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Global gender gap in basic legal rights: Women’s legal rights score (0–100)

Name: Global gender gap in basic legal rights: Women’s legal rights score (0–100)
Creator: World Bank — Women, Business and the Law (WBL)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, gender equality, law, rights, labor, marriage, parenthood, assets, pensions, World Bank

Country-by-country score (0–100) of women’s legal rights across key life areas, based on the World Bank Women, Business and the Law dataset.

Source: World Bank — Women, Business and the Law (WBL)•187 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

83.4points

Median: 85.0points

Countries Covered

187

with available data

Highest

Bulgaria

100.0points

Lowest

Syrian Arab Republic

25.0points

Top 5 Countries

1Bulgaria100.0points

2Myanmar100.0points

3Burundi100.0points

4Belarus100.0points

5Cambodia100.0points

By Region

Oceania100.0points(2 countries)

Europe98.4points(32 countries)

North America94.9points(4 countries)

South America94.6points(7 countries)

Other80.0points(108 countries)

Key Findings

•A large group of countries score 100, indicating full legal equality on the WBL indicators.
•Several countries remain below 60, reflecting substantial legal barriers in multiple domains.
•The lowest scores are concentrated where restrictions persist around mobility, marriage, parenthood, and economic rights.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (26.3points)High (100.0points)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 83.4points)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Other (108)

Africa (9)

Asia (25)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the extent to which a country’s laws treat women and men equally across multiple areas of daily life and economic participation. It is reported as a score from 0 to 100, where 100 indicates legal equality on the indicators covered. It is designed to be comparable across countries and over time.

The score is built from legal indicators spanning domains such as mobility, workplace rights, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship, assets, and pensions. It reflects the law on the books (de jure), not necessarily outcomes in practice (de facto). Many countries have improved scores in recent years through reforms—making the cross-country distribution a useful snapshot of where legal barriers remain most significant.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Bulgaria	100.0points
2	Myanmar	100.0points
3	Burundi	100.0points
4	Belarus	100.0points
5	Cambodia	100.0points
6	Cameroon	100.0points
7	Canada	100.0points
8	Cape Verde	100.0points
9	Cayman Islands	100.0points
10	Central African Republic	100.0points
11	Sri Lanka	100.0points
12	Chad	100.0points
13	Chile	100.0points
14	People's Republic of China	100.0points
15	Costa Rica	100.0points
16	Croatia	100.0points
17	Cuba	100.0points
18	Cyprus	100.0points
19	Czech Republic	100.0points
20	Benin	100.0points
21	Denmark	100.0points
22	Ecuador	100.0points
23	Estonia	100.0points
24	Faroe Islands	100.0points
25	Fiji	100.0points
26	Finland	100.0points
27	France	100.0points
28	Georgia	100.0points
29	State of Palestine	100.0points
30	Germany	100.0points
31	Greece	100.0points
32	Hungary	100.0points
33	Iceland	100.0points
34	Ireland	100.0points
35	Israel	100.0points
36	Italy	100.0points
37	Japan	100.0points
38	South Korea	100.0points
39	Latvia	100.0points
40	Lithuania	100.0points
41	Luxembourg	100.0points
42	Mexico	100.0points
43	Moldova, Republic of	100.0points
44	Montenegro	100.0points
45	Namibia	100.0points
46	Netherlands	100.0points
47	Curaçao	100.0points
48	Aruba	100.0points
49	New Caledonia	100.0points
50	New Zealand	100.0points
51	Norway	100.0points
52	Panama	100.0points
53	Poland	100.0points
54	Portugal	100.0points
55	Romania	100.0points
56	Serbia	100.0points
57	Seychelles	100.0points
58	Singapore	100.0points
59	Slovakia	100.0points
60	Slovenia	100.0points
61	Spain	100.0points
62	Sweden	100.0points
63	Switzerland	100.0points
64	Country 757	100.0points
65	Tunisia	100.0points
66	Ukraine	100.0points
67	The Republic of North Macedonia	100.0points
68	United Kingdom	100.0points
69	United States of America	100.0points
70	Uruguay	100.0points
71	Afghanistan	100.0points
72	Albania	100.0points
73	Algeria	100.0points
74	American Samoa	100.0points
75	Andorra	100.0points
76	Angola	100.0points
77	Argentina	100.0points
78	Australia	100.0points
79	Bahamas	100.0points
80	Bangladesh	100.0points
81	Barbados	100.0points
82	Belgium	100.0points
83	Bermuda	100.0points
84	Brazil	100.0points
85	Belize	100.0points
86	Solomon Islands	100.0points
87	Virgin Islands, British	100.0points
88	Botswana	97.5points
89	Armenia	93.8points
90	Jamaica	87.5points
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86.9points
92	Papua New Guinea	85.6points
93	Republic of The Gambia	85.0points
94	Mauritius	85.0points
95	Suriname	85.0points
96	Trinidad and Tobago	85.0points
97	Türkiye	85.0points
98	Brunei Darussalam	83.8points
99	Colombia	83.1points
100	Comoros	83.1points
101	Bolivia	83.1points
102	United Arab Emirates	82.5points
103	Kyrgyzstan	81.9points
104	Russian Federation	81.9points
105	South Africa	81.9points
106	Vietnam	81.3points
107	Nigeria	80.6points
108	El Salvador	79.4points
109	Guatemala	79.4points
110	Honduras	79.4points
111	Madagascar	79.4points
112	Nicaragua	79.4points
113	Peru	79.4points
114	Thailand	79.4points
115	Turkmenistan	78.8points
116	Kazakhstan	78.1points
117	Mozambique	78.1points
118	Philippines	78.1points
119	Tajikistan	78.1points
120	Malaysia	77.5points
121	Ghana	76.9points
122	Mongolia	76.9points
123	Paraguay	76.9points
124	Uganda	76.9points
125	United Republic of Tanzania	76.9points
126	Djibouti	75.6points
127	Nepal	75.6points
128	Rwanda	75.6points
129	Azerbaijan	75.6points
130	Democratic Republic of the Congo	75.0points
131	Guyana	75.0points
132	Lesotho	75.0points
133	Zimbabwe	75.0points
134	Eritrea	74.4points
135	India	74.4points
136	Malta	74.4points
137	Morocco	73.8points
138	Antigua and Barbuda	73.8points
139	Monaco	72.5points
140	Kenya	71.9points
141	Malawi	71.9points
142	Zambia	71.9points
143	Mauritania	70.6points
144	Guinea-Bissau	70.6points
145	Indonesia	70.0points
146	Vanuatu	70.0points
147	Uzbekistan	70.0points
148	Republic of the Congo	68.8points
149	Cote d'Ivoire	68.1points
150	Lao People's Democratic Republic	68.1points
151	Equatorial Guinea	66.9points
152	Cook Islands	65.0points
153	Dominican Republic	65.0points
154	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	65.0points
155	Senegal	65.0points
156	Jordan	64.4points
157	Togo	64.4points
158	Gabon	63.8points
159	Liberia	63.8points
160	Burkina Faso	63.8points
161	Ethiopia	63.1points
162	Guinea	63.1points
163	Oman	63.1points
164	Timor-Leste	63.1points
165	Saudi Arabia	62.5points
166	Lebanon	61.3points
167	Haiti	60.0points
168	Mali	60.0points
169	Niger	60.0points
170	Kuwait	57.5points
171	Pakistan	56.9points
172	Bahrain	55.6points
173	Qatar	55.0points
174	Sierra Leone	55.0points
175	Austria	47.5points
176	Iraq	46.9points
177	South Sudan	46.3points
178	Libya	45.6points
179	Maldives	45.0points
180	Venezuela	44.4points
181	Somalia	39.4points
182	Egypt	31.9points
183	Islamic Republic of Iran	31.3points
184	Sudan	29.4points
185	Yemen	26.9points
186	Bhutan	26.3points
187	Syrian Arab Republic	25.0points

Showing 187 of 187 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #gender equality #law #rights #labor #marriage #parenthood #assets #pensions #World Bank

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank — Women, Business and the Law (WBL) (2024).

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