TIER 1

Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards.

TIER 2

Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.

TIER 2 WATCH LIST

Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards AND:

a) 
The absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing;

b) 
There is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or

c) 
The determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country 
to take additional future steps over the next year.

TIER 3

Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so.

TIER PLACEMENTS

• Afghanistan 2WL
• Albania 2
• Algeria 3
• Angola 2WL
• Antigua & Barbuda 2
• Argentina 2
• Armenia 2
• Aruba 2
• Australia 1
• Austria 1
• Azerbaijan 2WL
• the Bahamas 2WL
• Bahrain 2WL
• Bangladesh 2
• Barbados 2WL
• Belarus 2WL
• Belgium 1
• Belize 2
• Benin 2
• Bolivia 2
• Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
• Botswana 2
• Brazil 2
• Brunei 2
• Bulgaria 2
• Burkina Faso 2
• Burma 2WL
• Burundi 2WL
• Cambodia 2
• Cameroon 2
• Canada 1
• Cape Verde 2
• Central African Rep. 3
• Chad 2WL
• Chile 2
• China (PRC) 2WL
• Colombia 1
• Comoros 2WL
• Congo (DRC) 3
• Congo, Republic of 2WL
• Costa Rica 2
• Cote d’Ivoire 2
• Croatia 1
• Cuba 3
• Curacao 2
• Cyprus 2WL
• Czech Republic 1
• Denmark 1
• Djibouti 2WL
• Dominican Republic 2
• Ecuador 2WL
• Egypt 2
• El Salvador 2
• Equatorial Guinea 3
• Eritrea 3
• Estonia 2
• Ethiopia 2
• Fiji 2
• Finland 1
• France 1
• Gabon 2
• The Gambia 2WL
• Georgia 1
• Germany 1
• Ghana 2
• Greece 2
• Guatemala 2
• Guinea 2
• Guinea-Bissau 2WL
• Guyana 2
• Haiti 2WL
• Honduras 2
• Hong Kong 2
• Hungary 2
• Iceland 1
• India 2
• Indonesia 2
• Iran 3
• Iraq 2WL
• Ireland 1
• Israel 1
• Italy 1
• Jamaica 2WL
• Japan 2
• Jordan 2
• Kazakhstan 2
• Kenya 2WL
• Kiribati 2
• Korea, North 3
• Korea, south 1
• Kosovo 2
• Kuwait 3
• Kyrgyz Republic 2
• Laos 2
• Latvia 2
• Lebanon 2WL
• Lesotho 2
• Liberia 2WL
• Libya 3
• Lithuania 1
• Luxembourg 1
• Macau 2WL
• Macedonia 1
• Madagascar 3
• Malawi 2WL
• Malaysia 2WL
• Maldives 2WL
• Mali 2
• Malta 2
• Marshall Islands 2
• Mauritania 2WL
• Mauritius 1
• Mexico 2
• Micronesia 2WL
• Moldova 2
• Mongolia 2
• Montenegro 2
• Morocco 2
• Mozambique 2
• Namibia 2WL
• Nepal 2
• Netherlands 1
• New Zealand 1
• Nicaragua 1
• Niger 2WL
• Nigeria 2
• Norway 1
• Oman 2
• Pakistan 2
• Palau 2
• Panama 2
• Papua New Guinea 3
• Paraguay 2
• Peru 2
• Philippines 2
• Poland 1
• Portugal 2
• Qatar 2
• Romania 2
• Russia 2WL
• Rwanda 2
• St. Lucia 2
• St. Vincent & The Gren. 2
• Saudi Arabia 3
• Senegal 2WL
• Serbia 2
• Seychelles 2WL
• Sierra Leone 2WL
• Singapore 2
• Slovak Republic 1
• Slovenia 1
• Solomon Islands 2
• South Africa 2
• South Sudan 2WL
• Spain 1
• Sri Lanka 2
• Sudan 3
• Suriname 2WL
• Swaziland 2
• Sweden 1
• Switzerland 2
• Syria 3
• Taiwan 1
• Tajikistan 2
• Tanzania 2
• Thailand 2WL
• Timor-Leste 2
• Togo 2
• Tonga 2
• Trinidad & Tobago 2
• Tunisia 2
• Turkey 2
• Turkmenistan 2WL
• Uganda 2
• Ukraine 2
• United Arab Emirates 2
• United Kingdom 1
• United States of America 1
• Uruguay 2
• Uzbekistan 2WL
• Venezuela 2WL
• Vietnam 2
• Yemen 3
• Zambia 2
• Zimbabwe 3
• Somalia Special Case