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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting discrimination in recruitment based on marital status, parental status, or age 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
As of 2025, Denmark ranks first with 4.0, followed by Finland (4.0) and Slovenia (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Denmark and Finland differ by less than 1%.
Across 165 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Denmark) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 1.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe and 3 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Work, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting discrimination in recruitment based on marital status, parental status, or age, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Work, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prohibiting discrimination in recruitment based on marital status, parental status, or age · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026