Country Rankings on Women's Equality

The World Bank recently published a report on Women, Business, and the Law Report 2019 which analyzed how women are affected by legal gender discrimination in terms of choosing employment and entrepreneurship.

There were 8 indicators used in the study which are:

1) Going places;
2) Starting a job;
3) Getting paid;
4) Getting married;
5) Having children;
6) Running a business;
7) Managing assets; and
8) Getting a pension

The report revealed that Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden are the leading countries where women and man are given equal rights in the above indicators.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia (25.63), United Arab Emirates (29.38), Sudan (29.38), Iran (41.25), and Qatar (32.5) had the least WBI score.

2019 Women's Equality Index

Rank	Country	WBL Index
1	Belgium	100
1	Denmark	100
1	France	100
1	Latvia	100
1	Luxembourg	100
1	Sweden	100
7	Austria	97.5
7	Canada	97.5
7	Estonia	97.5
7	Finland	97.5
7	Greece	97.5
7	Ireland	97.5
7	Portugal	97.5
7	Spain	97.5
7	United Kingdom	97.5
16	Australia	96.88
16	Iceland	96.88
16	Serbia	96.88
19	Peru	95
20	Croatia	94.38
20	Czech Republic	94.38
20	Italy	94.38
20	Netherlands	94.38
20	Norway	94.38
20	Paraguay	94.38
20	Slovakia	94.38
27	Bulgaria	93.75
27	Hungary	93.75
27	Lithuania	93.75
27	Poland	93.75
31	Germany	91.88
31	Kosovo	91.88
31	Malta	91.88
31	Mauritius	91.88
35	Albania	91.25
35	New Zealand	91.25
35	Taiwan	91.25
38	Romania	90.63
38	Slovenia	90.63
40	Ecuador	89.38
40	Saint Lucia	89.38
42	Cyprus	88.75
42	Dominican Republic	88.75
42	El Salvador	88.75
42	Uruguay	88.75
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88.13
46	Laos	88.13
46	North Macedonia	88.13
46	South Africa	88.13
50	Guyana	86.88
50	Zimbabwe	86.88
52	Cape Verde	86.25
52	Hong Kong	86.25
52	Mexico	86.25
52	Namibia	86.25
52	Nicaragua	86.25
57	Colombia	85
57	South Korea	85
59	Moldova	84.38
59	Tanzania	84.38
59	Togo	84.38
62	Bahamas	83.75
62	Kenya	83.75
62	Malawi	83.75
62	United States of America	83.75
66	Armenia	83.13
66	Mongolia	83.13
68	Bolivia	82.5
68	Singapore	82.5
68	Switzerland	82.5
71	Brazil	81.88
71	Montenegro	81.88
71	Tajikistan	81.88
71	Vietnam	81.88
75	Philippines	81.25
75	Puerto Rico	81.25
77	Israel	80.63
77	Rwanda	80.63
79	Costa Rica	80
79	Timor-Leste	80
81	Belize	79.38
81	Georgia	79.38
81	Japan	79.38
81	Panama	79.38
81	Turkey	79.38
86	Azerbaijan	78.75
86	Belarus	78.75
86	Ukraine	78.75
86	Zambia	78.75
90	Côte d'Ivoire	78.13
91	Chile	77.5
91	San MariNo	77.5
91	Trinidad and Tobago	77.5
94	Angola	76.88
94	Burkina Faso	76.88
94	Kyrgyzstan	76.88
94	Mozambique	76.88
94	São Tomé and Príncipe	76.88
99	Argentina	76.25
99	China	76.25
99	Seychelles	76.25
102	Kazakhstan	75.63
103	Cambodia	75
103	Ghana	75
103	Honduras	75
103	Liberia	75
103	Thailand	75
108	Benin	74.38
108	Fiji	74.38
108	Gambia	74.38
111	Barbados	73.75
111	Maldives	73.75
111	Samoa	73.75
114	Burundi	73.13
114	Morocco	73.13
114	Russia	73.13
114	Uganda	73.13
118	Kiribati	72.5
118	Lesotho	72.5
120	Eritrea	71.88
120	Ethiopia	71.88
120	Grenada	71.88
120	Madagascar	71.88
124	Central African Republic	71.25
124	India	71.25
126	Guatemala	70.63
126	Uzbekistan	70.63
127	Democratic Republic of the Congo	70
128	Antigua and Barbuda	69.38
128	Bhutan	69.38
130	Nigeria	68.75
131	Guinea	68.13
131	Jamaica	68.13
131	Saint Kitts and Nevis	68.13
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.13
135	Chad	66.25
135	Equatorial Guinea	66.25
135	Vanuatu	66.25
139	Sri Lanka	65.63
139	Suriname	65.63
141	Indonesia	64.38
142	Eswatini	63.75
142	Senegal	63.75
144	Sierra Leone	63.13
145	Dominica	62.5
145	Papua New Guinea	62.5
147	Micronesia	61.25
148	Botswana	60.63
149	Djibouti	59.38
150	Comoros	58.75
150	LebaNon	58.75
150	Marshall Islands	58.75
150	Palau	58.75
150	Tonga	58.75
150	Tunisia	58.75
156	Gabon	58.13
156	Haiti	58.13
158	Algeria	57.5
159	Cameroon	56.88
159	Solomon Islands	56.88
161	Libya	56.25
161	Myanmar	56.25
163	Mali	54.38
164	Brunei Darussalam	53.13
164	Nepal	53.13
164	Niger	53.13
167	Egypt	50.63
168	Malaysia	50
169	Bangladesh	49.38
170	Palestine	46.88
171	Republic of the Congo	46.25
171	Pakistan	46.25
173	South Sudan	45.63
174	Oman	44.38
175	Iraq	41.88
175	Mauritania	41.88
177	Afghanistan	38.13
178	Bahrain	37.5
179	Guinea-Bissau	36.25
180	Jordan	35
180	Kuwait	35
182	Syria	34.38
183	Qatar	32.5
184	Iran	31.25
185	Sudan	29.38
186	United Arab Emirates	29.38
187	Saudi Arabia	25.63