Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesCôte d’IvoireScore RankOVERALL SCORE 28.9 110Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.5 =100Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.9 =90Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 23.9 101Infrastructure risk 41.8 =61Mobile telephone subscribers 23.4 84Regulatory quality 19.1 104Starting a business 11.3 112LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 34.9 97LABOUR POLICY 55.0 =72Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98LABOUR PRACTICE 14.8 110De facto discrimination at work 59.3 =77Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 17.8 110SME support/development training 40.0 =76Literacy rate, women 22.5 107Tertiary education, women 4.5 99Primary and secondary education, women 4.2 112WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 55.3 96Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 42.9 101Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCôte d’IvoireWorld averageBest in WorldCroatiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 59.8 43Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 47.1 43Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Private sector credit 75.0 =28Building credit histories 38.5 42Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 56.3 46Mobile telephone subscribers 63.3 14Regulatory quality 58.7 47Infrastructure risk 58.2 =41Starting a business 44.9 =74LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 41.9 78LABOUR POLICY 47.9 87Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95Differential retirement age 0.0 =103LABOUR PRACTICE 35.9 60Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 43.6 98Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 72.5 36Literacy rate, women 97.8 40SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 61.5 51Tertiary education, women 50.6 44WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 98.9 13Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 94.2 =26GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCroatiaWorld averageBest in World58© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010