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