Access to justice for women by country

Central estimate whether women have access to justice.

Countries reporting
82
Highest
1
Niger
Lowest
0
Rwanda
Median
1
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,482

What the numbers show

Access to justice for women is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 1 in Niger; the lowest is 0 in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.561.

Access to justice for women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Gambia 1 2025 — volatile
1 Greece 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Croatia 1 2025 — volatile
1 Ireland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Iceland 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Albania 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 Japan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Nigeria 1 2025 — 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 — 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 — volatile
1 Taiwan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Chile 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Costa Rica 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Cyprus 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Australia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 France 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Armenia 1 2025 — volatile
1 Barbados 1 2025 unchanged volatile
47 Bhutan 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Belarus 0 2025 — volatile
47 Bulgaria 0 2025 — volatile
47 Suriname 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Serbia 0 2025 — volatile
47 Sierra Leone 0 2025 — volatile
47 Botswana 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Benin 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Tajikistan 0 2025 — volatile
47 Tunisia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Turkey 0 2025 — volatile
47 Uganda 0 2025 — volatile
47 United States 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 South Africa 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 0 2025 — volatile
47 Argentina 0 2025 — volatile
47 Dominican Republic 0 2025 — volatile
47 United Kingdom 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Hong Kong 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Gabon 0 2025 — volatile
47 Hungary 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Indonesia 0 2025 — volatile
47 Fiji 0 2025 — volatile
47 Israel 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Jamaica 0 2025 — volatile
47 Lesotho 0 2025 — volatile
47 Senegal 0 2025 — volatile
47 Moldova 0 2025 — volatile
47 Malawi 0 2025 — volatile
47 Cape Verde 0 2025 — volatile
47 Canada 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Ghana 0 2025 — volatile
47 Poland 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Portugal 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Romania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
47 Rwanda 0 2025 — volatile

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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
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Central estimate whether women have access to justice.