Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesRussiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 50.3 64Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 34.2 64Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 50.0 =41Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 11.9 70Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 47.2 58Mobile telephone subscribers 67.3 9Starting a business 46.9 67Infrastructure risk 45.1 =57Regulatory quality 29.5 96LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 34.5 99LABOUR POLICY 43.6 94Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95LABOUR PRACTICE 25.4 94De facto discrimination at work 68.2 =52Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 67.7 42Literacy rate, women 99.4 7Tertiary education, women 84.9 12Primary and secondary education, women 46.4 84SME support/development training 40.0 =76WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 83.9 =55Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 86.4 =54Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceRussiaWorld averageBest in WorldSaudi ArabiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 35.9 98Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 35.0 63Private sector credit 75.0 =28Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 14.9 65Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 64.1 32Starting a business 83.9 12Mobile telephone subscribers 68.1 8Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Regulatory quality 49.5 59LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 9.3 113LABOUR POLICY 16.4 113Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 0.0 =111Differential retirement age 0.0 =103LABOUR PRACTICE 2.2 112De facto discrimination at work 8.9 112Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 56.7 63Literacy rate, women 74.2 82SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 57.7 59Tertiary education, women 34.8 57WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 41.1 110Adolescent fertility rate 97.4 =13Property ownership rights 50.0 =79Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97Freedom of movement, women 0.0 =112GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSaudi ArabiaWorld averageBest in World88© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010