Women's Economic Opportunity Index
2012 rankings

Women's Economic Opportunity Index

Section Title: 2012 rankings
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Country	Score

1	Sweden	90.4

2	Norway	88.3

3	Finland	88.2

4	Belgium	87.7

5	Australia	87.1

6	Germany	86.3

7	Netherlands	85.0

8	New Zealand	83.7

9	Canada	83.2

10	Iceland	83.0

11	Denmark	81.3

12	France	79.5

13	United Kingdom	78.9

14	United States	78.4

15	Portugal	77.3

16	Lithuania	77.0

17	Austria	76.3

18	Slovenia	76.2

19	Switzerland	76.1

20	Luxembourg	75.4

21	Hungary	74.9

22	Hong Kong	74.7

23	Ireland	74.6

24	Spain	74.0

25	Japan	73.9

26	Slovakia	73.8

27	Bulgaria	73.5

28	Latvia	72.1

29	Estonia	71.7

30	Israel	71.5

31	Singapore	71.4

32	Italy	70.9

33	Czech Republic	70.8

34	Poland	70.2

35	South Korea	69.4

36	Greece	68.7

37	Mauritius	67.7

38	South Africa	65.3

39	Uruguay	65.3

40	Macedonia	65.3

41	Mexico	64.6

42	Chile	64.2

43	Romania	62.2

44	Croatia	61.9

45	Costa Rica	61.1

46	Panama	60.6

47	Thailand	60.1

48	Brazil	59.5

49	Tunisia	59.5

50	Argentina	59.2

51	Montenegro	58.2

52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58.1

53	Malaysia	57.7

54	Albania	56.5

55	Serbia	56.4

56	Peru	55.8

57	Ukraine	55.4

58	Colombia	55.3

59	Georgia	54.5

60	Moldova	54.5

61	Kazakhstan	54.5

62	Belarus	53.8

63	Namibia	53.6

64	Armenia	53.3

65	Turkey	53.2

66	Russia	52.9

67	El Salvador	52.4

68	China	52.3

69	Paraguay	52.1

70	Venezuela	51.8

71	Ecuador	51.2

72	United Arab Emirates	50.8

73	Dominican Republic	50.5

74	Philippines	50.3

75	Mongolia	50.0

76	Kuwait	49.9

77	Botswana	49.9

78	Bahrain	49.0

79	Lebanon	48.7

80	Egypt	48.7

81	Fiji	48.5

82	Oman	48.2

83	Nicaragua	47.8

84	Sri Lanka	47.6

85	Indonesia	47.5

86	Kenya	47.5

87	Vietnam	47.1

88	Honduras	47.0

89	Morocco	47.0

90	Azerbaijan	46.8

91	Ghana	46.4

92	Bolivia	46.0

93	Jordan	45.9

94	Kyrgyzstan	45.7

95	Tanzania	45.4

96	Cambodia	44.6

97	Uzbekistan	44.0

98	India	41.9

99	Samoa	41.7

100	Tajikistan	41.5

101	Benin	40.8

102	Uganda	40.4

103	Saudi Arabia	39.7

104	Algeria	39.7

105	Bangladesh	39.2

106	Vanuatu	39.1

107	Malawi	39.0

108	Senegal	38.7

109	Laos	38.6

110	Tonga	38.6

111	Timor-Leste	36.9

112	Zambia	36.9

113	Burkina Faso	36.8

114	Cameroon	36.1

115	Syria	35.9

116	Pakistan	35.5

117	Iran	35.4

118	Turkmenistan	34.4

119	Nigeria	33.4

120	Madagascar	32.7

121	Côte d'Ivoire	30.8

122	Togo	30.7

123	Ethiopia	30.3

124	Solomon Islands	29.2

125	Papua New Guinea	26.6

126	Yemen	24.6

127	Chad	23.3

128	Sudan	19.2

Sentence(s)

On the Women's Economic Opportunity Index, Norway and Sweden were in the top positions with scores of 90.4 and 88.3, respectively, in 2012.

final_sentence: On the Women's Economic Opportunity Index, Norway and Sweden were in the top positions with scores of 90.4 and 88.3, respectively, in 2012.