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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters in practice.Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, no upholding of women’s rights, or full enforcement of restrictive laws, and 4 indicates full enforcement of protective or beneficial laws, the full upholding of women’s rights, or no enforcement of restrictive laws. Enforcement perceptions indicator-level scores are calculated by taking the median value of individual expert responses on the five-point Likert scale (0–4) for each indicato
As of 2025, Albania ranks first with 4.0, followed by Antigua and Barbuda (4.0) and Argentina (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Albania and Antigua and Barbuda differ by less than 1%.
Across 166 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Albania) to 0.0 (Tunisia), with a median of 4.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 3 from the Americas, 2 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Assets, Public authorities enforce existing legislation granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Assets, Public authorities enforce existing legislation granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026