Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesCzech RepublicScore RankOVERALL SCORE 73.1 22Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 71.5 8Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 75.0 =28Building credit histories 60.9 22Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 61.5 37Regulatory quality 74.9 30Infrastructure risk 65.9 =34Mobile telephone subscribers 63.6 13Starting a business 41.7 76LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 65.1 25LABOUR POLICY 74.1 33Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Differential retirement age 66.7 =69Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68LABOUR PRACTICE 56.2 24Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 66.7 =18De facto discrimination at work 58.2 81Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 76.1 31Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 69.6 24Tertiary education, women 55.8 34WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.1 =10Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 95.3 =22GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCzech RepublicWorld averageBest in WorldDenmarkScore RankOVERALL SCORE 77.6 13Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 26.1 78Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Building credit histories 4.3 82Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 80.2 5Regulatory quality 96.3 4Infrastructure risk 90.1 =9Starting a business 74.5 19Mobile telephone subscribers 59.8 20LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 87.6 5LABOUR POLICY 91.4 =7Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48LABOUR PRACTICE 83.9 5Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 100.0 =1Access to childcare 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 85.5 =14Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24EDUCATION AND TRAINING 84.4 9Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 81.4 16SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 77.2 7WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.6 =3Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 97.9 =9GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceDenmarkWorld averageBest in World59© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010