Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left by country
When parents die without a will, sons and daughters have the same rights to inherit.
Countries reporting
147
Highest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Angola
Lowest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Zimbabwe
Median
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Angola; the lowest is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), and the mean is 1 (1=yes; 0=no).
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Albania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Benin | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belize | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cameroon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Congo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gabon | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ghana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Haiti | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | India | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Laos | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liberia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mali | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Myanmar | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nepal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Philippines | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Sudan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Suriname | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chad | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | East Timor | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vietnam | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
When parents die without a will, sons and daughters have the same rights to inherit.