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LGBT employment discrimination

LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination in 100 countries and territories.

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  • Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • No protections
  • Sexual orientation only
  • Unknown, N/A, or ambiguous

Recent Changes

  • Jul 5 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Antigua and Barbuda
  • Jun 30 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Spain
  • Jan 1 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Kazakhstan
  • Jan 1 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Zhambyl oblysy
  • Oct 21 2021Became Sexual orientation only in Namibia
  • Aug 5 2020Became Sexual orientation only in Barbados
  • Jul 18 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Virginia
  • Jun 15 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida

LGBT employment discrimination

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

Summary

100
Protected
100 regions (43%)
Protected
25
Some protections
25 regions (11%)
Some protections
92
No protections
92 regions (40%)
No protections
15
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
15 regions (6%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Europe
77%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
40 regions (77%)
Some protections
6 regions (12%)
No protections
5 regions (10%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (2%)
Oceania
63%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
15 regions (63%)
Some protections
2 regions (8%)
No protections
7 regions (29%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
South America
64%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
9 regions (64%)
Some protections
2 regions (14%)
No protections
2 regions (14%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (7%)
North America
56%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
20 regions (56%)
Some protections
5 regions (14%)
No protections
9 regions (25%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
2 regions (6%)
Africa
12%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
7 regions (12%)
Some protections
8 regions (14%)
No protections
38 regions (64%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
6 regions (10%)
Asia
20%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
9 regions (20%)
Some protections
2 regions (4%)
No protections
31 regions (67%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
4 regions (9%)

Progress over time

Number of countries with equality for lgbt employment discrimination over the past 60 years.

Recent changes

LGBT employment discrimination by country

(and dependent territories)

Sexual orientation and gender identity

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 100 regions.

  1. Asia (9)
  2. India 1949
  3. Kazakhstan 2022
  4. Macau 2008
  5. Mongolia 1992
  6. Nepal 2016
  7. South Korea 2016
  8. Sri Lanka 2017
  9. Taiwan 2007
  10. Thailand 2015
  11. Europe (40)
  12. Albania 2010
  13. Andorra 2019
  14. Austria 2004
  15. Belgium 2003
  16. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
  17. Bulgaria 2003
  18. Croatia 2008
  19. Cyprus 2014
  20. Czech Republic 2009
  21. Denmark 1996
  22. Estonia 2009
  23. Faroe Islands 2006
  24. Finland 2004
  25. France 2012
  26. Georgia 2014
  27. Germany 2006
  28. Greece 2016
  29. Hungary 1998
  30. Iceland 1996
  31. Ireland 2011
  32. Isle of Man 2006
  33. Kosovo 2013
  34. Latvia 2006
  35. Lithuania 2005
  36. Luxembourg 2006
  37. Malta 2004
  38. Monaco
  39. Montenegro 2010
  40. Netherlands 1993
  41. North Macedonia 2016
  42. Norway 1981
  43. Portugal 2015
  44. San Marino 2008
  45. Serbia 2009
  46. Slovenia 2016
  47. Spain 2022
  48. Sweden 1999
  49. Switzerland 1999
  50. Ukraine 2015
  51. United Kingdom
  52. North America (20)
  53. Antigua and Barbuda 2022
  54. Belize 2016
  55. Bermuda 2013
  56. British Virgin Islands 2007
  57. Canada 2017
  58. Costa Rica 1998
  59. Cuba 2013
  60. El Salvador
  61. Greenland 2010
  62. Grenada
  63. Guadeloupe
  64. Guatemala 2016
  65. Honduras 2013
  66. Martinique
  67. Mexico 2010
  68. Montserrat 2010
  69. Nicaragua
  70. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  71. Turks and Caicos Islands 2011
  72. United States 2020
  73. Africa (7)
  74. Angola 2015
  75. British Indian Ocean Territory 2003
  76. Liberia 2015
  77. Mayotte
  78. Réunion
  79. Saint Helena 2009
  80. South Africa 1996
  81. Oceania (15)
  82. Australia 2013
  83. Christmas Island 2013
  84. Cocos 2013
  85. Cook Islands 2013
  86. Fiji 2007
  87. French Polynesia
  88. Kiribati 2015
  89. Marshall Islands 2019
  90. New Caledonia 2005
  91. Niue
  92. Norfolk Island
  93. Pitcairn Islands 2010
  94. Samoa 2013
  95. Vanuatu 2013
  96. Wallis and Futuna
  97. South America (9)
  98. Bolivia 2010
  99. Brazil 2011
  100. Chile 2012
  101. Colombia 2018
  102. Falkland Islands 2008
  103. French Guiana
  104. Peru 2016
  105. Suriname 1975
  106. Uruguay 2004

No protections

LGBT employment discrimination is no protections in 92 regions.

  1. Asia (31)
  2. Afghanistan 1919
  3. Bahrain 1976
  4. Bangladesh
  5. Bhutan 2018
  6. Brunei 1951
  7. Cambodia
  8. China
  9. Hong Kong
  10. Indonesia
  11. Iran 1979
  12. Iraq
  13. Jordan 1952
  14. Kuwait 1960
  15. Kyrgyzstan
  16. Laos 1953
  17. Lebanon
  18. Malaysia
  19. Maldives 2017
  20. Myanmar 1886
  21. North Korea 1948
  22. Palestine
  23. Qatar 1915
  24. Saudi Arabia 1932
  25. Syria 1964
  26. Tajikistan 1994
  27. Timor-Leste
  28. Turkmenistan 1992
  29. United Arab Emirates 1971
  30. Uzbekistan 1992
  31. Vietnam 1992
  32. Yemen 1994
  33. Europe (5)
  34. Armenia
  35. Azerbaijan
  36. Belarus
  37. Russia
  38. Vatican City
  39. North America (9)
  40. Anguilla 2001
  41. Aruba
  42. Cayman Islands
  43. Curaçao
  44. Dominica
  45. Dominican Republic
  46. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  47. Sint Maarten
  48. Trinidad and Tobago 2001
  49. Africa (38)
  50. Algeria 1966
  51. Benin 1900
  52. Burkina Faso
  53. Cameroon 1972
  54. Central African Republic 2003
  55. Chad 2018
  56. Comoros
  57. Côte d’Ivoire
  58. Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
  59. Djibouti
  60. Egypt 1971
  61. Equatorial Guinea 1968
  62. Eritrea 1957
  63. Eswatini 1907
  64. Ethiopia
  65. Gabon
  66. Gambia
  67. Guinea 1988
  68. Guinea-Bissau
  69. Lesotho 2012
  70. Libya 1951
  71. Madagascar
  72. Mali 1960
  73. Mauritania 1991
  74. Morocco
  75. Niger
  76. Nigeria 1999
  77. Republic of the Congo
  78. Rwanda
  79. Senegal 1966
  80. Somalia 1962
  81. South Sudan 2011
  82. Sudan 1956
  83. Tanzania 1977
  84. Togo 1980
  85. Tunisia 1957
  86. Uganda
  87. Western Sahara
  88. Oceania (7)
  89. Federated States of Micronesia
  90. Nauru 2016
  91. Palau
  92. Papua New Guinea 2002
  93. Solomon Islands
  94. Tokelau
  95. Tonga
  96. South America (2)
  97. Guyana 1980
  98. Paraguay 1992

Sexual orientation only

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation only in 25 regions.

  1. Asia (2)
  2. Israel 1992
  3. Philippines
  4. Europe (6)
  5. Italy 2003
  6. Moldova 2013
  7. Poland 2011
  8. Romania 2000
  9. Slovakia 2008
  10. Turkey 2018
  11. North America (5)
  12. Bahamas
  13. Barbados 2020
  14. Jamaica 2004
  15. Panama 2017
  16. Saint Lucia 2006
  17. Africa (8)
  18. Botswana 2010
  19. Cape Verde 2008
  20. Mauritius 2008
  21. Mozambique 2007
  22. Namibia 2021
  23. Sao Tome and Principe 2019
  24. Seychelles 2006
  25. Zambia
  26. Oceania (2)
  27. New Zealand 1994
  28. Tuvalu 2017
  29. South America (2)
  30. Ecuador 2015
  31. Venezuela 2012

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

Data on lgbt employment discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 15 regions.

  1. Asia (4)
  2. Japan
  3. Oman
  4. Pakistan
  5. Singapore
  6. Europe (1)
  7. Liechtenstein
  8. North America (2)
  9. Haiti
  10. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  11. Africa (6)
  12. Burundi
  13. Ghana
  14. Kenya
  15. Malawi
  16. Sierra Leone
  17. Zimbabwe
  18. South America (1)
  19. Argentina
  20. Antarctica (1)
  21. Antarctica

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