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

United Kingdom: Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
All-time low
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom, 1970–2023

00.20.40.60.81197019962023

Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

The most recent figure for equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

United Kingdom ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1972 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1973 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1974 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1975 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1976 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1977 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1978 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1979 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1980 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1981 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1982 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1983 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1984 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1985 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1986 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1987 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1988 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1989 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1990 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1991 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1992 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1993 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1994 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  2. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  3. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Equatorial Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Haiti 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Israel 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Philippines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  143. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  144. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  145. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  146. 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom?
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left in United Kingdom was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
What is the lowest equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does United Kingdom rank for equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left?
United Kingdom ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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When parents die without a will, sons and daughters have the same rights to inherit.