Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesSpainScore RankOVERALL SCORE 70.5 26Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 36.3 58Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Building credit histories 45.3 38Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 61.5 38Infrastructure risk 85.7 =13Regulatory quality 80.0 21Mobile telephone subscribers 53.0 34Starting a business 27.1 100LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 73.4 20LABOUR POLICY 91.4 =7Maternity 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 71.4 =30LABOUR PRACTICE 55.3 26Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16De facto discrimination at work 38.0 =106Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 79.6 19Literacy rate, women 96.8 43SME support/development training 80.0 =13Primary and secondary education, women 76.6 9Tertiary education, women 65.2 26WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.0 12Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 94.8 =24GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSpainWorld averageBest in WorldSri LankaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 47.5 73Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 33.6 65Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Delivering financial services 50.0 =8Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 9.5 72Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 42.0 67Starting a business 66.9 32Infrastructure risk 38.5 =64Regulatory quality 37.1 79Mobile telephone subscribers 25.6 82LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.0 92LABOUR POLICY 34.3 =104Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87Differential retirement age 0.0 =103LABOUR PRACTICE 41.7 45De facto discrimination at work 83.4 21Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 56.3 64Literacy rate, women 86.4 65Primary and secondary education, women 70.7 20SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 28.2 68WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 77.3 73Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 86.4 =54Property ownership rights 0.0 =106GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSri LankaWorld averageBest in World92© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010