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Married women are not required by law to obey their husbands
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188 countries · 1970–2023
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1
South Africa
1
2
Botswana
1
3
Seychelles
1
4
Thailand
1
5
Central African Republic
1
6
Brazil
1
7
Canada
1
8
Eswatini
1
9
Switzerland
1
10
Sweden
1
11
Tajikistan
1
12
Chile
1
13
Slovenia
1
14
Bolivia
1
15
China
1
16
Slovak Republic
1
17
Cote d'Ivoire
1
18
Suriname
1
19
Lao PDR
1
20
Timor-Leste
1
21
Cameroon
1
22
Sao Tome and Principe
1
23
Belize
1
24
Lithuania
1
25
Congo, Dem. Rep.
1
26
South Sudan
1
27
Congo, Rep.
1
28
Serbia
1
29
Tonga
1
30
Colombia
1
31
Belarus
1
32
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
1
33
Comoros
1
34
Cabo Verde
1
35
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
36
San Marino
1
37
Costa Rica
1
38
El Salvador
1
39
Trinidad and Tobago
1
40
Cyprus
1
41
Sierra Leone
1
42
Bahamas, The
1
43
Czechia
1
44
Solomon Islands
1
45
Germany
1
46
Singapore
1
47
Liberia
1
48
Tunisia
1
49
Senegal
1
50
Dominica
1
51
Turkiye
1
52
Denmark
1
53
Dominican Republic
1
54
Bulgaria
1
55
Rwanda
1
56
Algeria
1
57
Ecuador
1
58
Russian Federation
1
59
Tanzania
1
60
Romania
1
61
Bangladesh
1
62
Eritrea
1
63
Spain
1
64
Sri Lanka
1
65
Uganda
1
66
Estonia
1
67
Paraguay
1
68
Burkina Faso
1
69
Libya
1
70
Ethiopia
1
71
Portugal
1
72
Finland
1
73
Puerto Rico (US)
1
74
Ukraine
1
75
Fiji
1
76
Benin
1
77
Poland
1
78
France
1
79
Papua New Guinea
1
80
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
81
Uruguay
1
82
Gabon
1
83
Palau
1
84
Belgium
1
85
United Kingdom
1
86
Philippines
1
87
Georgia
1
88
Peru
1
89
United States
1
90
Ghana
1
91
Burundi
1
92
Panama
1
93
Guinea
1
94
Pakistan
1
95
Gambia, The
1
96
Oman
1
97
Uzbekistan
1
98
Azerbaijan
1
99
Guinea-Bissau
1
100
New Zealand
1
101
Austria
1
102
Nepal
1
103
Greece
1
104
Norway
1
105
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
106
Grenada
1
107
Guatemala
1
108
Netherlands
1
109
Australia
1
110
Guyana
1
111
Nicaragua
1
112
Venezuela, RB
1
113
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
114
Nigeria
1
115
Honduras
1
116
Niger
1
117
Antigua and Barbuda
1
118
Croatia
1
119
Namibia
1
120
Lebanon
1
121
Viet Nam
1
122
Haiti
1
123
Armenia
1
124
Hungary
1
125
Malawi
1
126
Indonesia
1
127
Mauritius
1
128
Vanuatu
1
129
India
1
130
Ireland
1
131
Argentina
1
132
Mozambique
1
133
Lesotho
1
134
Samoa
1
135
Mongolia
1
136
United Arab Emirates
1
137
Iceland
1
138
Montenegro
1
139
Israel
1
140
Myanmar
1
141
Italy
1
142
Malta
1
143
Albania
1
144
Jamaica
1
145
North Macedonia
1
146
Japan
1
147
Marshall Islands
1
148
Angola
1
149
Kazakhstan
1
150
Mexico
1
151
Kenya
1
152
Kyrgyz Republic
1
153
Maldives
1
154
Zambia
1
155
Cambodia
1
156
Madagascar
1
157
Kiribati
1
158
Moldova
1
159
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
160
Morocco
1
161
Zimbabwe
1
162
St. Lucia
1
163
Korea, Rep.
1
164
Latvia
1
165
Luxembourg
1
166
Togo
1
167
Chad
1
168
Barbados
1
169
Bhutan
1
170
Syrian Arab Republic
1
171
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
172
Yemen, Rep.
0
173
Equatorial Guinea
0
174
Mali
0
175
Jordan
0
176
Afghanistan
0
177
Kuwait
0
178
Iraq
0
179
West Bank and Gaza
0
180
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
181
Djibouti
0
182
Mauritania
0
183
Bahrain
0
184
Sudan
0
185
Brunei Darussalam
0
186
Malaysia
0
187
Saudi Arabia
0
188
Qatar
0
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Married women are not required by law to obey their husbands
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