Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score by country
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
100
Angola
Lowest
20
Tonga
Median
100
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 100 in Angola; the lowest is 20 in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 100, and the mean is 83.26.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Albania | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Armenia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Austria | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belize | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Brazil | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Barbados | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | China | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 100 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 1 | Colombia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ecuador | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | France | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Gabon | 100 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Grenada | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Japan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Latvia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Malawi | 100 | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Namibia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Peru | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Paraguay | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | El Salvador | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | San Marino | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Serbia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Suriname | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 100 | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States of America | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Benin | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Bhutan | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Ghana | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | India | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Kenya | 80 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Liberia | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 80 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 115 | Mali | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Myanmar | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Nigeria | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Nepal | 80 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Seychelles | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Uganda | 80 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 80 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Burundi | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Botswana | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Chile | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Cameroon | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Congo | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Guinea | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Gambia | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Haiti | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Indonesia | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Madagascar | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Malaysia | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Philippines | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Eswatini | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Chad | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Samoa | 60 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Bahrain | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Comoros | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Djibouti | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Algeria | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Egypt | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Iraq | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Jordan | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Kiribati | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Kuwait | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Lebanon | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Libya | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Morocco | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Maldives | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Oman | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Pakistan | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Qatar | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Sudan | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Senegal | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Somalia | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Tunisia | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Yemen | 40 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | South Sudan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Tonga | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.