Table 1.
States prohibiting all corporal punishment of children, including in the home
| 2020 | Japan |
| 2019 | Georgia, South Africa, France, Republic of Kosovo |
| 2018 | Nepal |
| 2017 | Lithuania |
| 2016 | Mongolia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Slovenia |
| 2015 | Benin, Ireland, Peru |
| 2014 | Andorra, Estonia, Nicaragua, San Marino, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Malta |
| 2013 | Cabo Verde, Honduras, North Macedonia |
| 2011 | South Sudan |
| 2010 | Albania, Congo (Republic of), Kenya, Tunisia, Poland |
| 2008 | Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Costa Rica |
| 2007 | Togo, Spain, Venezuela, Uruguay, Portugal, New Zealand, The Netherlands |
| 2006 | Greece |
| 2005 | Hungary |
| 2004 | Romania, Ukraine |
| 2003 | Iceland |
| 2002 | Turkmenistan |
| 2000 | Germany, Israel, Bulgaria |
| 1999 | Croatia |
| 1998 | Latvia |
| 1997 | Denmark |
| 1994 | Cyprus |
| 1989 | Austria |
| 1987 | Norway |
| 1983 | Finland |
| 1979 | Sweden |
From The Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children.5