Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesEgyptScore RankOVERALL SCORE 50.5 62Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 45.5 44Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 6.8 76Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 47.9 55Starting a business 73.4 20Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Regulatory quality 40.1 70Mobile telephone subscribers 23.4 85LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 50.8 50LABOUR POLICY 55.0 =72Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 28.6 =82LABOUR PRACTICE 46.6 37De facto discrimination at work 86.4 11Access to childcare 66.7 =13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 42.5 90SME support/development training 60.0 =40Literacy rate, women 46.8 100Primary and secondary education, women 41.1 94Tertiary education, women 22.0 80WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 65.7 86Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 86.9 =52Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Property ownership rights 50.0 =79CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceEgyptWorld averageBest in WorldEl SalvadorScore RankOVERALL SCORE 50.9 61Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 36.2 61Building credit histories 94.6 7Private sector credit 50.0 =41Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 46.2 60Mobile telephone subscribers 53.8 33Regulatory quality 53.3 53Starting a business 39.3 82Infrastructure risk 38.5 =64LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 40.8 81LABOUR POLICY 55.7 71Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 25.9 90De facto discrimination at work 53.7 85Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 53.4 73Literacy rate, women 74.5 81SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 53.2 72Tertiary education, women 25.8 73WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 88.2 42Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 66.0 83GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceEl SalvadorWorld averageBest in World61© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010