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Variable Description

The Women’s Economic Opportunity Index is a pilot effort to assess the laws, regulations, practices, and attitudes that affect women workers and entrepreneurs. It uses 26 indicators, selected and validated by a panel of gender experts, to evaluate every aspect of the economic and social value chain for women, from fertility to retirement. By exploring the binding constraints that women face, it points to steps governments can take to improve opportunities for women and boost overall economic performance.^[1]

Women's Economic Opportunity Index Overview

The Women’s Economic Opportunity Index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative scoring model constructed from 26 indicators that measure specific attributes of the environment for women employees and entrepreneurs in 113 economies.

Five category scores are calculated from the unweighted mean of underlying indicators and scaled from 0-100, where 100=most favourable. These categories are:

Labour policy and practice.
Access to finance.
Education and training.
Women’s legal and social status.
General business environment.

Each category or sub-category features either four or five underlying indicators. The overall score is calculated from a simple average of the unweighted category and indicator scores. That is, every indicator contributes equally to its parent category and every category contributes equally to the overall score. This is the baseline score for the Women’s Economic Opportunity Index.

The following table shows the WEOI value for 2010^[2].

WEOI Rank	Country	WEOI Score
50	Albania	54.94
93	Algeria	38.48
47	Argentina	58.04
57	Armenia	51.63
10	Australia	80.46
19	Austria	73.98
85	Azerbaijan	42.49
66	Bahrain	49.32
104	Bangladesh	32.58
2	Belgium	86.43
89	Benin	41.42
91	Bolivia	39.78
71	Botswana	48.34
38	Brazil	61.18
20	Bulgaria	73.25
102	Burkina_Faso	34.89
92	Cambodia	39.19
105	Cameroon	32.17
9	Canada	80.54
111	Chad	25.17
40	Chile	60.91
65	China	49.44
52	Colombia	54.36
51	Costa_Rica	54.68
43	Croatia	59.75
22	Czech_Republic	73.07
13	Denmark	77.59
58	Dominican_Rep.	51.49
75	Ecuador	46.48
62	Egypt	50.53
61	El_Salvador	50.93
27	Estonia	70.38
107	Ethiopia	31.25
4	Finland	85.15
11	France	79.39
67	Georgia	49.23
5	Germany	83.94
86	Ghana	42.28
29	Greece	69.38
72	Honduras	48.15
23	Hong_Kong	72.9
17	Hungary	75.26
6	Iceland	82.85
84	India	42.68
82	Indonesia	43.07
103	Iran	33.02
16	Ireland	76.41
28	Israel	70.21
31	Italy	68.25
110	Ivory_Coast	28.88
32	Japan	68.15
81	Jordan	43.53
56	Kazakhstan	52.11
90	Kenya	41.32
76	Kuwait	46.44
87	Kyrgyzstan	42.22
100	Lao_PDR	35.65
30	Latvia	68.49
88	Lebanon	41.87
25	Lithuania	71.62
24	Luxembourg	71.86
101	Madagascar	35.17
95	Malawi	37.32
49	Malaysia	55.3
37	Mauritius	64.03
41	Mexico	60.39
60	Moldova	51
78	Morocco	44.11
59	Namibia	51.04
7	Netherlands	82.54
8	New_Zealand	81.22
77	Nicaragua	45.58
99	Nigeria	35.71
3	Norway	85.29
80	Oman	43.72
108	Pakistan	29.88
46	Panama	58.18
69	Paraguay	48.98
54	Peru	53.01
63	Philippines	50.37
33	Poland	67.96
12	Portugal	78.29
39	Romania	61.04
64	Russia	50.34
98	Saudi_Arabia	35.93
94	Senegal	37.95
55	Serbia	52.7
34	Singapore	66.68
36	Slovakia	65.23
21	Slovenia	73.19
42	South_Africa	60.33
35	South_Korea	66.22
26	Spain	70.52
73	Sri_Lanka	47.54
113	Sudan	14.49
1	Sweden	88.21
18	Switzerland	75.01
106	Syria	31.65
83	Tanzania	42.69
48	Thailand	56.76
109	Togo	29.21
44	Tunisia	59.72
68	Turkey	49.22
97	Uganda	36.77
53	Ukraine	53.74
70	United_Arab_Emirates	48.6
14	United_Kingdom	76.81
15	United_States	76.72
45	Uruguay	59.17
74	Venezuela	47.42
79	Vietnam	43.74
112	Yemen	19.23
96	Zambia	36.85