Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesTurkeyScore RankOVERALL SCORE 49.2 68Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 32.2 70Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 28.6 51Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 50.6 52Starting a business 61.2 41Regulatory quality 50.8 57Infrastructure risk 48.4 =55Mobile telephone subscribers 42.0 58LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 40.2 84LABOUR POLICY 58.8 67Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 42.9 =68Differential retirement age 33.3 =101LABOUR PRACTICE 21.5 100De facto discrimination at work 52.8 87Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 52.4 75Literacy rate, women 76.5 80SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 42.0 92Tertiary education, women 30.9 66WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 79.9 62Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 74.3 =71Property ownership rights 50.0 =79GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceTurkeyWorld averageBest in WorldUgandaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 36.8 97Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.3 =105Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =102Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 27.7 93Regulatory quality 42.8 69Starting a business 35.4 90Infrastructure risk 20.9 =91Mobile telephone subscribers 11.9 106LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 52.0 47LABOUR POLICY 62.9 =60Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 57.1 =38Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 28.6 =82LABOUR PRACTICE 41.1 47De facto discrimination at work 97.6 2Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 35.8 95Literacy rate, women 56.6 92Primary and secondary education, women 45.1 87SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 1.6 107WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 46.9 107CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93Property ownership rights 25.0 =94Adolescent fertility rate 17.8 111GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUgandaWorld averageBest in World97© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010