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Women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Women and men have the same rights to own property was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
All-time low
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan, 1970–2023

00.20.40.60.81197019962023

Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

The most recent figure for women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

Afghanistan ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1972 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1973 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1974 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1975 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1976 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1977 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1978 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1979 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1980 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1981 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1982 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1983 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1984 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1985 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1986 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1987 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1988 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1989 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1990 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1991 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1992 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1993 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1994 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  3. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Bahrain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Brunei Darussalam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Comoros 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Timor-Leste 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Eswatini 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Iraq 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Jordan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Kuwait 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Libya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Oman 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Palestine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Qatar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Saudi Arabia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Somalia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  148. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  149. 1 Syria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  150. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  151. 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  152. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  153. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  154. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  155. 1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  156. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  157. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  158. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  159. 1 United Arab Emirates 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  160. 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  161. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  162. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  163. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  164. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  165. 1 Viet Nam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  166. 1 Yemen 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  167. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  168. 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan?
Women and men have the same rights to own property in Afghanistan was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women and men have the same rights to own property recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
What is the lowest women and men have the same rights to own property recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Afghanistan rank for women and men have the same rights to own property?
Afghanistan ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women and men have the same rights to own property rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women and men have the same rights to own property. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women and men have the same rights to own property
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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The law gives women and men the same rights to own and manage property, without granting husbands special control over marital property.