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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting dismissal of pregnant workers in practice.Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, no upholding of women’s rights, or full enforcement of restrictive laws, and 4 indicates full enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, the full upholding of women’s rights, or no enforcement of restrictive laws. Enforcement perceptions indicator-level score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median value of individual expert re
As of 2025, Albania ranks first with 4.0, followed by Austria (4.0) and Barbados (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Albania and Austria differ by less than 1%.
Across 174 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Albania) to 0.0 (Yemen), with a median of 3.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from the Americas, 4 from Europe and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Parenthood, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting dismissal of pregnant workers, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Parenthood, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting dismissal of pregnant workers · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026