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Women can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho

Lesotho: Women can sign a contract on the same terms as men was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ◆ Volatile

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 2006
All-time low
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Women can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho, 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 can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho 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 can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

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

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Women can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1972 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1973 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1974 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1975 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1976 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1977 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1978 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1979 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1980 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1981 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1982 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1983 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1984 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1985 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1986 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1987 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1988 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1989 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1990 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1991 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1992 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1993 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1994 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1995 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1996 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1997 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1998 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1999 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2000 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2001 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2002 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2003 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2004 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2005 0 (1=yes; 0=no) —
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
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%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 0.4 (1=yes; 0=no) 0 (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 Lesotho

  1. 1 Afghanistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  2. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  3. 1 Algeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Bahrain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Brunei 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Comoros 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Haiti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Iran 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Iraq 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Jordan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Kuwait 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Libya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Malaysia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Mauritania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Niger 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Oman 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 Palestine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Qatar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Saudi Arabia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  147. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  148. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  149. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  150. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  151. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  152. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  153. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  154. 1 Somalia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  155. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  156. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  157. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  158. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  159. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  160. 1 Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  161. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  162. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  163. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  164. 1 Syria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  165. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  166. 1 Tanzania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  167. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  168. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  169. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  170. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  171. 1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  172. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  173. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  174. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  175. 1 United Arab Emirates 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  176. 1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  177. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  178. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  179. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  180. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  181. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  182. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  183. 1 Yemen 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  184. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  185. 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho?
Women can sign a contract on the same terms as men in Lesotho 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 sign a contract on the same terms as men recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2006.
What is the lowest women can sign a contract on the same terms as men recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Lesotho rank for women can sign a contract on the same terms as men?
Lesotho ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women can sign a contract on the same terms as men rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Lesotho 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 sign a contract on the same terms as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women can sign a contract 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
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Women can sign contracts on their own, without permission or signatures from a husband or guardian.