Variable: Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100)

QoG Code: (wdi_wombuslawi)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Women Business and the Law Index Score (1-100) measures how laws and regulations affect women's economic opportunity. Overall scores are calculated by taking the average score of each of the eight areas (Going Places, Starting a Job, Getting Paid, Getting Married, Having Children, Running a Business, Managing Assets and Getting a Pension), with 100 representing the highest possible score.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Private Economy Gender Equality


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 184
Standard time-series: 184
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1970 to the year 2023