Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesMalaysiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 55.3 49Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 70.5 12Delivering financial services 100.0 =1Building credit histories 82.0 14Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 57.0 43Infrastructure risk 65.9 =34Starting a business 61.4 40Regulatory quality 52.3 54Mobile telephone subscribers 48.6 41LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.1 90LABOUR POLICY 55.0 =72Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 21.2 101De facto discrimination at work 84.9 16Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 59.2 57Literacy rate, women 87.0 63SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 56.5 68Tertiary education, women 33.2 63WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 68.9 85Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 94.2 =26Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceMalaysiaWorld averageBest in WorldMauritiusScore RankOVERALL SCORE 64.0 37Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 53.1 36Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 12.3 67Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 64.6 30Starting a business 86.5 10Regulatory quality 71.2 32Infrastructure risk 62.6 =37Mobile telephone subscribers 38.0 66LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 59.6 36LABOUR POLICY 71.4 =39Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Maternity and paternity leave and provision 28.6 =82LABOUR PRACTICE 47.7 35Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 57.6 82Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48EDUCATION AND TRAINING 60.8 53Literacy rate, women 80.9 75SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 66.0 32Tertiary education, women 16.4 84WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 86.5 48Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 82.7 =60Property ownership rights 75.0 =50CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceMauritiusWorld averageBest in World78© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010