Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesSingaporeScore RankOVERALL SCORE 66.7 34Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 70.9 9Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 33.6 45Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 89.5 2Regulatory quality 97.8 2Starting a business 97.7 =3Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Mobile telephone subscribers 65.8 12LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.2 77LABOUR POLICY 36.4 =102Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 50.0 32De facto discrimination at work 100.0 1Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 75.3 32Literacy rate, women 89.6 57SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 69.7 22Tertiary education, women 62.0 30WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 77.9 71Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 97.9 =9Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSingaporeWorld averageBest in WorldSlovak RepublicScore RankOVERALL SCORE 65.2 36Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 63.6 20Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 75.0 =28Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 29.3 49Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 58.6 42Regulatory quality 76.3 27Starting a business 58.0 48Infrastructure risk 51.6 =52Mobile telephone subscribers 48.4 42LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 50.8 51LABOUR POLICY 60.0 =65Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68LABOUR PRACTICE 41.5 46Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 66.2 61Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60EDUCATION AND TRAINING 76.3 28Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 67.0 29Tertiary education, women 59.2 33WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 91.3 28Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 90.1 45Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSlovak RepublicWorld averageBest in World90© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010