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The indicator assesses whether the law prescribes a mandatory gender quota for corporate boards. Score = 1 if the quota is 40% or higher; score = 0.5 if the quota is below 40% but greater than 0%, or if the law requires at least one woman on the board; score = 0 if there is no mandatory quota. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf)
As of 2025, Croatia ranks first with 1.00%, followed by Denmark (1.00%) and Estonia (1.00%).
The top two are virtually level: Croatia and Denmark differ by less than 1%.
Across 188 countries and territories, values run from 1.00% (Croatia) to 0.00% (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.00%.
All of the top 10 are in Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Legal Framework, Entrepreneurship, The law prescribes a gender quota for corporate boards, 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Legal Framework, Entrepreneurship, The law prescribes a gender quota for corporate boards · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026