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Spouses have equal rights to manage their own and joint assets

(1=yes; 0=no) · higher is better · 188 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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188 shown
  1. 1Benin1
  2. 1Kenya1
  3. 1Kazakhstan1
  4. 1Japan1
  5. 1Cambodia1
  6. 1Jordan1
  7. 1Jamaica1
  8. 1Italy1
  9. 1Israel1
  10. 1Kyrgyz Republic1
  11. 1Iceland1
  12. 1Iraq1
  13. 1Iran, Islamic Rep.1
  14. 1Ireland1
  15. 1India1
  16. 1St. Kitts and Nevis1
  17. 1Indonesia1
  18. 1Hungary1
  19. 1Croatia1
  20. 1Korea, Rep.1
  21. 1Honduras1
  22. 1Hong Kong SAR, China1
  23. 1Guyana1
  24. 1Guatemala1
  25. 1Grenada1
  26. 1Kuwait1
  27. 1Greece1
  28. 1Gambia, The1
  29. 1Lao PDR1
  30. 1Guinea1
  31. 1Ghana1
  32. 1Georgia1
  33. 1United Kingdom1
  34. 1Lebanon1
  35. 1Gabon1
  36. 1France1
  37. 1Fiji1
  38. 1Finland1
  39. 1Liberia1
  40. 1Ethiopia1
  41. 1Estonia1
  42. 1Spain1
  43. 1Eritrea1
  44. 1Libya1
  45. 1Egypt, Arab Rep.1
  46. 1Ecuador1
  47. 1Algeria1
  48. 1Dominican Republic1
  49. 1Denmark1
  50. 1St. Lucia1
  51. 1Dominica1
  52. 1Djibouti1
  53. 1Germany1
  54. 1Czechia1
  55. 1Sri Lanka1
  56. 1Cyprus1
  57. 1Costa Rica1
  58. 1Cabo Verde1
  59. 1Comoros1
  60. 1Lesotho1
  61. 1Colombia1
  62. 1Cote d'Ivoire1
  63. 1Lithuania1
  64. 1China1
  65. 1Switzerland1
  66. 1Canada1
  67. 1Luxembourg1
  68. 1Central African Republic1
  69. 1Botswana1
  70. 1Bhutan1
  71. 1Brunei Darussalam1
  72. 1Barbados1
  73. 1Latvia1
  74. 1Brazil1
  75. 1Bolivia1
  76. 1Belize1
  77. 1Belarus1
  78. 1Morocco1
  79. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  80. 1Bahamas, The1
  81. 1Bahrain1
  82. 1Bulgaria1
  83. 1Moldova1
  84. 1Bangladesh1
  85. 1Burkina Faso1
  86. 1Belgium1
  87. 1Burundi1
  88. 1Madagascar1
  89. 1Azerbaijan1
  90. 1Austria1
  91. 1Australia1
  92. 1Antigua and Barbuda1
  93. 1Maldives1
  94. 1Armenia1
  95. 1Argentina1
  96. 1United Arab Emirates1
  97. 1Albania1
  98. 1Angola1
  99. 1Mexico1
  100. 1Afghanistan1
  101. 1United States1
  102. 1Papua New Guinea1
  103. 1Sweden1
  104. 1Sierra Leone1
  105. 1Timor-Leste1
  106. 1Mali1
  107. 1El Salvador1
  108. 1Nepal1
  109. 1San Marino1
  110. 1Tunisia1
  111. 1Norway1
  112. 1Rwanda1
  113. 1Nigeria1
  114. 1Malta1
  115. 1Venezuela, RB1
  116. 1Puerto Rico (US)1
  117. 1Poland1
  118. 1Solomon Islands1
  119. 1Turkiye1
  120. 1Yemen, Rep.1
  121. 1South Africa1
  122. 1West Bank and Gaza1
  123. 1Saudi Arabia1
  124. 1Mongolia1
  125. 1Sudan1
  126. 1Tanzania1
  127. 1Myanmar1
  128. 1Slovak Republic1
  129. 1Paraguay1
  130. 1Thailand1
  131. 1Uruguay1
  132. 1New Zealand1
  133. 1Portugal1
  134. 1Viet Nam1
  135. 1Senegal1
  136. 1Namibia1
  137. 1Slovenia1
  138. 1Singapore1
  139. 1Nicaragua1
  140. 1Eswatini1
  141. 1Zambia1
  142. 1Uzbekistan1
  143. 1Somalia, Fed. Rep.1
  144. 1Netherlands1
  145. 1Peru1
  146. 1Serbia1
  147. 1Panama1
  148. 1Trinidad and Tobago1
  149. 1Seychelles1
  150. 1North Macedonia1
  151. 1Malaysia1
  152. 1Mauritius1
  153. 1Tajikistan1
  154. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines1
  155. 1Syrian Arab Republic1
  156. 1Pakistan1
  157. 1Sao Tome and Principe1
  158. 1Zimbabwe1
  159. 1Suriname1
  160. 1Tonga1
  161. 1Romania1
  162. 1Montenegro1
  163. 1Oman1
  164. 1Russian Federation1
  165. 1Uganda1
  166. 1Malawi1
  167. 1Ukraine1
  168. 1Togo1
  169. 1Mozambique1
  170. 1Qatar1
  171. 2Chad0
  172. 2Mauritania0
  173. 2Samoa0
  174. 2Vanuatu0
  175. 2South Sudan0
  176. 2Philippines0
  177. 2Niger0
  178. 2Palau0
  179. 2Marshall Islands0
  180. 2Kiribati0
  181. 2Chile0
  182. 2Cameroon0
  183. 2Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  184. 2Congo, Rep.0
  185. 2Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0
  186. 2Guinea-Bissau0
  187. 2Equatorial Guinea0
  188. 2Haiti0

Spouses have equal rights to manage their own and joint assets