Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesHungaryScore RankOVERALL SCORE 75.3 17Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 77.2 6Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 8.6 73Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 69.0 25Regulatory quality 79.5 22Infrastructure risk 69.2 =31Starting a business 69.2 =27Mobile telephone subscribers 58.0 23LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 64.4 28LABOUR POLICY 83.6 16Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27LABOUR PRACTICE 45.3 38Access to childcare 66.7 =13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 50.0 =24De facto discrimination at work 47.8 91Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60EDUCATION AND TRAINING 78.5 24Literacy rate, women 98.7 36SME support/development training 80.0 =13Tertiary education, women 73.2 20Primary and secondary education, women 61.9 50WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 98.1 18Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 90.6 =42GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceHungaryWorld averageBest in WorldIcelandScore RankOVERALL SCORE 82.9 6Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 62.5 =23Building credit histories 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 72.1 22Infrastructure risk 90.1 =9Regulatory quality 75.7 29Starting a business 70.9 24Mobile telephone subscribers 51.5 38LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 84.2 8LABOUR POLICY 88.6 10Legal 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 85.7 =23Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27LABOUR PRACTICE 79.9 8Access to childcare 100.0 =1De facto discrimination at work 86.1 12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 50.0 =24EDUCATION AND TRAINING 95.4 2SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 93.4 6Primary and secondary education, women 89.3 3WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 98.7 =14Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 93.7 =30GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceIcelandWorld averageBest in World67© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010