Barbados vs Samoa: Women can take the same jobs as men

Barbados

1 (1=yes; 0=no)

in 2023

Samoa

1 (1=yes; 0=no)

in 2023

Barbados rank

1st

Samoa rank

1st

Women can take the same jobs as men over time

Barbados
Samoa

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 1 (1=yes; 0=no) against 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Samoa, a difference of 0 (1=yes; 0=no).

Across all 54 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 188 countries.

Individual pages

Women can take the same jobs as men in Barbados
Women can take the same jobs as men in Samoa
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Women can take the same jobs as men
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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Husbands cannot prevent their wives from working, women don't need more permissions or additional documentation to work relative to men, and their work is not considered a form of disobedience with legal consequences.