Women business and the law index by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
100
Belgium
Lowest
26.25
Palestine, State of
Median
80.94
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Women business and the law index is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in Belgium; the lowest is 26.25 in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.94, and the mean is 77.71.
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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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 | Côte 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, China | 91.88 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 37 | Rwanda | 91.88 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 40 | Albania | 91.25 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 91.25 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 40 | United States of America | 91.25 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 90.62 | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 90.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Republic of Moldova | 90.62 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 43 | Mongolia | 90.62 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 43 | Romania | 90.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 89.38 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 89.38 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 50 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 88.75 | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 50 | Mexico | 88.75 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | El Salvador | 88.75 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 88.75 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 54 | Switzerland | 88.12 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 54 | Georgia | 88.12 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 54 | Republic of Korea | 88.12 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 88.12 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 88.12 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 59 | Slovakia | 87.5 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Guyana | 86.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 86.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 86.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 86.25 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 86.25 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 62 | Timor-Leste | 86.25 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 85.62 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 67 | Brazil | 85 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 85 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 67 | Montenegro | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 67 | San Marino | 85 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 85 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 67 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 85 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 84.38 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 76 | Benin | 83.75 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 83.75 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 83.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 83.75 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 76 | Uganda | 83.75 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 83.12 | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 82.5 | 2023 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 82.5 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 82 | Belize | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 82 | Fiji | 82.5 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 82 | Mozambique | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 82 | Singapore | 82.5 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 82 | Türkiye | 82.5 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 82.5 | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 90 | Bahamas | 81.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Cambodia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 90 | Liberia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 90 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 81.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Zambia | 81.25 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 80.62 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 95 | Israel | 80.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 80.62 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 95 | Nepal | 80.62 | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 99 | Barbados | 80 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 80 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 80 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 99 | Malawi | 80 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 99 | Namibia | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | Angola | 79.38 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 104 | Argentina | 79.38 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 79.38 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 107 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 78.75 | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 78.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Philippines | 78.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 78.75 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 111 | China | 78.12 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 111 | Thailand | 78.12 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 77.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Suriname | 76.88 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 116 | Burundi | 76.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 116 | Kiribati | 76.25 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 116 | Seychelles | 76.25 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | Belarus | 75.62 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 75.62 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 75.62 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 122 | Bhutan | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Ghana | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Honduras | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | 75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | India | 74.38 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 127 | Jamaica | 74.38 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea | 73.75 | 2023 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 129 | Guatemala | 73.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Maldives | 73.75 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 132 | Russian Federation | 73.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Senegal | 72.5 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 134 | Djibouti | 71.25 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | 71.25 | 2023 | up 142.6% | rising |
| 137 | Indonesia | 70.62 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 138 | Eritrea | 69.38 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Gambia | 69.38 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 138 | Madagascar | 69.38 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68.75 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 142 | Bahrain | 68.12 | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | South Sudan | 67.5 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 66.25 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Chad | 66.25 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 65.62 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 65.62 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 149 | Comoros | 65 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 150 | Tunisia | 64.38 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 151 | Botswana | 63.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 63.75 | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 153 | Dominica | 62.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 61.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 154 | Haiti | 61.25 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 156 | Malaysia | 60.62 | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 157 | Cameroon | 60 | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 60 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 159 | Jordan | 59.38 | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 160 | Lebanon | 58.75 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 160 | Myanmar | 58.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Pakistan | 58.75 | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 160 | Tonga | 58.75 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 164 | Congo | 58.12 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.12 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 166 | Algeria | 57.5 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 56.88 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 168 | Palau | 56.25 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 55.62 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Niger | 53.75 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Brunei Darussalam | 53.12 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.88 | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 173 | Egypt | 50.62 | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 174 | Libya | 50 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 49.38 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Iraq | 48.12 | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 176 | Mauritania | 48.12 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 46.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Oman | 46.25 | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 179 | Eswatini | 46.25 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 181 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 182 | Kuwait | 38.12 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 183 | Qatar | 35.62 | 2023 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 184 | Sudan | 32.5 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 31.88 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 186 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31.25 | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 187 | Yemen | 26.88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Palestine, State of | 26.25 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |