Tier Placements
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