Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesMexicoScore RankOVERALL SCORE 60.4 41Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 44.4 46Building credit histories 77.5 16Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 48.3 54Regulatory quality 57.2 49Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Starting a business 48.5 =63Mobile telephone subscribers 32.5 75LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 63.9 29LABOUR POLICY 85.7 =12Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41LABOUR PRACTICE 42.0 42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 66.7 =18De facto discrimination at work 34.7 108Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 55.3 68Literacy rate, women 89.3 60Primary and secondary education, women 66.6 30SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 25.4 75WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 86.6 47Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Adolescent fertility rate 58.1 88GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceMexicoWorld averageBest in WorldMoldovaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 51.0 60Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 25.0 =80Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 0.0 =102Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 36.8 76Starting a business 52.7 60Regulatory quality 39.3 72Mobile telephone subscribers 31.2 76Infrastructure risk 24.2 =83LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 47.9 61LABOUR POLICY 64.3 =55Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 31.5 76De facto discrimination at work 59.3 =77Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 57.5 60Literacy rate, women 98.8 35Tertiary education, women 48.8 46Primary and secondary education, women 42.4 91SME support/development training 40.0 =76WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 90.9 30Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 88.0 =48Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceMoldovaWorld averageBest in World79© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010