras 2013
  50. United States 2020
  51. Africa (3)
  52. Angola 2021
  53. Liberia 2015
  54. South Africa 1996
  55. Oceania (6)
  56. Australia 2013
  57. Kiribati 2015
  58. Marshall Islands 2019
  59. New Zealand 1994
  60. Samoa 2013
  61. Vanuatu 2013
  62. South America (6)
  63. Bolivia 2010
  64. Brazil 2019
  65. Chile 2012
  66. Colombia 2018
  67. Peru 2016
  68. Uruguay 2004

Gender identity only

LGBT employment discrimination is gender identity only in 3 regions.

  1. Asia (2)
  2. India 2020
  3. Pakistan 1973
  4. South America (1)
  5. Argentina 2021

Sexual orientation only

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation only in 27 regions.

  1. Asia (2)
  2. Nepal 2015
  3. Singapore
  4. Europe (5)
  5. Latvia 2006
  6. Lithuania 2000
  7. Romania 2000
  8. San Marino 2019
  9. Turkey 2018
  10. North America (6)
  11. Barbados 2020
  12. Belize
  13. Costa Rica 2016
  14. Jamaica 2004
  15. Nicaragua
  16. Saint Lucia 2006
  17. Africa (8)
  18. Botswana 2010
  19. Cape Verde 2008
  20. Kenya 2022
  21. Mauritius 2008
  22. Mozambique 2007
  23. Namibia 2021
  24. Sao Tome and Principe 2019
  25. Seychelles 2006
  26. Oceania (3)
  27. Federated States of Micronesia
  28. Fiji 2007
  29. Tuvalu 2017
  30. South America (3)
  31. Ecuador 2015
  32. Suriname 2015
  33. Venezuela 2012

No protections

LGBT employment discrimination is no protections in 91 regions.

  1. Asia (30)
  2. Afghanistan 1919
  3. Bahrain 1976
  4. Bangladesh
  5. Bhutan 2018
  6. Brunei 1951
  7. Cambodia
  8. China
  9. Iran 1979
  10. Iraq
  11. Jordan 1952
  12. Kazakhstan
  13. Kuwait 1960
  14. Kyrgyzstan
  15. Laos 1953
  16. Lebanon
  17. Malaysia
  18. Maldives 2017
  19. Myanmar 1886
  20. Palestine
  21. Qatar 1915
  22. Saudi Arabia 1932
  23. Sri Lanka
  24. Syria
  25. Tajikistan 1994
  26. Timor-Leste
  27. Turkmenistan 1992
  28. United Arab Emirates 1971
  29. Uzbekistan 1992
  30. Vietnam 1992
  31. Yemen 1994
  32. Europe (8)
  33. Armenia
  34. Azerbaijan
  35. Belarus
  36. Liechtenstein
  37. Monaco
  38. Russia
  39. Switzerland
  40. Vatican City
  41. North America (7)
  42. Bahamas
  43. Dominica
  44. Guatemala
  45. Haiti
  46. Panama
  47. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  48. Trinidad and Tobago 2001
  49. Africa (39)
  50. Algeria 1966
  51. Benin 1900
  52. Burkina Faso
  53. Burundi
  54. Cameroon 1972
  55. Central African Republic 2003
  56. Chad 2018
  57. Comoros
  58. Côte d’Ivoire
  59. Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
  60. Djibouti
  61. Egypt 1971
  62. Equatorial Guinea 1968
  63. Eritrea 1957
  64. Eswatini 1907
  65. Ethiopia
  66. Gabon
  67. Gambia
  68. Ghana
  69. Guinea 1988
  70. Guinea-Bissau
  71. Lesotho 2012
  72. Libya 1951
  73. Madagascar
  74. Mauritania 1991
  75. Morocco
  76. Niger
  77. Nigeria 1999
  78. Republic of the Congo
  79. Rwanda
  80. Senegal 1966
  81. Somalia 1962
  82. South Sudan 2011
  83. Sudan 1956
  84. Tanzania 1977
  85. Togo 1980
  86. Tunisia 1957
  87. Uganda
  88. Zambia
  89. Oceania (5)
  90. Nauru 2016
  91. Palau
  92. Papua New Guinea 2002
  93. Solomon Islands
  94. Tonga
  95. South America (2)
  96. Guyana 1980
  97. Paraguay 1992

No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous

Data on lgbt employment discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 14 regions.

  1. Asia (6)
  2. Indonesia
  3. Japan
  4. North Korea
  5. Oman
  6. Philippines
  7. South Korea
  8. Europe (1)
  9. Netherlands
  10. North America (3)
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Mexico
  13. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  14. Africa (3)
  15. Malawi
  16. Sierra Leone
  17. Zimbabwe
  18. Antarctica (1)
  19. Antarctica

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