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Bangladesh:
Less than 4% of land in rural Bangladesh is owned by women.
Source: Bangladesh – Context and Land Governance
India:
Women account for 32% of the agricultural labor force and contribute to 55-66% of farm production, but yet women own and manage less than 12% of land.
Source: FAO’s Gender and Land Rights Database
Zambia:
Couples in villages where women do not inherit land reduce their investment in land by applying 37 to 50% less fertilizer, fallowing 12 to 16% less land area, and reducing soil erosion on 7 to 11% fewer acres.
Source: Inheritance Customs and Agricultural Investment
Niger:
Men own five times as much land as women.
Source: Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa
Tanzania:
Women with strong property and inheritance rights earn up to 3.8 times more income and were 1.35 times more likely to have individual savings.
Source: Women’s Property Rights and Gendered Policies: Implications for Women’s Long-term Welfare in Rural Tanzania
Uganda:
Women represent one-third of owners or co-owners of land.
Source: Uganda Social Institutions and Gender Index Report
Rwanda:
Women with strong land right were 19% more likely to engage in soil conservation compared to 10% among men.
Source: Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: Pilot evidence from Rwanda
Nepal:
Children whose mothers own land were up to 33% less likely to be severely underweight.
Source: Do Women’s Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal?
Ethiopia:
An increase in land allocated to women decreased household food insecurity by 36%.
Source: Why Land Rights Matter
Vietnam:
Children in households where women own land are up to 10% less likely to be sick.
Source: Women’s Land Rights and Children’s Human Capital in Vietnam
Women represent half of the global population, produce the majority of the world’s food supply, perform 60% to 80% of the agricultural work in emerging economies, and yet women own less than 20% of land worldwide.
Source: The role of women in agriculture
Source: Women own less than 20% of the world’s land. It’s time to give them equal property rights
15 countries where women do not have equal ownership to property.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016
34 countries where daughters do not have equal inheritance rights.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016
35 countries where widows do not have equal inheritance rights.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016
90 countries where customs inhibit women’s access to land.
Source: OECD’s Gender, Institutions and Development Database 2014
In Sub-Saharan Africa 49% women in agricultural labor, 15% women agricultural land holders
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
In Asia, women comprise 42% of agricultural labor and 11% of land holders.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
In the Middle East and North Africa, women comprise 40% of agricultural labor and 5% of landowners.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
Women with strong rights to inherit land earn up to 3.8 time more income.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
Children whose mothers own land up to 33% less likely to be severely underweight.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
Families where women own more land devote more of their budget to education.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment
Women who own more land are up to 8 times less likely to experience domestic violence.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights
Where women’s property and inheritance rights are stronger, women’s individual savings are up to 35 percent greater.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights
Children in households where women own land are up to 10% less likely to be sick.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights