Data

Women, Business and the Law objectively highlights differentiations on the basis of gender in 142 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court.

The data was collected over a two year period, ending in March 2011.

Economy Snapshots

See data for each of the 142 economies covering six topics for 2009 and 2011. Download full dataset (Excel, 150KB) or select an economy:

Select an economy Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (U.S.) Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, China Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela, RB Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe

Topics

Visit one of six topic pages for an in-depth, cross-economy view of the data.

Select a topic Accessing Institutions Using Property Getting a Job Providing Incentives to Work Building Credit Going to Court

Historical Data

Track legal reforms affecting women’s property rights and legal status, starting with the current law and tracing changes backwards in time to 1960. Download full dataset (Excel, 280KB) or select an economy:

Select an economy Bangladesh Botswana Brazil Cambodia China Colombia Ethiopia Georgia India Indonesia Japan Kenya Kyrgyz Republic Morocco Mozambique Nigeria Peru Philippines Rwanda Spain Sweden Tanzania Togo Tunisia

Topic Analysis

For an analysis of the each of the six topics covered in the data, head to the topic analysis pages.

Select a topic Accessing Institutions Using Property Getting a Job Providing Incentives to Work Building Credit Going to Court