WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does the constitution explicitly guarantee equal pay for equal work?

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

Albania - No specific provision

Algeria - No specific provision

Andorra - No specific provision

Angola - No specific provision

Antigua and Barbuda - No specific provision

Armenia - No specific provision

Australia - No specific provision

Austria - No specific provision

Azerbaijan - No specific provision

Bahamas - No specific provision

Bahrain - No specific provision

Bangladesh - No specific provision

Barbados - No specific provision

Belgium - No specific provision

Belize - No specific provision

Benin - No specific provision

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No specific provision

Botswana - No specific provision

Brunei - No specific provision

Bulgaria - No specific provision

Cameroon - No specific provision

Canada - No specific provision

Central African Republic - No specific provision

Chad - No specific provision

Chile - No specific provision

Colombia - No specific provision

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No specific provision

Republic of the Congo - No specific provision

Cote d'Ivoire - No specific provision

Croatia - No specific provision

Cyprus - No specific provision

Czech Republic - No specific provision

Denmark - No specific provision

Djibouti - No specific provision

Dominica - No specific provision

Egypt - No specific provision

Equatorial Guinea - No specific provision

Eritrea - No specific provision

Estonia - No specific provision

Fiji - No specific provision

Finland - No specific provision

France - No specific provision

Gabon - No specific provision

The Gambia - No specific provision

Georgia - No specific provision

Germany - No specific provision

Greenland - No specific provision

Grenada - No specific provision

Guinea-Bissau - No specific provision

Hungary - No specific provision

Iceland - No specific provision

India - No specific provision

Indonesia - No specific provision

Iran - No specific provision

Iraq - No specific provision

Ireland - No specific provision

Israel - No specific provision

Jamaica - No specific provision

Japan - No specific provision

Jordan - No specific provision

Kenya - No specific provision

Kiribati - No specific provision

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No specific provision

Kuwait - No specific provision

Kyrgyzstan - No specific provision

Laos - No specific provision

Latvia - No specific provision

Lebanon - No specific provision

Lesotho - No specific provision

Libya - No specific provision

Liechtenstein - No specific provision

Lithuania - No specific provision

Luxembourg - No specific provision

North Macedonia - No specific provision

Madagascar - No specific provision

Malaysia - No specific provision

Mali - No specific provision

Malta - No specific provision

Marshall Islands - No specific provision

Mauritania - No specific provision

Mauritius - No specific provision

Micronesia, Federated States of - No specific provision

Moldova - No specific provision

Monaco - No specific provision

Mongolia - No specific provision

Montenegro - No specific provision

Morocco - No specific provision

Namibia - No specific provision

Nauru - No specific provision

The Netherlands - No specific provision

Niger - No specific provision

Norway - No specific provision

Oman - No specific provision

Pakistan - No specific provision

Palau - No specific provision

Papua New Guinea - No specific provision

Peru - No specific provision

The Philippines - No specific provision

Qatar - No specific provision

Samoa - No specific provision

San Marino - No specific provision

Saudi Arabia - No specific provision

Serbia - No specific provision

Sierra Leone - No specific provision

Singapore - No specific provision

Slovakia - No specific provision

Slovenia - No specific provision

Solomon Islands - No specific provision

Somalia - No specific provision

South Africa - No specific provision

Sri Lanka - No specific provision

St. Kitts and Nevis - No specific provision

St. Lucia - No specific provision

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No specific provision

Sweden - No specific provision

Syria - No specific provision

Thailand - No specific provision

Timor-Leste - No specific provision

Togo - No specific provision

Tonga - No specific provision

Trinidad and Tobago - No specific provision

Tunisia - No specific provision

Türkiye - No specific provision

Turkmenistan - No specific provision

Tuvalu - No specific provision

Ukraine - No specific provision

United Arab Emirates - No specific provision

United Kingdom - No specific provision

United States of America - No specific provision

Uruguay - No specific provision

Uzbekistan - No specific provision

Vanuatu - No specific provision

Vietnam - No specific provision

Yemen - No specific provision

Zambia - No specific provision

Belarus - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Bolivia - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Brazil - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Cabo Verde - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

China - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Comoros - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Ethiopia - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Haiti - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Italy - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Republic of Korea - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Myanmar - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Nepal - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Nigeria - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Poland - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Romania - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Senegal - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

South Sudan - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Spain - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Sudan - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Switzerland - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Zimbabwe - Aspirational or guaranteed only to certain groups

Argentina - Guaranteed universally

Bhutan - Guaranteed universally

Burkina Faso - Guaranteed universally

Burundi - Guaranteed universally

Cambodia - Guaranteed universally

Costa Rica - Guaranteed universally

Cuba - Guaranteed universally

Dominican Republic - Guaranteed universally

Ecuador - Guaranteed universally

El Salvador - Guaranteed universally

Ghana - Guaranteed universally

Greece - Guaranteed universally

Guatemala - Guaranteed universally

Guinea - Guaranteed universally

Guyana - Guaranteed universally

Honduras - Guaranteed universally

Kazakhstan - Guaranteed universally

Liberia - Guaranteed universally

Malawi - Guaranteed universally

Maldives - Guaranteed universally

Mexico - Guaranteed universally

Mozambique - Guaranteed universally

New Zealand - Guaranteed universally

Nicaragua - Guaranteed universally

Panama - Guaranteed universally

Paraguay - Guaranteed universally

Portugal - Guaranteed universally

Russian Federation - Guaranteed universally

Rwanda - Guaranteed universally

Sao Tome and Principe - Guaranteed universally

Seychelles - Guaranteed universally

Suriname - Guaranteed universally

Eswatini - Guaranteed universally

Tajikistan - Guaranteed universally

Tanzania - Guaranteed universally

Uganda - Guaranteed universally

Venezuela - Guaranteed universally