Edition 1985

Women, Business and the Law 1985

Name: Women, Business and the Law 1985
Creator: World Bank Group
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Women, Business and the Law 1985 covers 190 countries on 9 measures. United States is highest, at 81.3; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 17.5. The middle country reads 52.5. Against the 1984 edition, 16 values changed (16 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women, Business and the Law · Edition 1985

HighestUnited States

81.3

Lowest2 countries share it

17.5

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

190countries
9measures per country
1984the year it describes
72distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	United States`USA`Northern America	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.6	100	50	75	80	40	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.0	100	50	100	60	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.4	100	50	75	80	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.0	100	75	75	80	20	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.0	100	50	100	80	20	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.0	100	50	75	80	20	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.4	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	73.8	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.1	100	25	50	80	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=11	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72.5	100	50	75	60	20	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.5	100	50	75	80	0	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	71.9	100	25	75	80	20	75	100	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.9	75	50	100	60	60	75	80	75	High income: OECD	High income
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.9	100	50	50	80	20	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.3	100	25	75	80	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	71.3	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.6	100	50	50	80	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.1	75	25	50	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	67.5	100	25	50	80	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=20	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	67.5	100	25	75	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.5	100	25	75	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	66.9	100	25	50	80	80	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	66.3	100	25	50	80	20	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	65.6	100	50	25	60	80	75	60	75	High income: OECD	High income
=25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	65.6	100	25	50	60	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=25	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	65.6	75	25	50	80	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.6	100	50	25	60	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65.6	75	25	75	60	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.0	100	25	25	80	40	75	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.0	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.0	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64.4	100	25	25	80	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.4	100	25	50	80	60	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
35	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=36	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.1	75	25	50	80	20	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63.1	100	50	25	60	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.1	75	25	50	80	20	75	80	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.1	75	25	75	80	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.5	100	25	50	60	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	61.9	100	25	50	80	40	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=41	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61.9	100	25	50	80	40	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	61.3	75	50	75	60	0	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=43	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.3	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	61.3	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	61.3	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.3	100	25	75	40	20	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.3	100	25	25	80	60	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.3	100	25	75	80	0	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.6	100	25	75	60	0	75	100	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=50	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.6	50	25	75	60	20	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.6	100	25	50	60	0	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=50	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60.6	50	25	75	20	60	75	80	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=50	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.6	75	25	75	60	0	50	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.6	75	25	50	60	0	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=56	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	60.0	75	25	50	80	0	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.0	100	25	25	40	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.0	100	25	50	60	20	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Not classified
=59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.4	100	25	75	80	20	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=59	Colombia`COL`South America	59.4	100	25	25	60	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	58.8	100	25	75	60	0	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.8	50	50	100	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	58.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.8	100	25	0	80	40	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.1	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.1	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.1	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.5	75	50	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	57.5	75	25	50	80	0	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.9	100	25	25	80	0	75	100	50	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.6	100	25	50	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.6	75	25	75	20	20	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=76	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.6	100	25	0	80	40	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.0	100	25	75	60	0	75	80	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=79	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	High income: OECD	High income
=79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	High income: OECD	High income
=79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=79	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	55.0	100	25	25	60	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.4	50	25	50	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	54.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.4	100	25	25	80	20	75	60	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.8	100	0	25	60	20	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=89	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=89	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.8	75	25	50	80	20	75	80	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=89	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.8	100	25	25	80	0	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	53.1	100	25	25	20	40	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.5	75	25	75	20	20	75	80	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=95	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52.5	100	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	52.5	50	25	75	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.5	100	25	75	60	0	75	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=99	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	51.9	100	25	50	60	0	75	80	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.9	75	25	75	20	20	75	100	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=99	Honduras`HND`Central America	51.9	75	25	50	20	20	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.9	100	25	25	80	0	50	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=99	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.9	75	25	25	40	60	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.9	100	25	50	40	0	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.3	75	25	0	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51.3	75	25	25	60	20	75	80	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.3	75	0	25	40	40	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=108	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	50.6	75	75	75	20	0	75	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=108	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.6	75	75	75	20	0	75	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.6	75	25	75	40	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	50.6	100	25	0	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.0	75	25	50	20	20	75	60	75	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=112	Peru`PER`South America	50.0	75	0	75	40	20	75	40	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.0	100	25	75	80	0	75	20	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.4	100	25	25	80	0	75	40	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.4	100	0	25	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=115	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.4	100	25	0	80	0	75	40	75	South Asia	Lower middle income
=115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	49.4	50	25	50	60	20	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.8	75	0	25	40	40	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.8	50	0	25	40	40	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.1	75	0	0	40	60	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.1	75	0	25	40	60	50	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.5	75	0	75	0	20	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.5	100	25	25	20	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=124	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.5	75	0	25	40	60	50	80	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=127	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.9	75	50	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46.9	50	25	50	60	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	46.9	75	25	50	60	0	100	40	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.6	50	0	25	40	40	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	45.6	50	0	25	20	60	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.6	75	0	25	40	20	75	80	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.0	75	0	25	40	60	50	60	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Upper middle income
=134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.4	75	25	25	40	0	75	40	75	South Asia	Lower middle income
=134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.4	75	25	25	40	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=134	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44.4	75	25	25	40	0	75	40	75	High income: OECD	High income
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.8	75	25	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	43.8	100	25	25	0	60	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=139	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	43.8	75	0	75	40	0	75	60	25	High income: OECD	High income
=139	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	43.8	75	25	0	60	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	42.5	50	25	25	80	0	75	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=144	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	41.9	50	25	25	20	0	75	40	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=144	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.9	50	25	50	20	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.9	100	25	25	0	60	75	0	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.3	75	0	0	20	0	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.3	50	25	25	20	20	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.6	75	0	75	20	20	0	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.0	50	0	0	40	80	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.0	100	0	0	40	20	75	60	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.0	75	25	0	60	40	75	20	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.0	50	0	25	40	20	50	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=154	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	0	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=154	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.4	50	25	25	40	40	0	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=156	Argentina`ARG`South America	38.8	75	25	25	40	60	0	60	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.8	100	25	50	20	20	0	20	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.8	75	25	25	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	38.8	75	0	25	20	40	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.1	100	25	0	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=160	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	38.1	75	0	0	0	40	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=160	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.1	75	0	75	20	0	0	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
163	Chile`CHL`South America	36.3	75	0	25	20	60	0	60	50	High income: OECD	High income
=164	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.0	50	25	25	0	40	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	35.0	75	25	0	80	0	75	0	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	33.8	75	0	50	40	0	0	80	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=166	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.8	50	0	75	60	0	0	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=168	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.1	75	0	25	40	20	0	80	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=168	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.1	75	0	0	40	40	50	60	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
170	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.9	100	0	50	80	0	0	0	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.4	25	0	0	20	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.4	0	0	50	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.4	0	0	75	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28.8	75	0	50	60	0	0	20	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=174	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.8	75	0	50	60	20	0	0	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.1	75	0	0	40	0	25	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.9	0	25	0	0	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=177	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.9	25	0	0	0	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
=179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.3	25	25	0	20	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Low income
=179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	26.3	25	0	0	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=179	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26.3	0	0	25	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=179	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.3	25	0	0	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=179	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.3	0	25	25	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=184	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.8	0	25	0	0	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.8	25	0	25	0	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
=186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.1	75	0	0	40	0	0	20	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=186	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.1	25	0	0	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
188	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.5	50	0	25	60	0	0	20	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=189	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.5	0	0	0	0	0	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=189	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17.5	0	0	0	0	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1United States81.3
2Canada80.6
3Norway80.0
4Sweden79.4
5Australiashared75.0

Lowest

189Sudanshared17.5
189United Arab Emiratesshared17.5
188Botswana22.5
186Palestineshared23.1
186DR Congoshared23.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mobility
Highest94 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 75
Workplace
HighestUnited States100
Lowest45 share it
Middle country: 25
Pay
Highest4 share it
Lowest43 share it
Middle country: 25
Marriage
Highest74 share it
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 60
Parenthood
Highest6 share it
Lowest72 share it
Middle country: 20
Entrepreneurship
Highest6 share it
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 75
Assets
Highest70 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 80
Pension
Highest24 share it
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 50

031984 → 1985

Since the 1984 edition

What changed between the 1984 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
16values changed, of 190 in both
16 · 0rose · fell
174unchanged

Rose most

Grenada56.3 → 65.6+9.4
Equatorial Guinea31.9 → 40.6+8.8
Comoros35.6 → 43.8+8.1
Australia68.8 → 75.0+6.3
Haiti52.5 → 58.8+6.3

Fell most

None.

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

This edition describes 1984
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Women, Business and the Law 1985 are for 1984.
72 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 58.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

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World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1985). Women, Business and the Law 1985 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/women-business-law/1985

0655 held

Other editions

‹ The edition before
Women, Business and the Law 1984
describes 1983 · 190 countries
The edition after ›
Women, Business and the Law 1986
describes 1985 · 190 countries
All of them
Women, Business and the Law: every edition
55 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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