In France in 2018, the source had asked French women to which degree they had experienced sexual harassment at their place of work. Thus, from the 92 percent of women who had worked during their lifetime, 78 percent had said that they had never been harassed at work. Less than five percent expressed that they had experienced this kind of situation. About 20 percent had experienced sexual harassment only once.

According to a survey from 2019, Danish women were by far most likely to experience sexual harassment at their workplace compared to Danish men. Regardless of age, 20 percent of women and six percent of men in Denmark had suffered from sexual harassment at least once in their work life. Nearly one in four women between 25 and 44 years of age had been victims of unwanted sexual attention.

This statistic represents the most common forms of sexual harassment suffered by women at their workplace in France in 2018. It can be seen that 8 percent of the women surveyed have already been pressured to engage in an act of a sexual nature, such as sexual intercourse in exchange for hiring or a promotion.

According to a survey among 455 women who had experienced sexual harassment at work in Taiwan, around 63.5 percent of respondents said they have been physically harassed. Meanwhile, nearly 61 percent of respondents said they had been harassed verbally.

This statistic shows the share of Americans who stated they had been sexually harassed in their workplace in the United States, by gender, as of July 2016. In July 2016, 29 percent of women said they had personally been sexually harassed at work in the past.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 2017 on sexual harassment in the workplace. The respondents were asked if they think that people in the workplace are too sensitive or not sensitive enough towards the problem of sexual harassment. The results were then sorted by gender. During the survey, 63 percent of surveyed women stated they think that people in the workplace are not sensitive enough to sexual harassment, while 54 percent of surveyed men stated the same.

In 2021, 68.2 percent of female respondents aged between 18 and 29 in Finland reported experiencing sexual harassment at work, marking the highest rate among European countries. In contrast, Latvia had the lowest reported rate, with only 15.5 percent of women in the same age group indicating they had faced sexual harassment in the workplace.

In 2020, female founders experienced significantly more sexist and sexual harassment in the workplace than male founders globally. For instance, there is a significant difference between the proportion of men and women who experienced harassment of a sexist or sexual nature with three quarters of female founders reporting having experienced sexism in the workplace, while only 24 percent of men reported having experienced this. Similarly, 41 percent of women reported having experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, while this was the case for only 12 percent of men. No male founders reported ever having experienced stalking, while 11 percent of female founders in tech have experienced this.

Overall, a larger proportion of men experienced harassment in the form of physical assault, homophobia, physical abilities, and transphobia. For instance, homophobia was twice as prevalent for men when compared with their female counterparts. While only nine percent of women reported having experienced workplace harassment based on their religious affiliation, 24 percent of men reportedly experienced this.

During this 2017 survey, 42 percent of surveyed women stated they have experienced sexual harassment, while 11 percent of surveyed men stated the same. In total, about 27 percent of American adults stated they have been sexually harassed before.

Increasing awareness in the U.S.

Sexual harassment is, of course, illegal but notoriously underreported. The discrepancy between perceived figures of cases and actual ones is severe, and in fact the actual number of cases of sexual harassment is at least twice as high as the average guesses, regardless of the country the survey was conducted in. However, in the United States, only a third of men and just as many women are really concerned about sexual harassment of women.

metoo sheds some light on dark figures

When the #metoo movement started in 2017, many women and men came forward and shared their experiences, and the number of reported cases of rape increased significantly. Public support for this movement is high in the United States, especially among the younger generations. Still, the United States have a long way to go, with harassment and discrimination based on gender and sexual harassment in the workplace still being a problem that needs to be addressed more thoroughly.

This statistic illustrates the share of women victims who have been exposed to at least one situation of sexual harassment at work in the past 12 months, in selected European countries in 2019. According to the data, 31 percent of female respondents in Spain stated that they have been exposed to sexual harassment at work in the past 12 months, the highest share of women victims when compared with other European countries. The lowest share of women who reported to have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past 12 months was in the United Kingdom, at 17 percent.

According to a survey conducted in 2019, 13 percent of women in the United Kingdom have been exposed to visual and verbal harassment at work such as to whistling, rude gestures or comments. In this year, another common type of sexual harassment at work in the United Kingdom was reported by women who were exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation at work.

The statistic shows the percentage of U.S. population who knows a victim of workplace sexual harassment, assault, or rape. In 2014, 18 percent of participants stated that they know a victim in the workplace.

As of November 2020, 18 percent of the respondents that were sexually harassed at work have received crude and distressing remarks, while another 18 percent received unwelcome pictures. About one in three were harassed by their higher-ups, and of those, only one in three victims reported the harassment to their boss or their human resources department. Approximately 40 percent of the reported cases lead to the perpetrator being reassigned or fired. Nevertheless, in roughly 20 percent of the cases, the offender faced no consequences despite having evidence.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 1998 and in 2017 on sexual harassment. The respondents were asked if, in light of the number of women facing sexual harassment at the workplace, they think that sexual harassment was a major problem or a minor problem. During the survey in 1998, 50 percent of respondents stated they think that sexual harassment is a major problem. In 2017, 69 percent of respondents stated the same.

This statistic shows the working relationship between the victims and perpetrators of workplace sexual harassment in Canada as of December 2017. A total of 53 percent of respondents said that the person who had sexually harassed them at work was senior to them, whilst seven percent of respondents had been sexually harassed by someone who was junior to them.

This statistic shows the leading reasons why adults in Canada did not report sexual harassment in the workplace to management or human resources as of December 2017. The findings reveal that 35 percent of respondents felt that there would be repercussions against them if they had complained to management or HR, and 26 percent of adult Canadians stayed silent about workplace sexual harassment because they did not think their employer would act upon their complaint.

According to a survey conducted in 2022, 70 percent of Americans said that, compared to five years ago, those who commit sexual harassment in the workplace are now more likely to be held responsible while 62 percent said that those who report experiencing sexual harassment or assault in the workplace are more likely to be believed.

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in 2017 on sexual harassment. The respondents were asked if they think that, in light of the number of women facing sexual harassment at the workplace, sexual harassment was a major problem or a minor problem. The results were then sorted by gender. During the survey, 73 percent of surveyed women stated they think that sexual harassment is a major problem, while 66 percent of surveyed men stated the same.

This statistic depicts the share of employees experiencing workplace sexual harassment in the past five years in Australia in 2018, by industry. As of that date, around 81 percent of people employed in the information, media and telecommunications industry in Australia stated they experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years.

According to a survey of women in Europe, 46 percent of women said that they have been exposed to whistling, rude gestures, comments or suggestive looks in the workplace, while almost a quarter of them have been exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation.