Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesUkraineScore RankOVERALL SCORE 53.7 53Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 37.9 52Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 1.5 87Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 37.8 75Mobile telephone subscribers 57.5 24Regulatory quality 34.1 88Starting a business 32.2 94Infrastructure risk 27.5 =79LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.5 74LABOUR POLICY 55.0 =72Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95LABOUR PRACTICE 32.0 75De facto discrimination at work 61.4 72Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 69.3 41Literacy rate, women 99.7 5Tertiary education, women 86.8 8Primary and secondary education, women 50.6 77SME support/development training 40.0 =76WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 90.4 31Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 85.3 59Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUkraineWorld averageBest in WorldUnites Arab EmiratesScore RankOVERALL SCORE 48.6 70Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 33.4 67Private sector credit 100.0 =1Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 8.4 75Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 74.5 17Mobile telephone subscribers 100.0 1Infrastructure risk 72.5 =26Starting a business 64.4 35Regulatory quality 60.9 44LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 34.5 98LABOUR POLICY 41.4 =96Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 50.0 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 0.0 =111LABOUR PRACTICE 27.6 84De facto discrimination at work 76.9 30Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 62.0 52Literacy rate, women 89.4 58Primary and secondary education, women 64.1 37SME support/development training 60.0 =40Tertiary education, women 34.4 59WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 52.8 99Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 89.0 46Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 25.0 =97Addressing violence against women 0.0 =109GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceUnited Arab EmiratesWorld averageBest in World98© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010