WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does the constitution explicitly guarantee equal pay for equal work?

Map reflects constitutions in place as of May 2017.

No specific provision means that the constitution does not specifically guarantee equal pay for equal work. This does not mean that this right is denied, only that it is not granted.

Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups means that the right to equal pay for equal work is either granted in non-authoritative language – the country “endeavors” to provide this right, or it is the “responsibility” of the government to provide it – or granted only to a specific group – for example, only to women.

Guaranteed universally means that equal pay for equal work is explicitly guaranteed to all.

Countries

Afghanistan - No specific provision

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No specific provision

Madagascar - No specific provision

North Macedonia - No specific provision

Luxembourg - No specific provision

Lithuania - No specific provision

Liechtenstein - No specific provision

Libya - No specific provision

Albania - No specific provision

Lesotho - No specific provision

Lebanon - No specific provision

Latvia - No specific provision

Laos - No specific provision

Kyrgyzstan - No specific provision

Kuwait - No specific provision

St. Lucia - No specific provision

Kiribati - No specific provision

Malaysia - No specific provision

Kenya - No specific provision

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No specific provision

Jordan - No specific provision

Japan - No specific provision

Jamaica - No specific provision

Israel - No specific provision

Ireland - No specific provision

Iraq - No specific provision

Iran - No specific provision

Indonesia - No specific provision

India - No specific provision

Iceland - No specific provision

Hungary - No specific provision

Sweden - No specific provision

St. Kitts and Nevis - No specific provision

Sri Lanka - No specific provision

Guinea-Bissau - No specific provision

Slovenia - No specific provision

Saudi Arabia - No specific provision

Qatar - No specific provision

Serbia - No specific provision

The Philippines - No specific provision

Peru - No specific provision

Sierra Leone - No specific provision

Papua New Guinea - No specific provision

Singapore - No specific provision

Palau - No specific provision

Pakistan - No specific provision

Oman - No specific provision

Norway - No specific provision

Slovakia - No specific provision

Niger - No specific provision

Solomon Islands - No specific provision

Mali - No specific provision

Monaco - No specific provision

Malta - No specific provision

Marshall Islands - No specific provision

Mauritania - No specific provision

Mauritius - No specific provision

Federated States of Micronesia - No specific provision

Moldova - No specific provision

Mongolia - No specific provision

The Netherlands - No specific provision

Montenegro - No specific provision

Morocco - No specific provision

South Africa - No specific provision

Namibia - No specific provision

Nauru - No specific provision

Somalia - No specific provision

Samoa - No specific provision

Syria - No specific provision

Guinea - No specific provision

Uruguay - No specific provision

Vanuatu - No specific provision

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No specific provision

Botswana - No specific provision

Uzbekistan - No specific provision

Brunei - No specific provision

Bulgaria - No specific provision

United States of America - No specific provision

Benin - No specific provision

United Kingdom - No specific provision

Cameroon - No specific provision

Canada - No specific provision

United Arab Emirates - No specific provision

Central African Republic - No specific provision

Chad - No specific provision

Vietnam - No specific provision

Belize - No specific provision

Ukraine - No specific provision

Australia - No specific provision

Algeria - No specific provision

Andorra - No specific provision

Angola - No specific provision

Antigua and Barbuda - No specific provision

Zambia - No specific provision

Armenia - No specific provision

Austria - No specific provision

Belgium - No specific provision

Azerbaijan - No specific provision

Bahamas - No specific provision

Bahrain - No specific provision

Bangladesh - No specific provision

Barbados - No specific provision

Yemen - No specific provision

Thailand - No specific provision

Chile - No specific provision

Colombia - No specific provision

Gabon - No specific provision

Eritrea - No specific provision

Estonia - No specific provision

Tonga - No specific provision

Fiji - No specific provision

Finland - No specific provision

France - No specific provision

The Gambia - No specific provision

Trinidad and Tobago - No specific provision

Georgia - No specific provision

Germany - No specific provision

Togo - No specific provision

Timor-Leste - No specific provision

Greenland - No specific provision

Grenada - No specific provision

Comoros - No specific provision

Equatorial Guinea - No specific provision

Egypt - No specific provision

Cyprus - No specific provision

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No specific provision

Republic of the Congo - No specific provision

Tuvalu - No specific provision

Cote d'Ivoire - No specific provision

Croatia - No specific provision

Tunisia - No specific provision

Turkmenistan - No specific provision

Czech Republic - No specific provision

Denmark - No specific provision

Djibouti - No specific provision

Dominica - No specific provision

Turkey - No specific provision

San Marino - No specific provision

Spain - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Sudan - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

South Sudan - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Senegal - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Switzerland - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Zimbabwe - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Ethiopia - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Italy - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

China - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Cabo Verde - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Myanmar - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Nepal - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Brazil - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Nigeria - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Bolivia - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Haiti - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Poland - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Belarus - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Romania - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Republic of Korea - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Ecuador - Guaranteed universally

Dominican Republic - Guaranteed universally

Cuba - Guaranteed universally

Costa Rica - Guaranteed universally

El Salvador - Guaranteed universally

Rwanda - Guaranteed universally

Uganda - Guaranteed universally

Cambodia - Guaranteed universally

Ghana - Guaranteed universally

Burkina Faso - Guaranteed universally

Venezuela - Guaranteed universally

Bhutan - Guaranteed universally

Argentina - Guaranteed universally

Burundi - Guaranteed universally

Guyana - Guaranteed universally

Greece - Guaranteed universally

Mexico - Guaranteed universally

Sao Tome and Principe - Guaranteed universally

Portugal - Guaranteed universally

- Guaranteed universally

Paraguay - Guaranteed universally

Panama - Guaranteed universally

Nicaragua - Guaranteed universally

New Zealand - Guaranteed universally

Mozambique - Guaranteed universally

Maldives - Guaranteed universally

Guatemala - Guaranteed universally

Malawi - Guaranteed universally

Kazakhstan - Guaranteed universally

Suriname - Guaranteed universally

Eswatini - Guaranteed universally

Honduras - Guaranteed universally

Russian Federation - Guaranteed universally

Tajikistan - Guaranteed universally

Tanzania - Guaranteed universally

Liberia - Guaranteed universally