A new report from Binghamton University underscores the global neglect of worker rights, ranking countries on their human rights observances and identifying a decline in the protection of labor rights despite economic globalization favoring corporate over worker interests.

Worker rights are among the least protected human rights in the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

The findings are part of a new report published by the CIRIGHTS Data Project, the largest human rights dataset in the world. Since 1981, the project has ranked countries around the world on their respect for human rights, providing an annual “report card” on 25 internationally recognized human rights. The project is co-led by Binghamton University Professor of Political Science David Cingranelli.

According to their latest report, published in Human Rights Quarterly, the five countries with the best overall scores were Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal. The five countries with the lowest overall scores were Iran, Syria, North Korea, China, and Iraq.