Access to justice for women by country

Central estimate whether women have access to justice.

Countries reporting
175
Highest
1
Albania
Lowest
0
Vatican
Median
0
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,482

What the numbers show

Access to justice for women is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 1 in Albania; the lowest is 0 in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.2629.

Access to justice for women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Armenia 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Australia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Barbados 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Chile 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Cyprus 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Czechia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 France 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Gambia 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Greece 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Croatia 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Ireland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Iceland 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Japan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 South Korea 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Luxembourg 1 2025 unchanged falling
1 Latvia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Morocco 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Malta 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritius 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Niger 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Nigeria 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Netherlands 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Norway 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Singapore 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Solomon Islands 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Slovakia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Slovenia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Seychelles 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Vanuatu 1 2025 β€” volatile
1 Taiwan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
47 Afghanistan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Angola 0 2025 β€” flat
47 United Arab Emirates 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Argentina 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Azerbaijan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Burundi 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Benin 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Burkina Faso 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Bangladesh 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Bulgaria 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Bahrain 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Belarus 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Bolivia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Brazil 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Bhutan 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Botswana 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Central African Republic 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Canada 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 China 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Cameroon 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Congo 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Colombia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Comoros 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Cape Verde 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Cuba 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Dominican Republic 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Algeria 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Ecuador 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Egypt 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Eritrea 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Ethiopia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Fiji 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Gabon 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 United Kingdom 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Georgia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Ghana 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Guinea 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Guinea-Bissau 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Equatorial Guinea 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Guatemala 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Guyana 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Hong Kong 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Honduras 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Haiti 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Hungary 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Indonesia 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 India 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Iran 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Iraq 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Israel 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Jamaica 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Jordan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Kazakhstan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Kenya 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Kyrgyzstan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Cambodia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Kuwait 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Laos 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Lebanon 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Liberia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Libya 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Sri Lanka 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Lesotho 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Moldova 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Madagascar 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Maldives 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Mexico 0 2025 β€” flat
47 North Macedonia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Mali 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Myanmar 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Montenegro 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Mongolia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Mozambique 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Mauritania 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Malawi 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Malaysia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Namibia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Nicaragua 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Nepal 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Oman 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Pakistan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Panama 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Peru 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Philippines 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Papua New Guinea 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Poland 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 North Korea 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Portugal 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Paraguay 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Palestine 0 1948 β€” flat
47 Qatar 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Romania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Russia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Rwanda 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Saudi Arabia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Sudan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Senegal 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Sierra Leone 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 El Salvador 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Somalia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Serbia 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 South Sudan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Suriname 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Eswatini 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Syria 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Chad 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Togo 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Thailand 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Tajikistan 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Turkmenistan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 East Timor 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Tunisia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Turkey 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Tanzania 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Uganda 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Ukraine 0 2025 β€” flat
47 United States 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Uzbekistan 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Venezuela 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Vietnam 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Yemen 0 2025 β€” flat
47 South Africa 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Zambia 0 2025 β€” flat
47 Zimbabwe 0 2025 β€” volatile
47 Vatican 0 1870 β€” flat

About this data

Indicator
Access to justice for women
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,482 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate whether women have access to justice.