Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesJapanScore RankOVERALL SCORE 68.2 32Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 81.6 4Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 76.2 17Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 65.0 29Infrastructure risk 82.4 =16Regulatory quality 78.7 24Starting a business 58.2 47Mobile telephone subscribers 40.9 61LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 52.4 45LABOUR POLICY 72.1 =36Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51LABOUR PRACTICE 32.6 68De facto discrimination at work 47.2 =92Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60EDUCATION AND TRAINING 69.5 39Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 66.5 31SME support/development training 60.0 =40Tertiary education, women 52.7 39WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 88.0 43Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 98.4 =6CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceJapanWorld averageBest in WorldJordanScore RankOVERALL SCORE 43.5 81Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 37.7 53Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 0.7 93Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 45.1 63Regulatory quality 54.2 50Infrastructure risk 48.4 =55Mobile telephone subscribers 40.8 62Starting a business 37.0 88LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 29.0 106LABOUR POLICY 39.3 100Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 18.7 104De facto discrimination at work 74.8 35Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 64.8 48Literacy rate, women 83.8 70SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 56.9 64Tertiary education, women 38.5 52WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 55.6 93Adolescent fertility rate 86.4 =54Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93Property ownership rights 50.0 =79CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceJordanWorld averageBest in World71© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010