Global report 2019: Progress towards ending corporal punishment of children

Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children • Global report 2019
Number of states worldwide prohibiting corporal
punishment of children in law
Fully prohibited
Not fully prohibited
58 141
65
134
Home
Alternative care
64
135
Day care
132
67
Schools
140
59
Penal institutions
167
32
Sentence for crime
Percentage of global child population fully
protected in law from corporal punishment
78%
10%
12%
Fully protected in the home
and all other settings
Fully protected in some
settings outside the home
Not fully protected
in any settings
52
58
2020
34
2016
28
2012
Cumulative number of states
prohibiting all corporal
punishment of children
11
15
2004
2008
1
1979
2
1984
3
1988
4
1992
5
1996
2000
13