Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesVietnamScore RankOVERALL SCORE 43.7 79Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 40.7 48Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 12.7 66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 31.8 84Starting a business 41.4 77Mobile telephone subscribers 37.8 67Regulatory quality 30.3 95Infrastructure risk 17.6 =96LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.2 89LABOUR POLICY 34.3 =104Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Legal restrictions on job types 0.0 =109Differential retirement age 0.0 =103LABOUR PRACTICE 42.1 41De facto discrimination at work 68.2 =52Access to childcare 66.7 =13Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 43.8 87Literacy rate, women 83.7 71Primary and secondary education, women 43.9 89SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 7.5 92WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 69.9 82Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 82.7 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Property ownership rights 50.0 =79CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceVietnamWorld averageBest in WorldYemenScore RankOVERALL SCORE 19.2 112Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 0.0 =110Building credit histories 0.1 =98Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 25.5 96Starting a business 62.1 39Regulatory quality 25.5 100Infrastructure risk 7.7 =107Mobile telephone subscribers 6.7 111LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 16.1 111LABOUR POLICY 32.1 107Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 0.0 113Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75De facto discrimination at work 0.0 113Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 20.9 108SME support/development training 40.0 =76Literacy rate, women 24.9 105Primary and secondary education, women 14.7 108Tertiary education, women 4.0 102WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 36.8 112Adolescent fertility rate 59.2 87Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78Property ownership rights 25.0 =94Addressing violence against women 0.0 =109GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceYemenWorld average101© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010