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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation allowing employees to request flexible work 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
As of 2025, Finland ranks first with 4.0, followed by Ireland (4.0) and Kyrgyzstan (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Finland and Ireland differ by less than 1%.
Across 168 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Finland) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Work, Public authorities enforce existing legislation allowing employees to request flexible work, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Work, Public authorities enforce existing legislation allowing employees to request flexible work · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026