Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesUruguayScore RankOVERALL SCORE 59.2 45Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 36.8 56Building credit histories 97.2 6Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 46.4 59Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Mobile telephone subscribers 49.6 40Regulatory quality 47.1 63Starting a business 33.8 91LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 48.2 60LABOUR POLICY 65.7 =50Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 30.6 78Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 39.2 102Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 81.9 14Literacy rate, women 98.0 39Tertiary education, women 82.4 15SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 67.2 27WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 93.6 =23Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 68.1 =80GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUruguayWorld averageBest in WorldVenezuelaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 47.4 74Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.3 =105Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =102Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 28.2 91Mobile telephone subscribers 45.5 49Starting a business 31.5 =96Infrastructure risk 30.8 =74Regulatory quality 5.1 112LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 51.7 48LABOUR POLICY 67.1 48Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55LABOUR PRACTICE 36.3 57De facto discrimination at work 61.7 71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 66.0 46Literacy rate, women 93.8 48SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 50.5 78Tertiary education, women 39.4 51WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 80.7 60Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 53.4 92GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceVenezuelaWorld averageBest in World100© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010