Country rankings
Data Privacy Laws by Country
Data Privacy Laws by Country: compare 194 countries on 5 metrics.
Prevalence of Data Privacy Laws
5 values across 194 entries
Privacy and Data Protection Laws Status
4 values across 194 entries
Electronic Transactions Laws Status
4 values across 194 entries
Consumer Protection Laws Status
4 values across 194 entries
Cybercrime Laws Status
4 values across 194 entries
Data
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194 countries
 Afghanistan | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | At draft stage | No laws | Laws exist |
 Albania | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Algeria | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Andorra | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Angola | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Antigua and Barbuda | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Argentina | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Armenia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Australia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Austria | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Azerbaijan | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Bahamas | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Bahrain | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Bangladesh | Legislation in 3 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Barbados | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Belarus | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws |
 Belgium | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws |
 Belize | Legislation in 3 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Benin | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Bhutan | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Bolivia | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | No laws |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Botswana | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Brazil | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Brunei | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Bulgaria | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Burkina Faso | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Burundi | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | At draft stage | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Cambodia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage |
 Cameroon | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Canada | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Cape Verde | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Central African Republic | No Legislation | No laws | No data | No data | No laws |
 Chad | Legislation in 1 area | Laws exist | No data | No data | No laws |
 Chile | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 China | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Colombia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Comoros | No Legislation | No laws | No laws | No data | No laws |
 Costa Rica | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Croatia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Cuba | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | At draft stage | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Cyprus | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Czechia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Denmark | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Djibouti | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | No laws | No data | Laws exist |
 Dominica | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Dominican Republic | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 DR Congo | Legislation in 1 area | Laws exist | At draft stage | At draft stage | No laws |
 Ecuador | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Egypt | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 El Salvador | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Equatorial Guinea | Legislation in 1 area | Laws exist | No data | No laws | No laws |
 Eritrea | No Legislation | No laws | No data | No data | No laws |
 Estonia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Eswatini | No Legislation | At draft stage | No data | No data | At draft stage |
 Ethiopia | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Fiji | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Finland | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 France | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Gabon | Legislation in 1 area | Laws exist | No data | No laws | No laws |
 Gambia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Georgia | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | At draft stage |
 Germany | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Ghana | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Greece | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Grenada | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Guatemala | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Guinea | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Guinea-Bissau | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Guyana | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist | No laws |
 Haiti | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | Laws exist | No data | No laws |
 Honduras | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Hungary | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Iceland | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 India | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Indonesia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Iran | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Iraq | Legislation in 1 area | At draft stage | Laws exist | No laws | At draft stage |
 Ireland | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Israel | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Italy | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Ivory Coast | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Jamaica | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Japan | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Jordan | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Kazakhstan | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Kenya | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Kiribati | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | No laws | No data | Laws exist |
 Kuwait | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Kyrgyzstan | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Laos | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Latvia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Lebanon | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist |
 Lesotho | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | At draft stage | No data | Laws exist |
 Liberia | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws |
 Libya | No Legislation | No laws | No laws | No laws | No laws |
 Liechtenstein | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Lithuania | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Luxembourg | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Madagascar | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Malawi | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Malaysia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Maldives | No Legislation | At draft stage | At draft stage | No laws | At draft stage |
 Mali | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Malta | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Marshall Islands | No Legislation | No laws | No data | No data | No laws |
 Mauritania | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Mauritius | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Mexico | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Micronesia | No Legislation | No data | No data | No data | No laws |
 Moldova | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Monaco | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Mongolia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Montenegro | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Morocco | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Mozambique | Legislation in 2 areas | No data | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Myanmar | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | At draft stage |
 Namibia | No Legislation | At draft stage | At draft stage | At draft stage | No laws |
 Nauru | No Legislation | No laws | No data | No data | No laws |
 Nepal | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Netherlands | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 New Zealand | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Nicaragua | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Niger | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Nigeria | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 North Korea | Legislation in 2 areas | No data | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 North Macedonia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Norway | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Oman | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Pakistan | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Palau | No Legislation | No data | No data | No data | No laws |
 Panama | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Papua New Guinea | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | At draft stage | No data | Laws exist |
 Paraguay | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Peru | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Philippines | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Poland | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Portugal | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Qatar | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Republic of the Congo | No Legislation | No data | No laws | No data | At draft stage |
 Romania | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Russia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Rwanda | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Saint Lucia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Legislation in 1 area | At draft stage | Laws exist | No data | At draft stage |
 Samoa | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 San Marino | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | No laws |
 Sao Tome and Principe | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | No data | No data | Laws exist |
 Saudi Arabia | Legislation in 2 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | No laws | Laws exist |
 Senegal | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Serbia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Seychelles | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Sierra Leone | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Singapore | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Slovakia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Slovenia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Solomon Islands | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | Laws exist | No data | No laws |
 Somalia | No Legislation | No data | No data | No data | No laws |
 South Africa | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 South Korea | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 South Sudan | Legislation in 1 area | No data | No data | No data | Laws exist |
 Spain | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Sri Lanka | Legislation in 3 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Sudan | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Suriname | Legislation in 1 area | Laws exist | At draft stage | At draft stage | No laws |
 Sweden | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Switzerland | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Syria | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws |
 Tajikistan | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Tanzania | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Thailand | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Timor-Leste | Legislation in 1 area | No laws | No data | No data | Laws exist |
 Togo | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Tonga | Legislation in 2 areas | No data | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Tunisia | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data |
 Turkey | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Turkmenistan | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Tuvalu | No Legislation | No laws | No laws | No data | At draft stage |
 Uganda | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Ukraine | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 United Arab Emirates | Legislation in 3 areas | At draft stage | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 United Kingdom | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 United States | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Uruguay | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Uzbekistan | Legislation in 3 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | Laws exist |
 Vanuatu | Legislation in 2 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | No laws |
 Vatican City | No Legislation | No data | No data | No data | No data |
 Venezuela | Legislation in 3 areas | No laws | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Vietnam | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Yemen | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | No data | At draft stage |
 Zambia | Legislation in 4 areas | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist | Laws exist |
 Zimbabwe | Legislation in 2 areas | Laws exist | At draft stage | No data | Laws exist |
Quick answers
- Where does this data privacy laws by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide - UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development).