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Working women: Stats from the Women's Economic Opportunity Index

Emily Spivack ( Bio / Posts ) | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 UTC

Our friends at The Economist recently presented findings from their Intelligence Unit’s pilot Women’s Economic Opportunity Index, which looked at “laws, regulations, practices, actions, and attitudes that allow women to participate in the workforce under conditions roughly equal to those of men” by examining a cross section of 113 countries around the world.

Four factors were taken into consideration when determining each country’s ranking: labor policy and practice; access to finance; education and training; and legal and social status. The country with the greatest progress to advance economic opportunities for women was Sweden; the worst was Sudan. The United States came in 15th, a ranking which was determined mostly by its lack of mandatory maternity leave rights for women.

For more results, check out this animated video.

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