Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesGeorgiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 49.2 67Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 15.6 90Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 12.2 69Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 56.3 45Starting a business 92.5 6Regulatory quality 61.2 43Infrastructure risk 41.8 =61Mobile telephone subscribers 29.8 78LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.4 76LABOUR POLICY 64.3 =55Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99LABOUR PRACTICE 22.6 99De facto discrimination at work 90.2 =6Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 52.0 78Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 53.1 74Tertiary education, women 36.0 56SME support/development training 20.0 =104WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 84.7 54Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 81.7 63Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceGeorgiaWorld averageBest in WorldGermanyScore RankOVERALL SCORE 83.9 5Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 87.1 1Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 98.3 5Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 76.4 14Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Regulatory quality 85.1 19Starting a business 62.5 38Mobile telephone subscribers 61.0 17LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 79.5 11LABOUR POLICY 85.7 =12Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66LABOUR PRACTICE 73.2 13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 59.6 76Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 82.1 13Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 75.0 12Tertiary education, women 74.5 19WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.2 =7Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 95.8 =18GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceGermanyWorld averageBest in World64© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010