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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
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