Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their Parents? by country
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.
Countries reporting
148
Highest
1
Angola
Lowest
1
Kosovo
Median
1
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their Parents? is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 1 in Angola; the lowest is 1 in Kosovo.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.
Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Albania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belize | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cameroon | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Congo | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gabon | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ghana | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Haiti | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | India | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liberia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mali | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Myanmar | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nepal | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Sudan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chad | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Türkiye | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States of America | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.