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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce a woman's right to work in different economic sectors 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 value of ind
As of 2025, Antigua and Barbuda ranks first with 4.0, followed by Australia (4.0) and Bahamas (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Antigua and Barbuda and Australia differ by less than 1%.
Across 163 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Antigua and Barbuda) to 0.4 (Belarus), with a median of 2.9.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 2 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pay, Public authorities enforce a woman's right to work in different economic sectors in the same way as a man, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pay, Public authorities enforce a woman's right to work in different economic sectors in the same way as a man · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026