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There is legislation specifically addressing domestic violence (1=yes; 0=no)

(1=yes; 0=no) · higher is better · 188 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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188 shown
  1. 1Angola1
  2. 1United Arab Emirates1
  3. 1Armenia1
  4. 1Albania1
  5. 1Antigua and Barbuda1
  6. 1Argentina1
  7. 1North Macedonia1
  8. 1Latvia1
  9. 1Egypt, Arab Rep.1
  10. 1Lithuania1
  11. 1Bulgaria1
  12. 1Tonga1
  13. 1Tunisia1
  14. 1Morocco1
  15. 1Lesotho1
  16. 1Bangladesh1
  17. 1Moldova1
  18. 1Ecuador1
  19. 1Timor-Leste1
  20. 1Spain1
  21. 1Sri Lanka1
  22. 1Madagascar1
  23. 1Turkiye1
  24. 1Bahrain1
  25. 1Tajikistan1
  26. 1St. Lucia1
  27. 1Maldives1
  28. 1Algeria1
  29. 1Mexico1
  30. 1Thailand1
  31. 1Burkina Faso1
  32. 1Marshall Islands1
  33. 1Dominican Republic1
  34. 1Liberia1
  35. 1Bahamas, The1
  36. 1Togo1
  37. 1Uganda1
  38. 1Denmark1
  39. 1Ethiopia1
  40. 1Lebanon1
  41. 1Chad1
  42. 1Lao PDR1
  43. 1Malta1
  44. 1Dominica1
  45. 1Ukraine1
  46. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  47. 1Benin1
  48. 1Finland1
  49. 1Kuwait1
  50. 1Montenegro1
  51. 1Mongolia1
  52. 1Djibouti1
  53. 1Uruguay1
  54. 1Seychelles1
  55. 1Korea, Rep.1
  56. 1Fiji1
  57. 1St. Kitts and Nevis1
  58. 1Mozambique1
  59. 1Belarus1
  60. 1Germany1
  61. 1Eswatini1
  62. 1United States1
  63. 1Kiribati1
  64. 1Belgium1
  65. 1Mauritius1
  66. 1Sweden1
  67. 1France1
  68. 1Cambodia1
  69. 1Malawi1
  70. 1Czechia1
  71. 1Uzbekistan1
  72. 1Belize1
  73. 1Kyrgyz Republic1
  74. 1Malaysia1
  75. 1Cyprus1
  76. 1Slovenia1
  77. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1
  78. 1Kenya1
  79. 1Greece1
  80. 1Namibia1
  81. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines1
  82. 1Burundi1
  83. 1Slovak Republic1
  84. 1Hong Kong SAR, China1
  85. 1Costa Rica1
  86. 1Kazakhstan1
  87. 1Nigeria1
  88. 1Venezuela, RB1
  89. 1Bolivia1
  90. 1Suriname1
  91. 1Gabon1
  92. 1Japan1
  93. 1Nicaragua1
  94. 1Cabo Verde1
  95. 1United Kingdom1
  96. 1Jordan1
  97. 1Netherlands1
  98. 1Sao Tome and Principe1
  99. 1Viet Nam1
  100. 1Azerbaijan1
  101. 1Norway1
  102. 1Jamaica1
  103. 1Comoros1
  104. 1Brazil1
  105. 1Nepal1
  106. 1Vanuatu1
  107. 1Georgia1
  108. 1Italy1
  109. 1New Zealand1
  110. 1Colombia1
  111. 1Israel1
  112. 1Serbia1
  113. 1Ghana1
  114. 1Barbados1
  115. 1Samoa1
  116. 1Iceland1
  117. 1Austria1
  118. 1Pakistan1
  119. 1Congo, Rep.1
  120. 1Panama1
  121. 1Peru1
  122. 1Guyana1
  123. 1Brunei Darussalam1
  124. 1San Marino1
  125. 1Ireland1
  126. 1Philippines1
  127. 1Palau1
  128. 1El Salvador1
  129. 1South Africa1
  130. 1Australia1
  131. 1Papua New Guinea1
  132. 1Gambia, The1
  133. 1India1
  134. 1Bhutan1
  135. 1Sierra Leone1
  136. 1Poland1
  137. 1Cote d'Ivoire1
  138. 1Zambia1
  139. 1Indonesia1
  140. 1Puerto Rico (US)1
  141. 1Solomon Islands1
  142. 1Guinea-Bissau1
  143. 1Hungary1
  144. 1Portugal1
  145. 1China1
  146. 1Zimbabwe1
  147. 1Botswana1
  148. 1Singapore1
  149. 1Guatemala1
  150. 1Paraguay1
  151. 1Grenada1
  152. 1Chile1
  153. 1Croatia1
  154. 1Senegal1
  155. 1Honduras1
  156. 1Romania1
  157. 1Switzerland1
  158. 1Central African Republic1
  159. 1Saudi Arabia1
  160. 1Canada1
  161. 1Rwanda1
  162. 1Trinidad and Tobago1
  163. 1Luxembourg1
  164. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  165. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  166. 2Guinea0
  167. 2Estonia0
  168. 2Yemen, Rep.0
  169. 2Russian Federation0
  170. 2Libya0
  171. 2Tanzania0
  172. 2Iraq0
  173. 2Mali0
  174. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  175. 2Eritrea0
  176. 2Qatar0
  177. 2Oman0
  178. 2Myanmar0
  179. 2Syrian Arab Republic0
  180. 2Cameroon0
  181. 2Equatorial Guinea0
  182. 2Mauritania0
  183. 2Sudan0
  184. 2West Bank and Gaza0
  185. 2Niger0
  186. 2South Sudan0
  187. 2Haiti0
  188. 2Afghanistan0

There is legislation specifically addressing domestic violence (1=yes; 0=no)