Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesMoroccoScore RankOVERALL SCORE 44.1 78Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 52.9 38Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 11.7 71Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 41.6 68Starting a business 53.6 58Regulatory quality 43.9 66Infrastructure risk 35.2 =69Mobile telephone subscribers 33.8 74LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 31.9 103LABOUR POLICY 48.6 =85Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Legal restrictions on job types 0.0 =109LABOUR PRACTICE 15.3 109De facto discrimination at work 61.1 73Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 34.6 97SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 39.5 97Literacy rate, women 28.3 104Tertiary education, women 10.6 88WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 71.7 80Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 91.6 =39Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceMoroccoWorld averageBest in WorldNamibiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 51.0 59Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 37.0 55Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 48.1 31Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 42.1 66Infrastructure risk 58.2 =41Regulatory quality 48.4 61Starting a business 38.9 =84Mobile telephone subscribers 22.8 89LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 50.4 54LABOUR POLICY 68.6 =44Legal 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 42.9 =55Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66LABOUR PRACTICE 32.3 =73De facto discrimination at work 79.2 =27Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 48.8 84Literacy rate, women 84.2 68Primary and secondary education, women 59.7 58SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 11.2 87WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 77.5 72Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 62.3 =84Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceNamibiaWorld averageBest in World80© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010