Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesLatviaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 68.5 30Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 64.0 19Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 31.0 47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 61.6 35Regulatory quality 74.4 31Infrastructure risk 62.6 =37Starting a business 62.6 37Mobile telephone subscribers 46.8 47LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 59.7 35LABOUR POLICY 77.1 =26Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 42.3 40De facto discrimination at work 85.8 13Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 79.1 21Literacy rate, women 100.0 2Tertiary education, women 95.7 3Primary and secondary education, women 60.9 55SME support/development training 60.0 =40WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 86.8 46Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 92.1 =36CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceLatviaWorld averageBest in WorldLebanonScore RankOVERALL SCORE 41.9 88Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 38.9 50Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 5.5 79Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 36.4 77Starting a business 45.8 72Infrastructure risk 45.1 =57Regulatory quality 39.3 71Mobile telephone subscribers 15.3 96LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 34.4 100LABOUR POLICY 41.4 =96Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 27.3 85De facto discrimination at work 59.3 =77Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 58.9 58Literacy rate, women 82.5 74Primary and secondary education, women 57.5 62Tertiary education, women 55.6 35SME support/development training 40.0 =76WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 48.3 106Adolescent fertility rate 91.6 =39Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97Addressing violence against women 0.0 =109GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceLebanonWorld averageBest in World75© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010