Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesFinlandScore RankOVERALL SCORE 85.2 4Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 53.1 37Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 12.3 68Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 79.9 6Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Regulatory quality 88.5 14Starting a business 73.1 21Mobile telephone subscribers 61.3 16LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 93.1 1LABOUR POLICY 97.1 =1Equal 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 85.7 =3LABOUR PRACTICE 89.1 1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 100.0 =1Access to childcare 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 89.6 8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16EDUCATION AND TRAINING 92.4 4Tertiary education, women 100.0 1SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 70.7 19WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.3 =5Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 96.3 =16GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceFinlandWorld averageBest in WorldFranceScore RankOVERALL SCORE 79.4 11Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 80.4 5Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 21.7 55Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 78.3 9Infrastructure risk 100.0 1Starting a business 89.7 =7Regulatory quality 79.5 23Mobile telephone subscribers 44.1 53LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 74.6 16LABOUR POLICY 77.1 =26Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Legal restrictions on job types 0.0 =109LABOUR PRACTICE 72.1 14Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16De facto discrimination at work 38.3 =104EDUCATION AND TRAINING 79.0 22Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 77.0 8Tertiary education, women 60.0 31WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 89.4 36Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 96.9 15CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceFranceWorld averageBest in World63© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010