Animal testing in the cosmetics industry facts and statistics:
- in 1998, The UK became the first country to ban animal testing for cosmetic products and their ingredients
- today animal testing is banned in 44 countries
- the latest country to ban testing cosmetics and household products on animals is Columbia
- select states in the US and Brazil banned animal testing, but on a federal level, animal testing remains legal in both countries
- United Statues: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey and Virginia
- Brazil: Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina and Federal District
Today animal testing regulations vary vastly from country to country and from continent to continent.
| wdt_ID | Country | Continent | Animal Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Algeria | Africa | Permitted |
| 3 | Angola | Africa | Permitted |
| 4 | Benin | Africa | Permitted |
| 5 | Botswana | Africa | Permitted |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | Africa | Permitted |
| 7 | Burundi | Africa | Permitted |
| 8 | Cameroon | Africa | Permitted |
| 9 | Cape Verde | Africa | Permitted |
| 10 | Central African Republic | Africa | Permitted |
| 11 | Chad | Africa | Permitted |
| 12 | Comoros | Africa | Permitted |
| 13 | Congo (Kinshasa) | Africa | Permitted |
| 14 | Comoros | Africa | Permitted |
| 15 | Congo (Brazzaville) | Africa | Permitted |
| 17 | Djibouti | Africa | Permitted |
| 18 | Egypt | Africa | Permitted |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | Africa | Permitted |
| 20 | Eritrea | Africa | Permitted |
| 21 | Eswatini | Africa | Permitted |
| 22 | Ethiopia | Africa | Permitted |
| 23 | Gabon | Africa | Permitted |
| 24 | Gambia | Africa | Permitted |
| 25 | Ghana | Africa | Permitted |
| 26 | Guinea | Africa | Permitted |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | Permitted |
| 28 | Ivory Coast | Africa | Permitted |
| 29 | Kenya | Africa | Permitted |
| 30 | Lesotho | Africa | Permitted |
| 31 | Liberia | Africa | Permitted |
| 32 | Libya | Africa | Permitted |
| 33 | Madagascar | Africa | Permitted |
| 34 | Malawi | Africa | Permitted |
| 35 | Mali | Africa | Permitted |
| 36 | Mauritania | Africa | Permitted |
| 37 | Mauritius | Africa | Permitted |
| 38 | Morocco | Africa | Permitted |
| 39 | Mozambique | Africa | Permitted |
| 40 | Namibia | Africa | Permitted |
| 41 | Niger | Africa | Permitted |
| 42 | Nigeria | Africa | Permitted |
| 43 | Rwanda | Africa | Permitted |
| 44 | Sao Tome and Principe | Africa | Permitted |
| 45 | Senegal | Africa | Permitted |
| 46 | Seychelles | Africa | Permitted |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | Africa | Permitted |
| 48 | Somalia | Africa | Permitted |
| 49 | South Africa | Africa | Permitted |
| 50 | South Sudan | Africa | Permitted |
| 51 | Sudan | Africa | Permitted |
| 52 | Tanzania | Africa | Permitted |