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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation prescribing gender quotas for corporate boards 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 indicator at the
As of 2025, Norway ranks first with 4.00%, followed by France (3.00%) and Iceland (3.00%).
Across 165 countries and territories, values run from 4.00% (Norway) to 0.00% (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.00%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 2 from Africa and 2 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Entrepreneurship, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prescribing gender quotas for corporate boards, 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Entrepreneurship, Public authorities enforce existing legislation prescribing gender quotas for corporate boards · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026