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Women have full legal rights to decide where to live by country

The law does not restrict women’s choice of residence or give husbands more power in deciding where the family lives.

Countries reporting
156
Highest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Angola
Lowest
0 (1=yes; 0=no)
Saudi Arabia
Median
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152

What the numbers show

Women have full legal rights to decide where to live is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Angola; the lowest is 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), and the mean is 0.9872 (1=yes; 0=no).

Women have full legal rights to decide where to live: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Bangladesh 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Djibouti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Algeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Egypt 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Gambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Indonesia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Lebanon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Libya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Maldives 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Pakistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Slovak Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Eswatini 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged rising
1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tanzania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile
1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged volatile
155 Nepal 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 down 100.0% falling
155 Saudi Arabia 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Women have full legal rights to decide where to live
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 does not restrict women’s choice of residence or give husbands more power in deciding where the family lives.