Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesKyrgyz RepublicScore RankOVERALL SCORE 42.2 87Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 13.5 91Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 3.9 83Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 40.8 69Starting a business 83.7 13Regulatory quality 35.9 83Mobile telephone subscribers 29.2 79Infrastructure risk 14.3 =103LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 29.6 105LABOUR POLICY 42.9 95Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99LABOUR PRACTICE 16.3 108De facto discrimination at work 65.3 64Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 54.2 71Literacy rate, women 99.1 10Tertiary education, women 51.6 42Primary and secondary education, women 46.2 85SME support/development training 20.0 =104WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 85.6 50Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 86.4 =54Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceKyrgyz RepublicWorld averageBest in WorldLaosScore RankOVERALL SCORE 35.7 100Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.3 =105Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =102Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 20.4 107Starting a business 48.7 62Mobile telephone subscribers 14.6 98Regulatory quality 10.5 109Infrastructure risk 7.7 =107LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 41.1 79LABOUR POLICY 44.3 =92Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98LABOUR PRACTICE 37.9 54De facto discrimination at work 68.2 =52Access to childcare 66.7 =13Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 33.0 99Literacy rate, women 53.7 96SME support/development training 40.0 =76Primary and secondary education, women 26.8 103Tertiary education, women 11.6 86WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 72.0 79Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Adolescent fertility rate 43.5 100GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceLaosWorld averageBest in World74© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010