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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation addressing sexual harassment 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 responses on t
As of 2025, Egypt ranks first with 3.0, followed by Ireland (3.0) and Saudi Arabia (3.0).
The top two are virtually level: Egypt and Ireland differ by less than 1%.
Across 169 countries and territories, values run from 3.0 (Egypt) to 0.0 (Yemen), with a median of 0.5.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Africa and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Safety, Public authorities enforce existing legislation addressing sexual harassment, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Safety, Public authorities enforce existing legislation addressing sexual harassment · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026