Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesHondurasScore RankOVERALL SCORE 48.2 72Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 33.4 66Private sector credit 75.0 =28Building credit histories 58.7 27Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 30.1 89Mobile telephone subscribers 40.0 64Regulatory quality 37.4 78Starting a business 28.8 99Infrastructure risk 14.3 =103LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.5 75LABOUR POLICY 38.6 101Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87Differential retirement age 0.0 =103LABOUR PRACTICE 48.4 33De facto discrimination at work 60.2 75Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 50.0 =24Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 54.5 69Literacy rate, women 79.3 77SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 53.2 73Tertiary education, women 25.7 74WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 83.9 57Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 44.5 97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceHondurasWorld averageBest in WorldHong KongScore RankOVERALL SCORE 72.9 23Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 58.7 26Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Building credit histories 59.9 24Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 25.0 =66Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 92.4 1Regulatory quality 100.0 1Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Starting a business 93.8 5Mobile telephone subscribers 79.2 4LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 70.9 21LABOUR POLICY 71.4 =39Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 70.4 16Access to childcare 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 81.6 22Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32EDUCATION AND TRAINING 66.3 45Literacy rate, women 89.3 59SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 63.5 39Tertiary education, women 32.1 65WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 78.1 67Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 99.0 =2Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceHong KongWorld averageBest in World66© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010