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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation mandating equal remuneration for work of equal value 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 individu
As of 2025, Algeria ranks first with 4.0, followed by Denmark (4.0) and Spain (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Algeria and Denmark differ by less than 1%.
Across 167 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Algeria) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 1.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 3 from Africa and 3 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pay, Public authorities enforce existing legislation mandating equal remuneration for work of equal value, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Pay, Public authorities enforce existing legislation mandating equal remuneration for work of equal value · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026