Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesUnited KingdomScore RankOVERALL SCORE 76.8 14Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 62.5 =23Building credit histories 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 78.3 10Regulatory quality 94.3 5Starting a business 83.0 14Infrastructure risk 75.8 =22Mobile telephone subscribers 60.1 19LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 73.9 17LABOUR POLICY 81.4 =20Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Differential retirement age 50.0 =71LABOUR PRACTICE 66.4 18Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4De facto discrimination at work 65.6 =62Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 84.8 8SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 75.3 11Tertiary education, women 64.8 27WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 87.5 44Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 87.5 51CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUnited KingdomWorld averageBest in WorldUnited StatesScore RankOVERALL SCORE 76.7 15Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 68.8 =13Building credit histories 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 75.0 =28Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 75.4 16Starting a business 89.7 =8Regulatory quality 88.4 15Infrastructure risk 82.4 =16Mobile telephone subscribers 40.9 60LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 78.4 12LABOUR POLICY 71.4 =39Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Maternity and paternity leave and provision 0.0 =112LABOUR PRACTICE 85.3 4Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 74.5 =36Access to childcare 66.7 =13EDUCATION AND TRAINING 83.6 12Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 94.3 5SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 61.0 53WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 75.9 74Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 79.6 65CEDAW ratification 0.0 =111GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUnited StatesWorld averageBest in World99© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010