Edition 2006

Women, Business and the Law 2006

Name: Women, Business and the Law 2006
Creator: World Bank Group
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Women, Business and the Law 2006 covers 190 countries on 9 measures. Canada is highest, at 97.5; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 23.8. The middle country reads 67.2. Against the 2005 edition, 26 values changed (26 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women, Business and the Law · Edition 2006

HighestCanada

97.5

Lowest2 countries share it

23.8

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

190countries
9measures per country
2005the year it describes
77distinct 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	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	95.0	100	100	100	100	60	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	100	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=3	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=3	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	100	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	France`FRA`Western Europe	91.9	100	100	75	80	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Paraguay`PRY`South America	91.9	100	100	100	100	60	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	91.9	100	100	100	80	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=11	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	91.3	100	100	75	100	80	100	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	91.3	100	100	75	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	90.6	100	50	100	100	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.4	100	75	100	80	60	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	89.4	100	100	75	100	40	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.8	100	100	100	80	80	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.8	100	100	75	80	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.8	100	50	100	100	60	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	88.1	100	100	75	80	100	75	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.1	100	100	75	80	100	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	87.5	100	100	100	100	100	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=22	Guyana`GUY`South America	86.9	75	100	100	80	40	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	86.9	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=22	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	86.9	100	100	100	100	20	100	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=22	Peru`PER`South America	86.9	100	100	75	80	40	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	85.6	75	100	75	100	60	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.0	100	100	75	100	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.4	100	100	25	100	100	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
29	United States`USA`Northern America	83.8	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.1	100	75	100	60	80	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.9	100	100	50	80	100	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.3	100	100	100	80	20	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	81.3	100	100	100	80	60	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	80.6	75	100	75	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	80.0	100	100	75	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	80.0	100	100	50	100	40	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	80.0	100	100	75	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=40	Brazil`BRA`South America	79.4	100	100	75	80	80	75	100	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.4	100	50	50	100	60	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	78.8	100	100	25	100	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	78.8	100	75	100	60	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	78.8	100	50	75	100	80	100	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	78.1	100	75	75	100	0	100	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	78.1	100	100	75	60	40	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.1	100	100	75	80	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=45	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78.1	100	100	100	80	20	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.5	100	100	25	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	77.5	75	50	100	100	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=49	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	77.5	100	50	75	60	60	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	76.9	100	75	75	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	76.9	75	75	50	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=52	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	76.9	75	100	25	60	80	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.3	100	100	25	100	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=55	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	76.3	100	50	25	80	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	76.3	100	75	25	100	60	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=55	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	76.3	100	50	50	80	80	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	76.3	100	75	25	100	60	75	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=60	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.6	100	50	50	80	100	100	100	25	High income: OECD	High income
=60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	75.6	100	50	75	60	20	100	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	75.0	100	100	50	60	40	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	73.8	75	25	75	100	40	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=63	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.8	100	75	50	80	60	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73.8	75	50	75	100	60	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
=66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	73.1	100	50	50	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=66	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	73.1	100	25	75	80	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.1	100	50	50	80	80	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.1	100	100	50	40	80	100	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.1	100	50	50	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	73.1	100	50	25	80	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.5	100	100	50	80	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	72.5	100	100	75	40	40	100	100	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.5	100	75	75	60	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.5	75	100	50	60	60	100	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.5	75	50	75	80	0	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.3	100	25	50	60	60	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=77	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.3	100	25	50	100	40	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=77	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.3	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.6	75	25	50	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.6	100	50	0	100	40	75	100	100	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	70.6	100	50	50	80	60	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Not classified
=83	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.0	100	50	50	100	60	75	100	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.0	100	50	25	80	80	75	100	50	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.0	100	50	25	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.4	50	75	75	40	80	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.4	100	100	75	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.4	100	75	50	80	0	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
89	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.8	100	25	75	100	0	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	68.1	100	50	50	80	40	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.1	75	25	50	100	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.5	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.5	100	50	50	80	60	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	67.5	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.5	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.9	100	50	0	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=96	Chile`CHL`South America	66.9	100	75	75	40	60	75	60	50	High income: OECD	High income
=96	Colombia`COL`South America	66.9	100	25	25	100	60	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	66.9	100	25	25	100	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	66.9	100	50	0	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	66.3	75	50	75	100	0	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	66.3	100	75	75	60	20	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.6	50	50	50	60	60	75	80	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=103	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.6	100	100	25	80	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	64.4	100	50	75	40	40	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.4	100	50	0	80	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.4	100	50	75	40	40	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.4	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=109	Honduras`HND`Central America	63.8	75	100	50	40	20	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=109	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.8	100	100	0	80	0	75	80	75	South Asia	Lower middle income
=109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.8	75	50	75	40	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=109	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.8	75	50	75	40	20	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.8	75	75	25	60	60	75	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=109	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.8	100	50	50	40	20	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.5	100	50	50	80	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62.5	75	25	50	100	0	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.9	100	0	25	80	40	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.3	75	25	75	80	0	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	60.6	100	75	25	80	20	75	60	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=120	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.6	75	25	75	60	0	50	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.6	50	50	75	60	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.0	50	50	100	80	20	75	80	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=124	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.4	100	25	25	100	20	75	80	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.4	100	25	50	80	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	58.8	75	25	25	60	60	75	100	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=126	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.8	50	50	100	40	20	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=126	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	58.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	57.5	75	25	50	40	60	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.5	75	75	0	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.5	75	50	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	55.6	75	100	25	60	40	75	20	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.6	100	25	25	40	40	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	55.0	75	75	50	40	60	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	55.0	100	25	75	60	0	75	80	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.4	50	25	50	80	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=136	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	54.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.8	100	25	75	40	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.8	75	25	50	80	20	75	80	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	53.8	75	75	50	20	60	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=138	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	53.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=138	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.8	100	50	0	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.1	100	25	25	0	60	100	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.1	75	75	75	20	20	25	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.1	75	25	50	60	0	100	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=147	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52.5	100	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=147	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	52.5	75	50	75	60	20	0	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.9	100	25	25	80	0	50	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.3	50	25	25	20	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.3	75	0	25	40	40	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	50.6	50	0	25	40	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=153	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	50.0	100	50	50	40	20	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=153	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.0	100	25	75	80	0	75	20	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.4	50	25	25	20	60	75	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.4	50	25	25	40	20	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=155	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.4	75	25	25	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.9	50	25	25	40	0	75	60	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.9	75	0	25	20	20	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=158	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	46.9	50	25	50	40	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.9	75	50	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46.9	50	25	50	60	0	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.3	75	25	75	20	40	0	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Upper middle income
=164	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.4	100	25	50	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.8	75	25	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=166	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	43.8	75	25	0	80	20	75	0	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.9	100	25	25	0	60	75	0	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.4	75	25	25	20	60	0	60	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.8	50	25	0	0	20	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.8	100	25	50	20	20	0	20	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.8	75	25	25	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=173	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.1	100	25	0	40	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.1	75	25	25	40	0	50	40	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=173	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.1	100	0	50	80	0	0	0	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.5	75	25	0	40	0	25	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.1	0	50	25	0	0	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.5	0	50	25	20	0	75	40	50	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	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	26.9	0	0	0	0	0	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.3	25	25	0	20	0	75	40	25	South Asia	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	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.3	25	25	0	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	26.3	0	0	50	20	0	75	40	25	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
=181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.3	25	0	0	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
=189	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.8	0	25	0	0	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.8	25	25	25	0	0	75	40	0	Middle East & North Africa	Low income

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Canada97.5
2Ireland95.0
3Spainshared94.4
3Finlandshared94.4
3Icelandshared94.4

Lowest

189Yemenshared23.8
189Saudi Arabiashared23.8
181Syriashared26.3
181Sudanshared26.3
181Qatarshared26.3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 67.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mobility
Highest119 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 100
Workplace
Highest53 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 50
Pay
Highest24 share it
Lowest20 share it
Middle country: 50
Marriage
Highest39 share it
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 80
Parenthood
Highest11 share it
Lowest43 share it
Middle country: 40
Entrepreneurship
Highest31 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 75
Assets
Highest107 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 100
Pension
Highest54 share it
LowestYemen0
Middle country: 75

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 edition

What changed between the 2005 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
26values changed, of 190 in both
26 · 0rose · fell
164unchanged

Rose most

Botswana38.1 → 61.3+23.1
Mozambique36.3 → 59.4+23.1
Benin46.9 → 65.6+18.8
Algeria40.6 → 55.0+14.4
Tanzania67.5 → 81.3+13.8

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 2005
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Women, Business and the Law 2006 are for 2005.
77 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 26.3. 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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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 (2006). Women, Business and the Law 2006 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/women-business-law/2006

0655 held

Other editions

‹ The edition before
Women, Business and the Law 2005
describes 2004 · 190 countries
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Women, Business and the Law 2007
describes 2006 · 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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