Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesEstoniaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 70.4 27Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 54.3 35Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 17.2 62Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 79.5 7Mobile telephone subscribers 90.1 2Regulatory quality 85.4 18Infrastructure risk 72.5 =26Starting a business 69.9 26LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 59.2 38LABOUR POLICY 82.4 18Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 83.3 =63Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48LABOUR PRACTICE 36.0 58De facto discrimination at work 77.4 29Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 77.0 27Literacy rate, women 100.0 1Tertiary education, women 82.9 14Primary and secondary education, women 65.1 34SME support/development training 60.0 =40WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 93.1 26Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 90.6 =42CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceEstoniaWorld averageBest in WorldEthiopiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 31.3 107Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 12.5 95Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =100Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 25.0 99Starting a business 47.8 66Infrastructure risk 30.8 =74Regulatory quality 21.2 103Mobile telephone subscribers 0.0 113LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.9 87LABOUR POLICY 47.1 =88Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 30.7 77Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 56.1 =83Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 21.7 107SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 23.8 105Literacy rate, women 2.5 111Tertiary education, women 0.7 111WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 50.5 102Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78Adolescent fertility rate 44.0 =98Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceEthiopiaWorld averageBest in World62© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010