Sex workers
This information comes from our annual survey of human rights experts, which is not yet available in every country.
Human rights experts said that Sex workers were at extra risk of violations of at least some of the 14 rights we measure in the following countries.
Americas
Brazil
8 out of 14 rights
Mexico
10 out of 14 rights
United States
9 out of 14 rights
Venezuela
7 out of 14 rights
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola
10 out of 14 rights
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 out of 14 rights
Kenya
8 out of 14 rights
Liberia
9 out of 14 rights
Mozambique
9 out of 14 rights
Nigeria
12 out of 14 rights
Eswatini
12 out of 14 rights
Zimbabwe
9 out of 14 rights
Europe and Central Asia
United Kingdom
10 out of 14 rights
Kazakhstan
1 out of 14 rights
Kyrgyzstan
11 out of 14 rights
Uzbekistan
8 out of 14 rights
South Asia
Bangladesh
12 out of 14 rights
India
12 out of 14 rights
Sri Lanka
11 out of 14 rights
Maldives
13 out of 14 rights
Nepal
11 out of 14 rights
East Asia and Pacific
Australia
5 out of 14 rights
China
14 out of 14 rights
Fiji
12 out of 14 rights
Hong Kong
5 out of 14 rights
Indonesia
12 out of 14 rights
South Korea
10 out of 14 rights
Malaysia
7 out of 14 rights
New Zealand
6 out of 14 rights
Papua New Guinea
12 out of 14 rights
Singapore
10 out of 14 rights
Thailand
12 out of 14 rights
Taiwan
9 out of 14 rights
Vietnam
12 out of 14 rights