Women, Business and the Law

Every edition in one file, one row per country per edition: women-business-law-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

WBL Index (0–100)is built fromMobilityWorkplacePayMarriageParenthoodEntrepreneurshipAssetsPension

Every column in the newest file of Women, Business and the Law: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2026	Distinct	Empty	Spread
EconomycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	190	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	190	0
WBL Index (0–100)wbl_scoreHeadline	The headline figure: WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity).	Number · up to 3 decimals	3.1Afghanistan100.014 share itmiddle 81.3	74	0
MobilitymobilityPart of the headline	Laws on women's freedom of movement, 0–100, where 100 means women have the same legal rights as men.	Number · whole numbers	02 share it100137 share itmiddle 100	5	0
WorkplaceworkplacePart of the headline	Laws affecting women's decisions to work, 0–100, where 100 means legal parity with men.	Number · whole numbers	04 share it100124 share itmiddle 100	5	0
PaypayPart of the headline	Laws and regulations affecting women's pay, 0–100, where 100 means legal parity with men.	Number · whole numbers	06 share it10078 share itmiddle 75	5	0
MarriagemarriagePart of the headline	Legal constraints related to marriage, 0–100, where 100 means women and men are treated equally.	Number · whole numbers	06 share it100107 share itmiddle 100	6	0
ParenthoodparenthoodPart of the headline	Laws affecting women's work after having children, 0–100, where 100 means legal parity with men.	Number · whole numbers	016 share it10037 share itmiddle 60	6	0
EntrepreneurshipentrepreneurshipPart of the headline	Legal constraints on women starting and running a business, 0–100, where 100 means legal parity with men.	Number · whole numbers	03 share it10098 share itmiddle 100	5	0
AssetsassetsPart of the headline	Gender differences in property and inheritance law, 0–100, where 100 means women and men hold equal rights.	Number · whole numbers	05 share it100118 share itmiddle 100	6	0
PensionpensionPart of the headline	Laws affecting the size of a woman's pension, 0–100, where 100 means legal parity with men.	Number · whole numbers	2522 share it10075 share itmiddle 75	4	0
RegionregionGrouping	World Bank Group’s own grouping of the country.	Text	—	7	0
Income Groupincome_groupGrouping	World Bank Group’s own grouping of the country.	Text	—	5	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

The newest 12 of 55 editions.

The same 190 countries in every edition.

Not in this dataset · 35 places this site covers

World Bank Group gives no figure for these in any edition held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

American SamoaAndorraAnguillaArubaBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsChannel IslandsCook IslandsCubaCuraçaoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGibraltarGreenlandGuamIsle of ManLiechtensteinMacauMonacoMontserratNauruNew CaledoniaNiueNorth KoreaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsSaint MartinSint MaartenSomalilandTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

1. 1 · Publisher

   World Bank Group

   wbl.worldbank.org

2. 2 · Their file

   Women, Business and the Law 2026

   2026-02-26-WBL-2026-1-0-Scores-Values_F.xlsx

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 29, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   55 files, one per edition

   Each downloads as a CSV, or every edition together as women-business-law-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/women-business-lawA key for Gender & Equality in the Country Index.

From the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law dataset. All eight legal areas are stored alongside the headline index, which is simply their mean.