Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesSloveniaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 73.2 21Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 62.8 22Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Building credit histories 1.4 89Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 67.7 27Infrastructure risk 79.1 21Starting a business 76.1 18Regulatory quality 67.3 35Mobile telephone subscribers 48.3 43LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 61.2 32LABOUR POLICY 67.9 47Maternity and paternity leave and provision 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55LABOUR PRACTICE 54.5 28De facto discrimination at work 68.0 =56Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16Access to childcare 66.7 =13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48EDUCATION AND TRAINING 86.5 7Literacy rate, women 99.8 4Tertiary education, women 96.7 2SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 69.7 23WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.7 2Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 98.4 =6GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSloveniaWorld averageBest in WorldSouth AfricaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 60.3 42Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 57.4 29Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Building credit histories 54.7 29Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 51.1 51Starting a business 68.5 30Regulatory quality 62.4 41Mobile telephone subscribers 42.8 57Infrastructure risk 30.8 =74LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 55.5 42LABOUR POLICY 63.8 57Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Differential retirement age 33.3 =101LABOUR PRACTICE 47.2 36De facto discrimination at work 72.1 42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48EDUCATION AND TRAINING 62.9 49Literacy rate, women 84.0 69SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 65.3 33Tertiary education, women 22.2 79WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 79.6 63Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Adolescent fertility rate 72.8 75Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSouth AfricaWorld averageBest in World91© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010