Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesCanadaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 80.5 9Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 68.8 =13Building credit histories 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 25.0 =66Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 75.7 15Starting a business 98.6 2Regulatory quality 90.7 11Infrastructure risk 82.4 =16Mobile telephone subscribers 31.0 77LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 80.8 9LABOUR PRACTICE 75.8 12Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 86.6 10Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4Access to childcare 33.3 =42LABOUR POLICY 85.7 =12Legal 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 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51EDUCATION AND TRAINING 78.5 23Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12SME support/development training 80.0 =13Tertiary education, women 70.5 24Primary and secondary education, women 64.5 36WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 98.7 =14Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 93.7 =30GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCanadaWorld averageBest in WorldChadScore RankOVERALL SCORE 25.2 111Score 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 5.0 113Regulatory quality 10.0 110Mobile telephone subscribers 6.9 110Infrastructure risk 3.3 =111Starting a business 0.0 113LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 45.3 67LABOUR POLICY 52.9 81Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98LABOUR PRACTICE 37.8 55De facto discrimination at work 68.0 =56Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 6.9 113SME support/development training 20.0 =104Tertiary education, women 7.7 91Primary and secondary education, women 0.0 113Literacy rate, women 0.0 113WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 48.3 105Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Property ownership rights 0.0 =106Adolescent fertility rate 0.0 113GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceChadWorld averageBest in World55© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010