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Women, Business and the Law — Overall legal equality score (0–100)

Name: Women, Business and the Law — Overall legal equality score (0–100)
Creator: World Bank
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, women, law, gender equality, legal rights, labor law, economic opportunity, World Bank, WBL

World Bank Women, Business and the Law score (0–100) measuring how laws support women’s economic opportunities across 8 areas, by country (2024).

Source: World Bank•182 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

84.7points

Median: 88.8points

Countries Covered

182

with available data

Highest

Bulgaria

100.0points

Lowest

Afghanistan

26.3points

Top 5 Countries

1Bulgaria100.0points

2Myanmar100.0points

3Burundi100.0points

4Belarus100.0points

5Cambodia100.0points

By Region

South America100.0points(7 countries)

Oceania100.0points(2 countries)

Europe99.3points(32 countries)

North America94.4points(4 countries)

Other83.4points(102 countries)

Key Findings

•Many countries score 100, reflecting full legal parity across the eight measured domains.
•Several countries remain far below 60, indicating substantial legal restrictions affecting women’s economic participation.
•The index pinpoints which legal domains (e.g., Parenthood, Pay, Marriage) drive gaps, helping target reforms.

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: 84.7points)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Other (102)

Africa (9)

Asia (26)

About This Statistic

The Women, Business and the Law (WBL) index is a World Bank dataset that scores countries from 0 to 100 based on whether their laws provide equal economic rights and opportunities for women and men. The score aggregates eight legal domains—Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension—capturing concrete, codified legal provisions rather than outcomes.

A score of 100 indicates legal parity across the measured areas, while lower scores point to specific legal restrictions that can limit women’s participation in the economy (for example, constraints related to employment, property, or parenthood protections). Because it is law-based, the WBL score is especially useful for comparing legal frameworks across countries and tracking reform progress over time.

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	Canada	100.0points
7	Cape Verde	100.0points
8	Cayman Islands	100.0points
9	Central African Republic	100.0points
10	Chad	100.0points
11	Chile	100.0points
12	Taiwan, Province of China	100.0points
13	Colombia	100.0points
14	Costa Rica	100.0points
15	Croatia	100.0points
16	Cuba	100.0points
17	Cyprus	100.0points
18	Czech Republic	100.0points
19	Benin	100.0points
20	Denmark	100.0points
21	Dominican Republic	100.0points
22	Ecuador	100.0points
23	El Salvador	100.0points
24	Estonia	100.0points
25	Finland	100.0points
26	France	100.0points
27	Germany	100.0points
28	Greece	100.0points
29	Guyana	100.0points
30	Honduras	100.0points
31	Hungary	100.0points
32	Iceland	100.0points
33	Ireland	100.0points
34	Italy	100.0points
35	Jamaica	100.0points
36	Japan	100.0points
37	South Korea	100.0points
38	Latvia	100.0points
39	Lithuania	100.0points
40	Luxembourg	100.0points
41	Maldives	100.0points
42	Mauritius	100.0points
43	Mongolia	100.0points
44	Montenegro	100.0points
45	Netherlands	100.0points
46	Vanuatu	100.0points
47	New Zealand	100.0points
48	Norway	100.0points
49	Panama	100.0points
50	Peru	100.0points
51	Poland	100.0points
52	Portugal	100.0points
53	Serbia	100.0points
54	Singapore	100.0points
55	Slovakia	100.0points
56	Slovenia	100.0points
57	Spain	100.0points
58	Suriname	100.0points
59	Sweden	100.0points
60	Switzerland	100.0points
61	Trinidad and Tobago	100.0points
62	The Republic of North Macedonia	100.0points
63	United Kingdom	100.0points
64	United States of America	100.0points
65	Uruguay	100.0points
66	Algeria	100.0points
67	Antigua and Barbuda	100.0points
68	Argentina	100.0points
69	Australia	100.0points
70	Austria	100.0points
71	Bahamas	100.0points
72	Bahrain	100.0points
73	Armenia	100.0points
74	Barbados	100.0points
75	Belgium	100.0points
76	Bermuda	100.0points
77	Bhutan	100.0points
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.0points
79	Botswana	100.0points
80	Brazil	100.0points
81	Belize	100.0points
82	Solomon Islands	100.0points
83	Virgin Islands, British	100.0points
84	Brunei Darussalam	100.0points
85	Malta	94.4points
86	Comoros	88.8points
87	Georgia	88.8points
88	Republic of The Gambia	88.8points
89	Guatemala	88.8points
90	Israel	88.8points
91	Kuwait	88.8points
92	Lesotho	88.8points
93	Mali	88.8points
94	Mexico	88.8points
95	Moldova, Republic of	88.8points
96	Namibia	88.8points
97	Nicaragua	88.8points
98	Paraguay	88.8points
99	Qatar	88.8points
100	Romania	88.8points
101	Russian Federation	88.8points
102	Zimbabwe	88.8points
103	Eswatini	88.8points
104	Tunisia	88.8points
105	Türkiye	88.8points
106	Ukraine	88.8points
107	Zambia	88.8points
108	Albania	88.8points
109	United Arab Emirates	82.5points
110	Republic of the Congo	79.4points
111	Cook Islands	79.4points
112	Fiji	79.4points
113	Gabon	79.4points
114	Kazakhstan	79.4points
115	Kenya	79.4points
116	Lao People's Democratic Republic	79.4points
117	Liberia	79.4points
118	Malawi	79.4points
119	Mauritania	79.4points
120	Mozambique	79.4points
121	Nepal	79.4points
122	Papua New Guinea	79.4points
123	Philippines	79.4points
124	Guinea-Bissau	79.4points
125	Rwanda	79.4points
126	Senegal	79.4points
127	Seychelles	79.4points
128	Sierra Leone	79.4points
129	Somalia	79.4points
130	South Africa	79.4points
131	Thailand	79.4points
132	Togo	79.4points
133	Turkmenistan	79.4points
134	Uganda	79.4points
135	United Republic of Tanzania	79.4points
136	Burkina Faso	79.4points
137	Azerbaijan	79.4points
138	Bolivia	79.4points
139	Andorra	76.3points
140	People's Republic of China	74.4points
141	Ghana	74.4points
142	India	74.4points
143	Kyrgyzstan	73.8points
144	Democratic Republic of the Congo	73.1points
145	Morocco	73.1points
146	Nigeria	73.1points
147	Vietnam	73.1points
148	Venezuela	73.1points
149	Uzbekistan	70.6points
150	Malaysia	70.0points
151	Bangladesh	69.4points
152	Indonesia	64.4points
153	Sri Lanka	60.6points
154	Equatorial Guinea	60.6points
155	Guinea	60.6points
156	Cote d'Ivoire	60.6points
157	Madagascar	60.6points
158	New Caledonia	60.6points
159	Niger	60.6points
160	Jordan	60.0points
161	North Korea	57.5points
162	Ethiopia	55.6points
163	Tajikistan	55.6points
164	Libya	55.0points
165	Pakistan	55.0points
166	Egypt	55.0points
167	Cameroon	53.8points
168	Iraq	53.8points
169	Haiti	53.1points
170	Angola	53.1points
171	Oman	50.0points
172	South Sudan	46.9points
173	Syrian Arab Republic	45.0points
174	Timor-Leste	44.4points
175	Saudi Arabia	43.8points
176	Lebanon	39.4points
177	Eritrea	32.5points
178	Islamic Republic of Iran	31.3points
179	Sudan	31.3points
180	Djibouti	26.9points
181	Yemen	26.9points
182	Afghanistan	26.3points

Showing 182 of 182 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #women #law #gender equality #legal rights #labor law #economic opportunity #World Bank #WBL

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank (2024).

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