Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesKorea, Republic ofScore RankOVERALL SCORE 66.2 35Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 63.3 21Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 78.2 15Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 61.4 39Infrastructure risk 75.8 =22Regulatory quality 65.0 39Starting a business 60.0 42Mobile telephone subscribers 44.8 52LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 60.2 33LABOUR POLICY 65.0 53Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95LABOUR PRACTICE 55.4 25Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 38.3 =104Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32EDUCATION AND TRAINING 73.9 33Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 72.6 21Primary and secondary education, women 64.0 38SME support/development training 60.0 =40WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 78.3 66Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 100.0 1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceKorea, Republic ofWorld averageBest in WorldKuwaitScore RankOVERALL SCORE 46.4 76Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 36.3 59Private sector credit 75.0 =28Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 20.3 56Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 46.0 62Infrastructure risk 58.2 =41Mobile telephone subscribers 47.1 46Regulatory quality 45.8 65Starting a business 32.7 93LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.8 72LABOUR POLICY 54.3 =77Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 33.3 67Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 66.5 60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 53.4 74Literacy rate, women 91.5 53Primary and secondary education, women 57.5 60SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 24.4 77WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 55.4 94Adolescent fertility rate 93.7 =30Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceKuwaitWorld averageBest in World73© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010