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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce a woman's right to be the "head of household" or "head of family" in the same way as a man 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 score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median
As of 2025, Albania ranks first with 4.0, followed by Algeria (4.0) and Angola (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Albania and Algeria differ by less than 1%.
Across 165 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Albania) to 0.0 (Lebanon), with a median of 3.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 3 from the Americas, 3 from Europe, 2 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Marriage, Public authorities enforce a woman's right to be the head of household or head of family in the same way as a man, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Marriage, Public authorities enforce a woman's right to be the head of household or head of family in the same way as a man · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026