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Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left

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

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188 shown
  1. 1Belgium1
  2. 1Rwanda1
  3. 1Equatorial Guinea1
  4. 1Canada1
  5. 1Switzerland1
  6. 1Sierra Leone1
  7. 1Albania1
  8. 1Jamaica1
  9. 1Portugal1
  10. 1Cyprus1
  11. 1Barbados1
  12. 1Slovak Republic1
  13. 1Russian Federation1
  14. 1Serbia1
  15. 1Czechia1
  16. 1Italy1
  17. 1Honduras1
  18. 1Brazil1
  19. 1Nepal1
  20. 1Lao PDR1
  21. 1Greece1
  22. 1Cambodia1
  23. 1Peru1
  24. 1Germany1
  25. 1Georgia1
  26. 1Philippines1
  27. 1Eritrea1
  28. 1Mexico1
  29. 1Israel1
  30. 1Suriname1
  31. 1Romania1
  32. 1San Marino1
  33. 1Azerbaijan1
  34. 1Central African Republic1
  35. 1Seychelles1
  36. 1Bolivia1
  37. 1Gabon1
  38. 1Hong Kong SAR, China1
  39. 1Singapore1
  40. 1China1
  41. 1Moldova1
  42. 1Iceland1
  43. 1South Sudan1
  44. 1Belize1
  45. 1Nigeria1
  46. 1Angola1
  47. 1Guinea-Bissau1
  48. 1Kenya1
  49. 1North Macedonia1
  50. 1Belarus1
  51. 1Nicaragua1
  52. 1Estonia1
  53. 1Sweden1
  54. 1Colombia1
  55. 1Mali1
  56. 1New Zealand1
  57. 1Norway1
  58. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina1
  59. 1Kyrgyz Republic1
  60. 1Ghana1
  61. 1Togo1
  62. 1Tajikistan1
  63. 1Liberia1
  64. 1Malta1
  65. 1Dominica1
  66. 1El Salvador1
  67. 1Lithuania1
  68. 1Bahamas, The1
  69. 1Lesotho1
  70. 1Finland1
  71. 1Myanmar1
  72. 1Netherlands1
  73. 1Bhutan1
  74. 1Austria1
  75. 1Chile1
  76. 1Panama1
  77. 1Korea, Rep.1
  78. 1Denmark1
  79. 1Poland1
  80. 1Ireland1
  81. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1
  82. 1Thailand1
  83. 1Montenegro1
  84. 1Papua New Guinea1
  85. 1Armenia1
  86. 1Puerto Rico (US)1
  87. 1Dominican Republic1
  88. 1Fiji1
  89. 1Mongolia1
  90. 1Slovenia1
  91. 1Antigua and Barbuda1
  92. 1Congo, Dem. Rep.1
  93. 1Bulgaria1
  94. 1Grenada1
  95. 1Argentina1
  96. 1Solomon Islands1
  97. 1Mozambique1
  98. 1India1
  99. 1Sao Tome and Principe1
  100. 1St. Kitts and Nevis1
  101. 1Latvia1
  102. 1Kazakhstan1
  103. 1United Kingdom1
  104. 1Guinea1
  105. 1Paraguay1
  106. 1Guatemala1
  107. 1Australia1
  108. 1Burkina Faso1
  109. 1Cameroon1
  110. 1Ethiopia1
  111. 1Costa Rica1
  112. 1Hungary1
  113. 1Spain1
  114. 1Mauritius1
  115. 1Guyana1
  116. 1Luxembourg1
  117. 1Haiti1
  118. 1Kiribati1
  119. 1Chad1
  120. 1St. Lucia1
  121. 1Malawi1
  122. 1Ecuador1
  123. 1Japan1
  124. 1Benin1
  125. 1Congo, Rep.1
  126. 1France1
  127. 1Croatia1
  128. 1Sri Lanka1
  129. 1Cabo Verde1
  130. 1Cote d'Ivoire1
  131. 1Namibia1
  132. 1United States1
  133. 1Timor-Leste1
  134. 1South Africa1
  135. 1Viet Nam1
  136. 1Ukraine1
  137. 1Venezuela, RB1
  138. 1Turkiye1
  139. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines1
  140. 1Uruguay1
  141. 1Zimbabwe1
  142. 1Uzbekistan1
  143. 1Uganda1
  144. 1Samoa1
  145. 1Zambia1
  146. 1Trinidad and Tobago1
  147. 1Vanuatu1
  148. 2Yemen, Rep.0
  149. 2Tonga0
  150. 2Tanzania0
  151. 2Tunisia0
  152. 2Qatar0
  153. 2Pakistan0
  154. 2Oman0
  155. 2Niger0
  156. 2Malaysia0
  157. 2Mauritania0
  158. 2West Bank and Gaza0
  159. 2Marshall Islands0
  160. 2Maldives0
  161. 2Madagascar0
  162. 2Morocco0
  163. 2Libya0
  164. 2Lebanon0
  165. 2Kuwait0
  166. 2Saudi Arabia0
  167. 2Sudan0
  168. 2Senegal0
  169. 2Jordan0
  170. 2Iraq0
  171. 2Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  172. 2Indonesia0
  173. 2Gambia, The0
  174. 2Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  175. 2Palau0
  176. 2Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  177. 2Algeria0
  178. 2Djibouti0
  179. 2Comoros0
  180. 2Botswana0
  181. 2Eswatini0
  182. 2Brunei Darussalam0
  183. 2Syrian Arab Republic0
  184. 2Bahrain0
  185. 2Bangladesh0
  186. 2Burundi0
  187. 2United Arab Emirates0
  188. 2Afghanistan0

Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left