World Bank’s WBL Report 2026 : Women’s Economic-opportunity Laws only Half-enforced GloballyIn February 2026, the World Bank Group (WBG)released the 11th edition of Women, Business and the Law (WBL) report titled ‘Women, Business And the Law 2026: Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth’. The report revealed that, on average, laws aimed at providing equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced globally, highlighting persistent gaps in gender equality in the workplace.
About Women, Business and the Law(WBL) 2026 Report:
Overview: The report is a global benchmarking project that assesses how laws, regulations, and policies help in shaping women’s economic opportunities and private sector development across 190 economies.
Global Average Score: Legal frameworks (67 out of 100); Enforcement perceptions (53) and Supportive frameworks (47).
About Women, Business and the Law(WBL) 2026 Report:
Overview: The report is a global benchmarking project that assesses how laws, regulations, and policies help in shaping women’s economic opportunities and private sector development across 190 economies.
Global Average Score: Legal frameworks (67 out of 100); Enforcement perceptions (53) and Supportive frameworks (47).
- It also showed that the global average score for enforcement perceptions is 53 which indicates women’s rights are only partly held and no economy scores above 90 in this pillar. The global score supportive frameworks index is 47, the lowest among all the three pillars.
Inequitable Legal Rights Access: The report noted that even if laws were fully enforced, women will be able to access just 2/3rd (66.66%) of the legal rights of men.
Negligible Full Legal Equality: As per the report, only 4% of women globally, live in economies that provide nearly full legal equality.
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