Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesGhanaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 42.3 86Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 12.5 =96Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =102Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 31.5 =85Regulatory quality 47.1 64Starting a business 31.7 95Infrastructure risk 24.2 =83Mobile telephone subscribers 22.9 88LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 50.5 53LABOUR POLICY 60.0 =65Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 40.9 48De facto discrimination at work 80.4 =24Access to childcare 66.7 =13Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 38.0 93SME support/development training 60.0 =40Literacy rate, women 47.4 99Primary and secondary education, women 41.2 93Tertiary education, women 3.3 105WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 70.8 81Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Adolescent fertility rate 62.3 =84Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceGhanaWorld averageBest in WorldGreeceScore RankOVERALL SCORE 69.4 29Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 72.3 7Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 39.1 41Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 54.8 47Regulatory quality 67.1 36Infrastructure risk 62.6 =37Mobile telephone subscribers 58.9 22Starting a business 30.4 98LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 57.0 41LABOUR POLICY 81.4 =20Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Differential retirement age 50.0 =71LABOUR PRACTICE 32.5 70Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 50.0 =24De facto discrimination at work 46.6 95Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 76.3 29Literacy rate, women 95.2 47Tertiary education, women 85.4 11Primary and secondary education, women 64.6 35SME support/development training 60.0 =40WOMEN’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 TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceGreeceWorld averageBest in World65© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010