Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesNetherlandsScore RankOVERALL SCORE 82.5 7Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 54.9 32Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Building credit histories 69.6 18Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 76.4 13Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Regulatory quality 93.2 7Mobile telephone subscribers 59.3 21Starting a business 56.6 50LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 90.0 4LABOUR POLICY 97.1 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 100.0 =1Maternity 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 85.7 =3LABOUR PRACTICE 82.8 7Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4De facto discrimination at work 64.4 65EDUCATION AND TRAINING 84.2 10SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 78.0 6Tertiary education, women 60.0 32WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.8 1Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 99.0 =2GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceNetherlandsWorld averageBest in WorldNew ZealandScore RankOVERALL SCORE 81.2 8Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 52.1 41Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Building credit histories 83.3 =9Private sector credit 25.0 =66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 81.6 3Starting a business 100.0 1Regulatory quality 92.3 8Infrastructure risk 82.4 =16Mobile telephone subscribers 51.8 37LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 85.5 7LABOUR POLICY 94.3 =4Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3LABOUR PRACTICE 76.7 10De facto discrimination at work 90.2 =6Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 66.7 =18Access to childcare 66.7 =13EDUCATION AND TRAINING 95.4 1SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 93.3 7Primary and secondary education, women 89.5 2WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 87.2 45Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 85.9 58CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceNew ZealandWorld averageBest in World81© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010