Edition 1998

Women, Business and the Law 1998

Name: Women, Business and the Law 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
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Women, Business and the Law 1998 covers 190 countries on 9 measures. Canada is highest, at 97.5; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 17.5. The middle country reads 60.6. Against the 1997 edition, 32 values changed (32 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women, Business and the Law · Edition 1998

HighestCanada

97.5

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

17.5

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

190countries
9measures per country
1997the year it describes
84distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	100	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88.1	100	50	100	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.5	100	50	100	100	100	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.9	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	86.9	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=7	France`FRA`Western Europe	86.3	100	100	50	60	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.3	100	50	100	80	60	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=9	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85.6	100	50	100	80	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	85.6	100	50	100	100	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.8	100	50	100	100	20	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	83.8	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	82.5	100	50	100	80	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.9	100	25	75	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.3	100	100	100	80	20	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
17	Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.0	100	50	100	80	60	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.8	100	100	50	100	80	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
19	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.1	100	100	75	80	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=20	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	77.5	100	100	75	80	40	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.5	100	100	25	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=20	Peru`PER`South America	77.5	100	50	75	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	77.5	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.9	100	25	75	80	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.3	75	25	75	100	60	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	75.6	100	100	100	60	20	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74.4	100	50	50	60	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.4	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.4	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.8	100	50	25	60	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.1	100	75	75	80	20	75	60	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	73.1	100	25	75	80	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=31	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.1	100	100	75	60	40	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.1	100	50	50	80	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
35	Belize`BLZ`Central America	71.9	75	75	50	100	20	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=36	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	71.3	75	25	75	80	40	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.3	75	50	75	80	60	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
=38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.6	75	25	50	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.6	75	50	25	60	80	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=38	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	70.6	100	25	75	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.6	100	25	75	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=42	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.0	100	50	25	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.0	100	25	25	80	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=42	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.0	75	100	50	40	60	100	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=42	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.0	100	50	25	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.4	100	25	50	80	100	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=47	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.8	75	25	75	80	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.8	100	50	50	60	40	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=47	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	68.8	100	25	50	80	40	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	68.1	100	50	25	80	40	75	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=50	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.1	100	50	50	60	60	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=50	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.1	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	67.5	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.5	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.5	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	67.5	100	75	75	40	20	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.5	100	50	50	80	60	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=53	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.5	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	66.9	100	50	0	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	66.9	100	50	0	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.9	100	25	75	60	0	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	66.3	100	75	75	60	20	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.3	100	25	75	60	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=62	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.3	100	25	75	80	0	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=65	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	65.6	75	25	50	80	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.6	75	25	75	80	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.6	75	25	50	100	0	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.6	100	50	50	60	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Not classified
=69	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.0	100	50	50	100	60	75	60	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	65.0	100	25	50	80	40	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.0	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.0	100	25	75	80	40	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.4	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=73	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	64.4	100	50	75	40	40	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=73	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.4	100	25	50	80	60	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.4	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=77	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63.8	75	50	75	80	0	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.8	100	25	25	80	80	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=77	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=77	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.8	75	50	75	40	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=77	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	63.8	100	25	0	80	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.1	50	25	75	40	80	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=82	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	63.1	100	100	25	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	63.1	100	25	50	80	0	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=82	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.1	75	25	50	80	0	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.5	100	50	25	80	20	75	100	50	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Colombia`COL`South America	61.9	100	25	25	80	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.3	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	61.3	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.3	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.3	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=88	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.3	100	25	25	80	60	75	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.3	100	25	75	80	0	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=94	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.6	100	25	75	60	0	75	100	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=94	Chile`CHL`South America	60.6	100	25	75	40	60	75	60	50	High income: OECD	High income
=94	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.6	75	75	50	40	20	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.6	100	25	0	80	80	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.6	100	50	25	40	20	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	60.6	100	75	25	80	20	75	60	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=94	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.6	75	25	75	60	0	50	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.6	50	50	75	60	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	60.0	75	25	50	80	0	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.0	100	0	50	60	60	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.4	100	25	25	100	20	75	80	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.8	100	0	25	80	40	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.8	50	50	100	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.8	100	50	0	80	40	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=105	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	58.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	58.1	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=110	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	57.5	75	25	50	40	60	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.5	100	25	25	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=110	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.5	100	50	0	80	0	75	80	75	South Asia	Lower middle income
=110	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.5	100	25	50	40	20	75	100	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.5	75	50	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	56.3	100	25	25	80	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.6	100	25	25	40	40	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.0	100	25	75	60	0	75	80	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.0	100	25	0	80	60	75	100	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	55.0	75	25	25	40	60	75	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.4	50	25	50	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=120	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	54.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.8	100	25	75	40	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=122	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.8	75	25	50	80	20	75	80	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=122	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.8	100	50	0	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.1	100	25	25	0	60	100	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.1	75	25	50	60	0	100	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=129	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52.5	100	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=129	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.5	75	25	50	60	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.9	100	25	25	80	0	50	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.9	100	25	50	40	0	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.3	75	25	0	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=133	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.3	50	25	25	20	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.3	75	0	25	40	40	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=136	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.6	75	25	75	40	80	50	60	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	50.6	50	0	25	40	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.0	75	100	25	20	20	75	60	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.0	100	25	75	80	0	75	20	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.4	50	25	25	40	20	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=140	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.8	75	25	25	40	20	75	80	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=143	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.5	100	25	25	20	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	47.5	75	25	50	20	60	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.9	75	0	25	20	20	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=145	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	46.9	50	25	50	40	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.9	75	50	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46.9	50	25	50	60	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.3	75	25	75	20	40	0	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.3	50	25	25	20	60	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.0	75	0	25	40	60	50	60	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.0	50	25	25	80	0	75	80	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=153	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=153	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Upper middle income
=153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.4	100	25	0	0	40	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.4	75	25	25	40	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.8	75	25	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	43.8	75	25	0	80	20	75	0	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=159	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.1	75	50	75	60	20	0	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.1	75	25	0	60	40	75	20	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	41.9	50	25	25	20	0	75	40	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.9	100	25	25	0	60	75	0	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.6	50	25	50	0	60	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.0	50	0	0	40	80	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	0	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.8	100	25	50	20	20	0	20	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.8	75	25	25	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.1	100	25	0	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=168	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.1	50	0	75	60	0	0	20	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.1	75	25	25	40	0	50	40	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.1	75	0	75	20	0	0	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.5	75	25	0	40	0	25	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	36.3	75	0	50	40	20	0	80	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.1	0	50	25	0	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.9	100	0	50	80	0	0	0	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	30.0	25	0	0	0	0	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=177	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.4	0	25	25	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.4	0	0	75	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income
179	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.8	25	0	0	0	40	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.9	25	0	0	0	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
=181	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.3	0	0	50	0	20	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=181	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26.3	0	0	25	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.3	25	0	0	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.3	0	0	0	0	20	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=185	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.6	25	25	0	20	20	75	40	0	South Asia	Low income
=185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.6	75	0	0	20	0	0	60	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=187	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.8	0	25	0	0	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=187	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.8	25	25	25	0	0	75	40	0	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
189	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.1	25	0	0	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
190	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	17.5	0	0	0	0	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

1Canada97.5
2Spain94.4
3Norway88.1
4Sweden87.5
5Hong Kongshared86.9

Lowest

190United Arab Emirates17.5
189Palestine23.1
187Yemenshared23.8
187Saudi Arabiashared23.8
185DR Congoshared25.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mobility
Highest114 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 100
Workplace
Highest17 share it
Lowest22 share it
Middle country: 25
Pay
Highest13 share it
Lowest33 share it
Middle country: 50
Marriage
Highest15 share it
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 80
Parenthood
Highest4 share it
Lowest56 share it
Middle country: 20
Entrepreneurship
Highest12 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 75
Assets
Highest94 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 80
Pension
Highest44 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 75

031997 → 1998

Since the 1997 edition

What changed between the 1997 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
32values changed, of 190 in both
32 · 0rose · fell
158unchanged

Rose most

Latvia55.0 → 67.5+12.5
El Salvador66.3 → 78.1+11.9
Cambodia56.9 → 66.3+9.4
Honduras51.9 → 60.6+8.8
Niger38.8 → 47.5+8.8

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 1997
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Women, Business and the Law 1998 are for 1997.
84 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 60.6. 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.

Licence in full

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Download women-business-law-1998-nations-inquiry.csv
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
WBL2024-1-0-Historical-Panel-Data.xlsx

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 (1998). Women, Business and the Law 1998 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/women-business-law/1998

0655 held

Other editions

‹ The edition before
Women, Business and the Law 1997
describes 1996 · 190 countries
The edition after ›
Women, Business and the Law 1999
describes 1998 · 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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