Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesSudanScore RankOVERALL SCORE 14.5 113Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 0.0 113Building credit histories 0.0 =102Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 17.2 111Starting a business 40.9 78Mobile telephone subscribers 12.9 103Infrastructure risk 7.7 =107Regulatory quality 7.3 111LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 15.1 112LABOUR POLICY 22.9 111Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 0.0 =111Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 0.0 =111Legal restrictions on job types 0.0 =109LABOUR PRACTICE 7.4 111De facto discrimination at work 29.7 109Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 18.9 109Literacy rate, women 39.2 102SME support/development training 20.0 =104Primary and secondary education, women 11.6 109Tertiary education, women 4.6 97WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 20.6 113Adolescent fertility rate 78.1 66Property ownership rights 25.0 =94Addressing violence against women 0.0 =109Freedom of movement, women 0.0 =112CEDAW ratification 0.0 =111GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSudanWorld averageBest in WorldSwedenScore RankOVERALL SCORE 88.2 1Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 83.3 3Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 100.0 =1Building credit histories 83.3 =9Private sector credit 50.0 =41Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 78.0 11Infrastructure risk 96.7 =2Regulatory quality 91.4 10Starting a business 67.6 31Mobile telephone subscribers 56.2 26LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 90.6 2LABOUR POLICY 94.3 =4Maternity 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 85.7 =3LABOUR PRACTICE 86.9 2Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4De facto discrimination at work 81.0 23EDUCATION AND TRAINING 87.1 6SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Tertiary education, women 86.1 9Primary and secondary education, women 63.5 40WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.6 =3Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 97.9 =9GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceSwedenWorld averageBest in World93© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010