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Women can register a business on the same terms as men in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Women can register a business on the same terms as men 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 can register a business on the same terms as men 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

Afghanistan recorded 1 (1=yes; 0=no) for women can register a business on the same terms as men in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, women can register a business on the same terms as men in Afghanistan peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

That places Afghanistan 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

Women can register a business on the same terms as men 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

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  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 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Comoros 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Côte d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Timor-Leste 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Haiti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Hong Kong, China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Iraq 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Jordan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Kuwait 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Libya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Mauritania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Micronesia, Federated States of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Republic of Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Niger 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  144. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  148. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  149. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  150. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  151. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  152. 1 Somalia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  153. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  154. 1 Republic of Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  155. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  156. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  157. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  158. 1 Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  159. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  160. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  162. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  163. 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  164. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  165. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  166. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  167. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  170. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  173. 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  176. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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  178. 1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is women can register a business on the same terms as men in Afghanistan?
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 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 can register a business on the same terms as men recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
What is the lowest women can register a business on the same terms as men recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Afghanistan rank for women can register a business on the same terms as men?
Afghanistan ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women can register a business on the same terms as men 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 can register a business on the same terms as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women can register a business on the same terms as men
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
Last refreshed

Women face no legal restrictions when registering a business, such as needing a husband’s consent or providing extra documents not required of men.