Equal access to financial services for women and men by country
The law prohibits gender discrimination by banks or other financial institutions, and requires equal treatment of women and men in financial transactions, business activities, financial assistance, and access to goods and services.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Angola
Lowest
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
Yemen
Median
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Equal access to financial services for women and men is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Angola; the lowest is 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 (1=yes; 0=no), and the mean is 0.4865 (1=yes; 0=no).
Equal access to financial services for women and men: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Austria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Benin | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bahrain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Djibouti | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Egypt | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | France | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Gabon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Italy | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Laos | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Morocco | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Maldives | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mozambique | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Philippines | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Togo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Argentina | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Armenia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Burundi | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Bahamas | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Belarus | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Belize | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Brazil | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Barbados | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Brunei | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Botswana | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Switzerland | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Chile | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | China | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Cameroon | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Congo | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Colombia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Comoros | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Dominica | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Algeria | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Ecuador | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Eritrea | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Fiji | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Micronesia (country) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Ghana | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Gambia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Grenada | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Guatemala | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Haiti | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Indonesia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | India | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Iran | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Jamaica | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Japan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Kiribati | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Kuwait | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Lebanon | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Liberia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Libya | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Lesotho | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Madagascar | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Mali | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Myanmar | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Mauritania | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Malawi | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Namibia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Niger | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Nigeria | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Norway | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Nepal | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Oman | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Panama | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Palau | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Palestine | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Qatar | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Russia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Sudan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Senegal | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Singapore | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | San Marino | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Somalia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | South Sudan | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Suriname | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Eswatini | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Seychelles | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Syria | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Chad | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Thailand | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | East Timor | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Tonga | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Tunisia | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Turkey | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Tanzania | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Uganda | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Uruguay | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Venezuela | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Samoa | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
| 94 | Yemen | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
The law prohibits gender discrimination by banks or other financial institutions, and requires equal treatment of women and men in financial transactions, business activities, financial assistance, and access to goods and services.