Skip to content
worldgov
data
Data
Countries
Analysis
Sources
Search
⌘K
System
Light
Dark
Data
/
Society
Married women are not required by law to obey their husbands
Our World in Data
(1=yes; 0=no)
·
188 countries · 1970–2023
·
Higher is better
·
CC BY 4.0
CSV ↓
JSON ↓
Map
Bars
Trend
Distribution
Table
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
World · choropleth
click a country to pin
Loading map…
Hover or click a country to pin it
League table
2023
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
High income
Low income
Lower middle income
Upper middle income
Filter countries
188 of 188
#
▲
Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Madagascar
1
2
Comoros
1
3
Bhutan
1
4
Colombia
1
5
China
1
6
Antigua and Barbuda
1
7
Malawi
1
8
Ethiopia
1
9
United States
1
10
Kiribati
1
11
Haiti
1
12
Albania
1
13
Kenya
1
14
Hungary
1
15
Mexico
1
16
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
17
Serbia
1
18
Fiji
1
19
Ecuador
1
20
Senegal
1
21
Tunisia
1
22
France
1
23
Seychelles
1
24
Cameroon
1
25
Syrian Arab Republic
1
26
Bahamas, The
1
27
Burkina Faso
1
28
Philippines
1
29
Lithuania
1
30
Mauritius
1
31
Papua New Guinea
1
32
Nigeria
1
33
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
34
Malta
1
35
Congo, Rep.
1
36
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
37
Jamaica
1
38
Indonesia
1
39
Gabon
1
40
Bulgaria
1
41
Eswatini
1
42
Sierra Leone
1
43
Thailand
1
44
India
1
45
Uruguay
1
46
Viet Nam
1
47
Mongolia
1
48
Algeria
1
49
United Kingdom
1
50
Kyrgyz Republic
1
51
Ireland
1
52
Georgia
1
53
St. Lucia
1
54
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1
55
Sweden
1
56
Armenia
1
57
Dominican Republic
1
58
Benin
1
59
Singapore
1
60
Venezuela, RB
1
61
Luxembourg
1
62
Denmark
1
63
Ghana
1
64
New Zealand
1
65
Pakistan
1
66
Rwanda
1
67
Maldives
1
68
Nepal
1
69
Norway
1
70
Guinea
1
71
Portugal
1
72
Tajikistan
1
73
Belgium
1
74
Lebanon
1
75
Estonia
1
76
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
77
Finland
1
78
Gambia, The
1
79
Slovenia
1
80
Niger
1
81
Moldova
1
82
Cambodia
1
83
Lesotho
1
84
Cote d'Ivoire
1
85
Bangladesh
1
86
Argentina
1
87
Mozambique
1
88
Romania
1
89
Guinea-Bissau
1
90
Turkiye
1
91
Montenegro
1
92
Dominica
1
93
Chile
1
94
Lao PDR
1
95
Vanuatu
1
96
Slovak Republic
1
97
Poland
1
98
Spain
1
99
Nicaragua
1
100
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
101
Burundi
1
102
Puerto Rico (US)
1
103
Japan
1
104
San Marino
1
105
Belarus
1
106
North Macedonia
1
107
Korea, Rep.
1
108
Greece
1
109
Myanmar
1
110
Brazil
1
111
Chad
1
112
Grenada
1
113
Suriname
1
114
Azerbaijan
1
115
Uganda
1
116
Timor-Leste
1
117
Uzbekistan
1
118
Kazakhstan
1
119
Panama
1
120
Libya
1
121
Oman
1
122
Germany
1
123
Canada
1
124
Guatemala
1
125
Iceland
1
126
Czechia
1
127
Russian Federation
1
128
Switzerland
1
129
Guyana
1
130
Tonga
1
131
Cyprus
1
132
Zambia
1
133
South Africa
1
134
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
135
Sao Tome and Principe
1
136
Zimbabwe
1
137
Costa Rica
1
138
Solomon Islands
1
139
Israel
1
140
Belize
1
141
Liberia
1
142
Latvia
1
143
Samoa
1
144
Togo
1
145
Austria
1
146
El Salvador
1
147
Morocco
1
148
Sri Lanka
1
149
Botswana
1
150
United Arab Emirates
1
151
Trinidad and Tobago
1
152
Central African Republic
1
153
Cabo Verde
1
154
Honduras
1
155
Paraguay
1
156
Marshall Islands
1
157
Ukraine
1
158
Tanzania
1
159
Netherlands
1
160
Peru
1
161
Australia
1
162
Angola
1
163
Palau
1
164
Bolivia
1
165
Barbados
1
166
Namibia
1
167
Eritrea
1
168
Croatia
1
169
Italy
1
170
South Sudan
1
171
Brunei Darussalam
0
172
Mali
0
173
Equatorial Guinea
0
174
Yemen, Rep.
0
175
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
176
Iraq
0
177
West Bank and Gaza
0
178
Jordan
0
179
Malaysia
0
180
Afghanistan
0
181
Qatar
0
182
Kuwait
0
183
Sudan
0
184
Saudi Arabia
0
185
Mauritania
0
186
Djibouti
0
187
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
188
Bahrain
0
Click a row to pin · hover to highlight across views
Married women are not required by law to obey their husbands
Related indicators
Legal frameworks that promote, enforce and monitor gender equality (percentage of achievement, 0 - 100) -- Area 4: marriage and family
correlated
Poverty gap at $2.15/day
related
Poverty gap at $3.65/day
related
Poverty gap at $6.85/day
related
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15/day
related
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65/day
related
Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85/day
related
Mean daily welfare
related
Median daily welfare
related
Poverty headcount at $2.15/day
related
Poverty headcount at $3.65/day
related
Poverty headcount at $6.85/day
related
Home
Data
Countries
Analysis
Search