Edition 2018

Women, Business and the Law 2018

Name: Women, Business and the Law 2018
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Women, Business and the Law 2018 covers 190 countries on 9 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 26.9. The middle country reads 77.5. Against the 2017 edition, 22 values changed (22 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women, Business and the Law · Edition 2018

Highest7 countries share it

100.0

Lowest2 countries share it

26.9

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

190countries
9measures per country
2017the year it describes
75distinct values3 decimals, as published
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=1	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	France`FRA`Western Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97.5	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.9	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	96.9	100	100	75	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.9	100	100	100	100	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
20	Peru`PER`South America	95.0	100	100	100	80	80	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	94.4	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	94.4	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	94.4	100	100	75	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=21	Paraguay`PRY`South America	94.4	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.4	100	100	75	100	80	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	93.8	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	93.8	100	75	75	100	100	100	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.8	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.8	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	93.8	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	91.9	100	100	100	100	60	100	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	91.3	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.3	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	91.3	100	100	100	100	80	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	90.6	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	90.6	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.6	100	100	75	100	100	100	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=38	Ecuador`ECU`South America	89.4	100	100	100	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	89.4	100	100	75	100	40	100	100	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.4	100	100	100	80	60	100	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.8	100	75	100	100	60	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	88.8	75	100	75	100	60	100	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.8	100	100	75	80	80	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	88.8	100	100	75	100	60	100	100	75	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.8	100	100	75	100	60	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	88.1	100	100	50	100	80	100	100	75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	88.1	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=48	Guyana`GUY`South America	86.9	75	100	100	80	40	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.9	100	100	75	80	40	100	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	86.3	100	100	75	100	40	100	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	86.3	100	100	75	80	60	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	86.3	100	100	75	100	40	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=53	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.6	100	100	100	100	60	75	100	50	High income: OECD	High income
=53	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.6	100	100	50	80	80	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=55	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85.0	100	75	75	100	80	100	100	50	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	85.0	100	100	50	100	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.0	100	100	25	100	80	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.0	100	100	75	100	80	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Not classified
=59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	84.4	100	75	50	100	100	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	84.4	100	100	100	60	60	75	80	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	83.8	100	100	100	100	40	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	83.8	75	100	100	80	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=61	United States`USA`Northern America	83.8	100	100	75	100	20	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	82.5	100	50	75	80	80	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	82.5	100	100	75	100	60	100	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	82.5	100	75	75	100	60	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
=64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	82.5	100	100	75	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=68	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.9	100	100	75	100	80	75	100	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=68	Colombia`COL`South America	81.9	100	100	50	100	80	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	81.9	100	100	50	100	80	100	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.3	100	100	75	60	80	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=71	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.3	100	100	75	80	20	100	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	81.3	100	100	100	80	60	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=75	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80.6	100	100	50	60	60	100	100	75	High income: OECD	High income
=75	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.6	100	75	100	80	40	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.0	100	100	25	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.0	75	75	75	100	40	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=77	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	80.0	100	50	75	80	60	75	100	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
=80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	79.4	75	75	50	100	60	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.4	100	75	75	100	60	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.4	100	100	50	100	60	75	100	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=80	Panama`PAN`Central America	79.4	100	100	50	80	80	75	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	78.8	100	100	0	100	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	78.8	100	50	25	80	100	75	100	100	High income: OECD	High income
=84	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.8	100	100	100	80	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	78.8	100	100	0	100	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	78.8	75	100	100	60	60	100	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	78.8	100	50	50	100	80	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	78.8	75	100	100	80	20	100	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	78.1	100	75	75	80	20	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	78.1	100	100	75	80	20	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=93	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	77.5	75	100	50	80	40	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=93	Chile`CHL`South America	77.5	100	75	75	60	100	75	60	75	High income: OECD	High income
=93	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	77.5	75	50	100	100	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	77.5	50	100	100	100	20	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	76.9	75	100	25	60	80	75	100	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	76.9	100	100	25	100	40	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=99	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.3	100	100	100	100	20	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	76.3	75	50	75	100	80	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
=99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	76.3	100	100	0	100	60	100	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	75.6	100	50	50	100	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.6	100	100	25	100	80	75	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	75.0	100	100	100	80	40	75	80	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=104	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.0	100	100	75	80	20	100	100	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.0	100	100	50	100	20	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=104	Honduras`HND`Central America	75.0	100	100	50	80	20	100	100	50	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	75.0	75	100	75	100	40	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.0	100	100	50	80	20	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=104	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	75.0	75	50	75	80	20	100	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.4	50	100	50	80	60	75	80	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	74.4	75	100	50	100	20	75	100	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	73.8	100	25	50	80	60	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	73.8	100	100	75	60	40	100	40	75	South Asia	Upper middle income
=115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.1	100	50	50	100	60	100	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=115	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.1	100	75	50	100	60	75	100	25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=115	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.1	100	100	75	60	40	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.1	100	100	50	40	80	100	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=115	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.1	100	50	50	80	80	75	100	50	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	71.9	100	100	25	80	20	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.3	100	25	50	100	40	75	80	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	70.6	75	25	50	100	40	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.0	100	100	50	40	60	100	60	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.0	50	100	100	80	40	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=125	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.4	100	100	75	60	20	75	100	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.4	100	50	75	60	60	75	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	69.4	100	50	25	100	80	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
=128	India`IND`Southern Asia	68.8	100	100	0	100	20	75	80	75	South Asia	Lower middle income
=128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.8	100	100	0	80	20	75	100	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.1	100	25	50	100	20	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.1	75	25	50	100	20	75	100	100	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	66.9	75	100	25	60	40	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	66.3	75	50	75	100	0	75	80	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
=133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.3	75	75	50	60	60	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.0	75	75	100	40	40	75	40	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.4	100	50	75	40	40	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.4	100	50	25	80	60	75	100	25	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
=138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.8	75	25	75	100	0	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.8	75	75	25	60	60	75	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=140	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.1	50	75	50	100	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.1	100	25	50	100	0	75	80	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	63.1	100	75	25	100	20	75	60	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62.5	100	50	50	0	60	100	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=143	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62.5	75	25	50	100	0	75	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.5	75	75	50	20	20	100	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.3	50	50	100	40	40	75	60	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
=147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.0	50	75	25	40	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.0	75	50	25	100	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=147	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.0	75	25	75	80	0	50	100	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
=150	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	58.8	100	25	75	80	0	75	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.8	75	25	50	80	60	75	80	25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.8	100	25	75	100	0	75	20	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57.5	75	75	50	60	60	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	57.5	50	75	25	20	80	50	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	56.9	75	25	25	100	0	75	80	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
=156	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	56.3	100	25	75	100	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	56.3	100	25	75	100	0	75	0	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.6	100	75	50	80	0	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.6	100	25	25	40	40	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=158	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.6	75	25	50	80	0	100	40	75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	54.4	50	25	25	20	60	75	80	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	53.8	75	75	50	20	60	50	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	53.1	50	25	75	40	0	75	60	100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
164	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	52.5	100	50	50	60	20	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	51.9	75	25	100	20	60	0	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
=166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.0	75	50	75	20	40	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
=166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.0	50	50	50	40	0	75	60	75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
=166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.0	75	100	25	60	0	50	40	50	South Asia	Lower middle income
=169	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.4	100	50	25	60	20	75	40	25	South Asia	Lower middle income
=169	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.4	50	25	25	40	20	75	60	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
=169	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	49.4	100	75	0	80	20	75	20	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	48.1	100	25	25	0	60	75	0	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.9	75	50	50	20	40	75	40	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=174	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.0	50	75	0	0	20	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.0	25	100	50	0	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
176	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.8	100	25	50	20	20	0	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	40.0	75	25	0	60	0	25	60	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	38.1	50	75	0	20	20	75	40	25	South Asia	Low income
=178	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.1	25	25	0	20	20	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	37.5	50	25	0	20	40	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
181	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.4	25	25	0	20	40	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.5	0	50	25	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.9	0	0	25	20	20	75	40	75	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.9	0	25	25	20	20	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
185	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.3	0	0	50	0	60	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
=186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	29.4	50	0	0	20	0	75	40	50	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.4	25	0	50	20	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.4	0	0	0	0	20	75	40	100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
=189	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	26.9	0	0	0	0	0	75	40	100	Middle East & North Africa	High income
=189	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.9	25	25	25	0	0	75	40	25	Middle East & North Africa	Low income

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Belgiumshared100.0
1Denmarkshared100.0
1Franceshared100.0
1Icelandshared100.0
1Luxembourgshared100.0

Lowest

189Yemenshared26.9
189United Arab Emiratesshared26.9
186Sudanshared29.4
186Qatarshared29.4
186Kuwaitshared29.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 77.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mobility
Highest128 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 100
Workplace
Highest105 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 100
Pay
Highest54 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 75
Marriage
Highest94 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 80
Parenthood
Highest24 share it
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 60
Entrepreneurship
Highest74 share it
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 75
Assets
Highest112 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 100
Pension
Highest67 share it
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 75

032017 → 2018

Since the 2017 edition

What changed between the 2017 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
22values changed, of 190 in both
22 · 0rose · fell
168unchanged

Rose most

DR Congo48.8 → 70.0+21.3
Palestine26.3 → 38.1+11.9
Cameroon50.6 → 60.0+9.4
Poland84.4 → 93.8+9.4
Chad57.5 → 66.3+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 2017
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Women, Business and the Law 2018 are for 2017.
75 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 9 countries share 97.5. 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-2018-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 (2018). Women, Business and the Law 2018 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/women-business-law/2018

0655 held

Other editions

‹ The edition before
Women, Business and the Law 2017
describes 2016 · 190 countries
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Women, Business and the Law 2019
describes 2018 · 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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