Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesPakistanScore RankOVERALL SCORE 29.9 108Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 26.2 77Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 4.7 80Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 34.2 80Starting a business 57.7 49Regulatory quality 31.8 92Infrastructure risk 24.2 =83Mobile telephone subscribers 22.9 87LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 27.4 108LABOUR POLICY 36.4 =102Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 18.4 106De facto discrimination at work 40.1 101Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 14.4 111Literacy rate, women 23.8 106SME support/development training 20.0 =104Primary and secondary education, women 10.0 110Tertiary education, women 3.7 104WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 49.8 104Adolescent fertility rate 90.6 =42Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinancePakistanWorld averageBest in WorldPanamaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 58.2 46Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 36.5 57Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 45.9 36Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 61.0 40Starting a business 72.0 =22Regulatory quality 62.2 42Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Mobile telephone subscribers 54.7 31LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 47.4 64LABOUR POLICY 54.3 =77Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 40.6 49De facto discrimination at work 62.3 70Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48EDUCATION AND TRAINING 65.5 47Literacy rate, women 91.1 55SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 56.6 67Tertiary education, women 54.2 37WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 91.3 29Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 56.5 89GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinancePanamaWorld averageBest in World84© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010