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Legislation on domestic violence in United States

United States: Legislation on domestic violence was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1995
All-time low
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Legislation on domestic violence in United States, 1970–2023

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Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

United States recorded 1 (1=yes; 0=no) for legislation on domestic violence in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, legislation on domestic violence in United States peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

United States ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Legislation on domestic violence in United States, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1972 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1973 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1974 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1975 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1976 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1977 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1978 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1979 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1980 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1981 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1982 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1983 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1984 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1985 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1986 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1987 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1988 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1989 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1990 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1991 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1992 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1993 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1994 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

United States compared with similar countries

  • United States's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 0.5 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near United States

  1. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  2. 1 Algeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  3. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Bahrain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Brunei 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Comoros 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Eswatini 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Jordan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Kuwait 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 Saudi Arabia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  148. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  149. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  150. 1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  151. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  152. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  153. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  154. 1 United Arab Emirates 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  155. 1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  156. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  157. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  158. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  159. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  160. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  161. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  162. 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is legislation on domestic violence in United States?
Legislation on domestic violence in United States was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest legislation on domestic violence recorded in United States?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1995.
What is the lowest legislation on domestic violence recorded in United States?
The lowest recorded value was 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does United States rank for legislation on domestic violence?
United States ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is legislation on domestic violence rising or falling in United States?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this United States data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Legislation on domestic violence. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Legislation on domestic violence
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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The law on domestic violence may punish offenders, provide protection orders for victims, or address harassment that causes physical or mental harm.