Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesColombiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 54.4 52Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 52.6 39Building credit histories 60.5 23Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 50.0 =41Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 46.0 61Starting a business 54.0 57Regulatory quality 51.6 56Mobile telephone subscribers 43.4 56Infrastructure risk 35.2 =69LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 40.1 85LABOUR POLICY 44.3 =92Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Legal restrictions on job types 0.0 =109LABOUR PRACTICE 36.0 59De facto discrimination at work 60.5 74Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 62.0 51Literacy rate, women 91.2 54Primary and secondary education, women 63.1 41SME support/development training 60.0 =40Tertiary education, women 33.9 61WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 85.2 51Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Adolescent fertility rate 50.8 93GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceColombiaWorld averageBest in WorldCosta RicaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 54.7 51Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 32.8 69Building credit histories 56.0 28Private sector credit 50.0 =41Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 39.1 73Regulatory quality 57.9 48Infrastructure risk 41.8 =61Starting a business 37.7 87Mobile telephone subscribers 19.1 93LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 51.4 49LABOUR POLICY 64.5 54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Differential retirement age 83.3 =63Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95LABOUR PRACTICE 38.3 52De facto discrimination at work 69.7 =45Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 59.8 55Literacy rate, women 95.4 46SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 56.7 65Tertiary education, women 27.1 70WOMEN’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 TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCosta RicaWorld averageBest in World57© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010