Women Business and the Law Index (WBL) by country
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100
Belgium
Lowest
26.88
Yemen
Median
81.25
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Belgium; the lowest is 26.88 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.25, and the mean is 78.06.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 207.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 7.3%).
Women Business and the Law Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 100 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Greece | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Ireland | 100 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Latvia | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 97.5 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 97.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 97.5 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 97.5 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 97.5 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Togo | 97.5 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 96.88 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 96.88 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 96.88 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 21 | Norway | 96.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Slovenia | 96.88 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 95 | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 26 | Gabon | 95 | 2023 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 95 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 94.38 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 93.75 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 93.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 93.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 93.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 93.75 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 93.75 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 92.5 | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 91.88 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 37 | Hong Kong | 91.88 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 37 | Rwanda | 91.88 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kosovo | 91.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 91.25 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 91.25 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 41 | United States | 91.25 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 90.62 | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 90.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Moldova | 90.62 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 90.62 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 90.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Ecuador | 89.38 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritius | 89.38 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bolivia | 88.75 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 51 | Mexico | 88.75 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 88.75 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 88.75 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 88.12 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 88.12 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 55 | South Korea | 88.12 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 55 | Vietnam | 88.12 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 55 | South Africa | 88.12 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 87.5 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 61 | Guyana | 86.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 86.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 86.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 86.25 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 86.25 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 63 | East Timor | 86.25 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 67 | Laos | 85.62 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 85 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 85 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 68 | Montenegro | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 68 | San Marino | 85 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 68 | Venezuela | 85 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 84.38 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 83.75 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 83.75 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 83.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Puerto Rico | 83.75 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | Uganda | 83.75 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 83.12 | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 82.5 | 2023 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 82.5 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Belize | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 83 | Fiji | 82.5 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 83 | Mozambique | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 83 | Singapore | 82.5 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 83 | Turkey | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 82.5 | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 91 | Bahamas | 81.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Cambodia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 91 | Liberia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 91 | Tanzania | 81.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Zambia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 96 | Grenada | 80.62 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 80.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Lesotho | 80.62 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 96 | Nepal | 80.62 | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 100 | Barbados | 80 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 100 | Chile | 80 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 100 | Ethiopia | 80 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 100 | Malawi | 80 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 105 | Angola | 79.38 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 105 | Argentina | 79.38 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 105 | Panama | 79.38 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 108 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 78.75 | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 108 | Japan | 78.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 78.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 78.75 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | China | 78.12 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 112 | Thailand | 78.12 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 77.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Suriname | 76.88 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 117 | Burundi | 76.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 117 | Kiribati | 76.25 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 117 | Seychelles | 76.25 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 120 | Belarus | 75.62 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 75.62 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 120 | Morocco | 75.62 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 123 | Bhutan | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Honduras | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | India | 74.38 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 74.38 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea | 73.75 | 2023 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 130 | Guatemala | 73.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Maldives | 73.75 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 133 | Russia | 73.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Senegal | 72.5 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 135 | Djibouti | 71.25 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 71.25 | 2023 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 138 | Indonesia | 70.62 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 139 | Eritrea | 69.38 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Gambia | 69.38 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar | 69.38 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68.75 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 143 | Bahrain | 68.12 | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | South Sudan | 67.5 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 146 | Nigeria | 66.25 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 146 | Chad | 66.25 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 65.62 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 148 | Marshall Islands | 65.62 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 65 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 151 | Tunisia | 64.38 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 152 | Botswana | 63.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Mali | 63.75 | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 154 | Dominica | 62.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Micronesia (country) | 61.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 155 | Haiti | 61.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 157 | Malaysia | 60.62 | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 158 | Cameroon | 60 | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 60 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 160 | Jordan | 59.38 | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 161 | Lebanon | 58.75 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 161 | Myanmar | 58.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 58.75 | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 161 | Tonga | 58.75 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 165 | Congo | 58.12 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.12 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Algeria | 57.5 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 56.88 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 169 | Palau | 56.25 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 55.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Niger | 53.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Brunei | 53.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.88 | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 174 | Egypt | 50.62 | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 175 | Libya | 50 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 49.38 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Iraq | 48.12 | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritania | 48.12 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 179 | Somalia | 46.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Oman | 46.25 | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 180 | Eswatini | 46.25 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 182 | Syria | 40 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 183 | Kuwait | 38.12 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 184 | Qatar | 35.62 | 2023 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 185 | Sudan | 32.5 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 31.88 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 187 | Iran | 31.25 | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 188 | Yemen | 26.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
About this data
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.