🌍 WBL: Supportive Framework Index
The index refers to the composite measure (0–100) that summarizes how supporting frameworks shape women’s economic opportunities across ten topics: Safety, Mobility, Work, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Childcare, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension.
1
🇨🇦Canada
92.9
2
🇫🇷France
90.2
3
🇪🇸Spain
87.8
4
🇮🇪Ireland
85.7
5
🇩🇪Germany
83.2
6
🇧🇪Belgium
81.6
7
🇸🇪Sweden
80.5
8
🇬🇧United Kingdom
80.2
9
🇨🇱Chile
79.9
10
🇦🇺Australia
78.7
11
🇮🇹Italy
77.9
12
🇵🇭Philippines
77.4
13
🇯🇵Japan
76.6
14
🇦🇹Austria
76.5
15
🇱🇺Luxembourg
76.4
16
🇰🇷South Korea
76.3
17
🇳🇴Norway
75.7
18
🇧🇷Brazil
74.9
19
🇵🇹Portugal
73.5
20
🇳🇿New Zealand
73.2
21
🇸🇮Slovenia
72.9
22
🇨🇭Switzerland
72.8
23
🇨🇴Colombia
72.5
24
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
72.0
25
🇵🇪Peru
71.2
26
🇫🇮Finland
71.1
27
🇨🇿Czechia
70.8
28
🇷🇼Rwanda
70.5
29
🇸🇬Singapore
70.1
30
🇺🇸United States
69.9
31
🇨🇳China
69.3
32
🇯🇴Jordan
68.6
33
🇮🇸Iceland
67.7
34
🇲🇽Mexico
67.7
35
🇳🇱Netherlands
67.4
36
🇭🇷Croatia
66.1
37
🇲🇩Moldova
65.6
38
🇺🇾Uruguay
65.6
39
🇬🇷Greece
65.5
40
🇵🇱Poland
65.4
41
🇪🇨Ecuador
65.1
42
🇩🇰Denmark
64.3
43
🇧🇬Bulgaria
63.2
44
🇱🇻Latvia
62.9
45
🇪🇪Estonia
62.3
46
🇲🇹Malta
62.3
47
🇿🇦South Africa
62.0
48
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
61.4
49
🇷🇸Serbia
61.1
50
🇱🇹Lithuania
61.1
Highlights
As of 2025, Canada ranks first with 92.9, followed by France (90.2) and Spain (87.8).
Across 188 countries and territories, values run from 92.9 (Canada) to 3.0 (Afghanistan), with a median of 46.9.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 2 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Supportive Framework Index (scale 0-100), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Supportive Framework Index (scale 0-100) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026