Prosperity Firms with majority Female labor force female ownership participation rate Data360 Economy Snapshot Data not available 61.63% (2023) Female Economic Participation SOURCE: ENTERPRISE SURVEYS SOURCE: WDI Women with access Women with to mobile phones bank accounts SINGAPORE 87.9% (2021) 96.87% (2021) EAST ASIA & PACIFIC (EAS) ; HIGH INCOME SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX SOCIAL NORMS General Share of adults (age 15+) without a national ID Female mean age at marriage Female mean age at first childbirth SOURCE: ID4D FINDEX SURVEY SOURCE: GENDER STATISTICS SOURCE: OECD Health, Education and Time Management Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births Fertility Rate, in births per woman SOURCE: WORLD BANK SOURCE: WORLD BANK Time spent in unpaid work (%) Educational attainment (%) SOURCE: GENDER STATISTICS SOURCE: EDUCATION STATISTICS Women of reproductive age that have their family planning needs met NA SOURCE: WORLD BANK Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Gender-Based Violence Mobility Can a woman choose where to live in the same way as a man? Yes Can a woman travel outside her home in the same way as a man? Yes Can a woman apply for a passport in the same way as a man? Yes SOURCE: WHO SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS & THE LAW Voice & Agency Women in Ministerial Level Positions (Rank) 92/148 (2022) SOURCE: WEF GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT Political participation score of the country 3.5/10 (2024) SOURCE: BTI Social Institutions Gender Index (SIGI)* SIGI Regional Average SIGI Global Average 46.4 (2023) 29.12 (2023) 28.99 (2023) *SIGI measures discrimination against women in social institutions (0 = no discrimination; 100 = absolute discrimination). SOURCE: GENDER INDEX BUSINESS CLIMATE Labor Force Labor force participation rate (%) Informal employment (%) SOURCE: WBG - WDI SOURCE: ILOSTAT Employment, by type (%) Employment, by sector (%) SOURCE: WBG - WDI SOURCE: WBG - WDI Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Wage equality between women and men for similar work (survey data, normalized on a 0-to-1 scale)* 0.8 (2022) *This indicator is derived from the following survey question: In your country, for similar work, to what extent are wages for women equal to those of men? 1 = not at all/significantly below those of men. 7 = fully/equal to those of men. It is then transformed into a 0-1 scale where zero means “large gap” and 1 means “no gap”. Country Economic Participation and Opportunity Index (Score 0-1) 0.76 (2022) SOURCE: WEF GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT Business Climate Starting a business Proprietors & Directors (%) SOURCE: DOING BUSINESS SOURCE: GENDER STATISTICS Percentage of firms with majority female ownership NA SOURCE: WBG ENTERPRISE SURVEYS Firms with female top manager 21.8% (2023) SOURCE: ILO Firms identifying access to finance as a major constraint NA SOURCE: WBG ENTERPRISE SURVEYS Perceived ease of doing business index 2/190 (2019) SOURCE: DOING BUSINESS Perceived attitude toward entrepreneurial failure * 4.53/7 (2019) SOURCE: WEF GCI Equal access to property rights index (-2-0) ** 0 (2019) SOURCE: DOING BUSINESS *Scores (1-7): 1 - No appetite for entrepreneurial risk; 7 - greater appetite for risk ** The equal access to property rights index evaluates whether married or unmarried women have equal access to property rights. It has two components: (i) whether unmarried men and unmarried women have equal ownership rights to property; and (ii) whether married men and married women have equal ownership rights to property. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies. TEA SOURCE: GEM TEA: Category description: 1. TEA of working age population - Percentage of 18-64 population who are either a nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business 2. TEA Nascent entrepreneurs - Female/Male TEA: percentage of females (ages 18-64) who are either a nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business, divided by the equivalent percentage of their male counterparts 3. TEA driven by opportunity - Percentage of those females involved in TEA who (i) claim to be driven by opportunity as opposed to finding no other option for work; and (ii) who indicate the main driver for being involved in this opportunity is being independent or increasing their income, rather than just maintaining their income, divided by the equivalent percentage for their male counterparts Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 TECHNOLOGY Social Norms Banking and Technology Mobile Phone and Internet Access Mobile money services SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX Mobile Connectivity Index Made or received digital payments - female (age 15+) 93.72/100 (2023) The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index measures the performance of 170 countries – representing 99% of the global population – against key enablers of mobile internet adoption: infrastructure, affordability, consumer readiness, and content and services. SOURCE: GSMA SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX Innovation and Technology in Accessing Markets Percentage of firms with their own websites NA SOURCE: ENTERPRISE SURVEYS Can a broadband connection request be completed entirely online? NA Average price for a month of business broadband connection with NA at least 10 Mbps download speed with unlimited data usage SOURCE: DIGITAL BUSINESS INDICATORS LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Family law Can a woman be head of household in the same way as a man? Yes There is no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her husband Yes Do married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family's expenses? Yes SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 First married by age 18 (% of women aged 20-24) Credit and Finance Laws Can a woman legally open a bank account Yes in the same way as a man? Can a woman sign a contract in the same Yes way as a man? Can a woman register a business in the Yes same way as a man? The law prohibits discrimination in access to No credit based on gender SOURCE: WORLD BANK - WDI SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW Legal Right to Assets Do men and women have equal ownership rights to immovable property? Yes Do sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents? Yes Do female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets? Yes Does the law grant spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage? Yes Does a woman's testimony carry the same evidentiary weight in court as a man's? Yes Does the law provide for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions (i.e.; unpaid domestic work)? Yes SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW Workplace Can a woman get a job in the same way as a man? Yes Can women work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men? Yes Law prohibits discrimination in employment based on gender No Is there legislation on sexual harassment in employment? Yes Does the government support or provide childcare services? Yes Are there criminal penalties or civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment? Yes SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW Pay Does the law mandate equal remuneration for work of equal value? No Are women able to work in the same industries as men? Yes Are childcare payments tax-deductible? No SOURCE: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 ACCESS TO FINANCE Bank Accounts Savings SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX Credit SOURCE: GLOBAL FINDEX ACCESS TO MARKETS Days to obtain an import license NA Percentage of firms expected to give gifts to public officials to get things done NA Percentage of firms identifying customs and trade restrictions as major constraint NA Percentage of firms whose new products/services are also new to the main market NA Does the country's infrastructure, roads, utilities, communications, waste disposal 7.42/10 (2014) provide support for new and growing firms? SOURCE: ENTERPRISE SURVEYS TRAINING SKILLS AND INFORMATION Percentage of country's labor force with business skills 91.0% (2024) (accounting, communications, finance, management, marketing, sales) SOURCE: GLOBAL SKILLS INDEX Presence and quality of programs directly assisting SMEs 6.13/10 (2014) at all levels of government (national, regional, municipal) SOURCE: GEM Click to view comparative global, regional, and income-group data, starting on Page 9. The data for this economy snapshot were curated by Noa Gimelli, Anja Robakowski and Linda Scott. For feedback and/or comments please click here. Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Disclaimer The Prosperity Data360 platform only aggregates publicly available data and does not produce or own any mentioned data. The World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) report was discontinued on September 16th, 2021 due to data irregularities. Data rectification of affected historical DB data (2016-2020) was carried out. 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Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Appendix Comparison with Global, Regional and Income Group Averages Abbreviations Abbreviation Description EAS East Asia & Pacific ECS Europe & Central Asia LCN Latin America & Caribbean MEA Middle East & North Africa NAC North America SAS South Asia SSF Sub-Saharan Africa LIC Low income LMC Lower middle income UMC Upper middle income HIC High income Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison SOCIAL NORMS Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Share of men (age 15+) without a national 2021 4.0 9.7 8.2 4.0 4.3 4.8 1.0 7.4 27.1 37.1 13.4 5.4 3.1 ID (%) Share of women (age 15+) without a 2021 2.0 10.6 6.8 3.6 4.2 3.9 4.0 15.8 31.5 42.7 16.2 5.2 2.3 national ID (%) Female mean age at marriage 2010 27.9 25.4 25.3 28.6 25.5 25.8 29.0 21.4 21.1 20.5 23.1 23.9 28.9 Mean age of woman at birth of first child 2021 - 29.5 31.1 29.5 - 28.7 27.3 - - - - - 29.5 Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live 2020 7.0 143.3 80.7 11.7 80.0 46.8 16.0 165.0 395.1 455.7 202.3 64.9 14.9 births Total Fertility Rate 2022 1.0 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.8 2.4 1.4 2.4 4.2 4.5 3.2 2.1 1.6 Time spent in unpaid work, females (%) 2022 - 15.5 - 16.0 - - 15.1 - - - - - 15.5 Time spent in unpaid work, males (%) 2022 - 11.2 - 12.2 - - 10.1 - - - - - 11.2 Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 2021 99.0 89.6 95.1 99.5 96.3 96.5 - 80.5 74.2 67.3 79.4 96.3 98.5 15 and above) Literacy rate, adult female (% of females 2021 96.0 84.5 91.6 99.2 95.5 95.1 - 70.1 61.3 51.6 67.4 95.0 97.9 ages 15 and above) Population age 25+ with primary schooling, 2023 81.2 88.5 91.6 98.6 81.2 86.2 98.1 74.7 73.6 58.4 83.7 87.9 96.4 Male (%) Population age 25+ with primary schooling, 2023 76.6 84.6 88.4 96.6 78.9 73.6 97.8 56.7 68.6 43.2 74.6 84.9 95.6 Female (%) Population age 25+ with secondary 2023 66.6 58.7 63.6 76.3 47.0 50.5 92.1 40.2 28.6 23.9 38.5 59.5 71.4 schooling, Male (%) Population age 25+ with secondary 2023 60.5 56.6 58.9 73.8 48.0 48.4 92.8 27.4 24.5 13.9 33.1 56.9 72.3 schooling, Female (%) Population age 25+ with tertiary 2023 55.5 24.7 31.4 26.7 16.3 26.7 57.0 - 13.5 7.6 16.8 19.6 33.8 schooling, Male (%) Population age 25+ with tertiary 2023 51.4 26.9 30.6 30.3 19.7 31.5 60.1 - 11.3 4.4 16.4 20.8 38.4 schooling, Female (%) Women of reproductive age that have their 2021 - 56.2 - - - - - 74.1 47.3 66.4 51.2 - - family planning needs met (%) Lifetime intimate partner violence (%) 2018 11.0 26.3 31.0 18.6 24.5 25.5 26.0 31.5 32.6 34.6 30.7 24.8 20.5 Intimate partner violence within last year 2018 2.0 11.6 14.7 5.3 8.1 10.9 4.5 15.2 18.9 20.8 16.0 10.0 5.3 (%) Can a woman choose where to live in the 2023 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 same way as a man? Can a woman travel outside her home in the 2023 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 same way as a man? Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison SOCIAL NORMS Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Can a woman apply for a passport in the 2023 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 same way as a man? Women In Ministerial Level Positions 2022 92.0 72.6 102.1 60.3 55.3 98.1 56.5 114.1 63.5 63.8 89.1 69.9 63.1 (Rank) Political Participation Ranking 2024 3.5 5.1 4.5 6.3 6.8 2.6 - 4.9 4.6 3.5 4.3 5.8 6.7 Social Institutions Gender Index (SIGI) 2023 46.4 29.0 29.1 16.1 21.2 51.7 18.3 44.8 39.0 40.6 40.0 24.7 18.3 BUSINESS CLIMATE Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Male labor force participation rate (%) 2023 76.2 70.4 72.1 66.6 73.2 72.5 68.4 73.2 70.0 72.1 70.0 70.9 69.6 Female labor force participation rate (%) 2023 61.6 51.2 56.4 53.9 51.1 30.8 58.8 33.4 56.6 54.5 47.8 49.1 54.2 Informal employment, male (% of total 2023 - 48.8 47.5 14.3 51.7 - - 87.7 61.7 78.4 73.6 43.3 29.7 non-agricultural employment) Informal employment, female (% of total 2023 - 49.0 44.1 11.6 52.8 - - 91.9 63.1 82.5 78.7 42.7 26.0 non-agricultural employment) Part-time employment, female (% of total 2020 14.1 37.3 32.6 37.9 39.0 35.7 43.5 41.0 37.6 56.3 36.9 30.1 40.1 female employment) Part-time employment, male (% of total 2020 7.7 25.4 25.3 24.6 27.9 20.7 29.3 20.1 29.9 39.5 26.5 21.0 26.3 male employment) Female permanent full-time workers (% of 2020 - 32.0 - 34.5 - 28.4 - - - - 28.4 48.1 27.6 total full-time workers) Male permanent full-time workers (% of 2020 - 68.0 - 65.5 - 71.6 - - - - 71.6 51.9 72.4 total full-time workers) Percentage of the population that is 2022 13.6 40.3 39.0 21.6 35.6 22.7 9.9 61.1 69.0 77.0 57.0 36.8 14.5 self-employed Employment in industry, male (% of male 2022 17.0 25.3 24.2 32.4 25.6 29.7 28.6 24.0 16.9 13.4 22.5 27.5 31.0 employment) Employment in industry, female (% of 2022 10.5 11.6 12.6 12.8 10.6 10.8 8.6 19.3 9.6 8.4 12.4 14.1 10.4 female employment) Employment in services, male (% of male 2022 82.9 51.3 53.3 56.0 55.5 61.5 69.5 43.0 38.5 34.9 44.1 50.6 64.2 employment) Employment in services, female (% of 2022 89.4 66.4 68.9 75.6 81.7 80.5 90.5 32.2 43.9 33.2 54.5 69.0 87.4 female employment) Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison BUSINESS CLIMATE Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Employment in agriculture, male (% of male 2022 0.1 23.4 22.5 11.6 18.9 8.8 1.9 33.0 44.7 51.7 33.5 21.9 4.8 employment) Employment in agriculture, female (% of 2022 0.1 22.0 18.6 11.6 7.8 8.6 0.9 48.5 46.5 58.3 33.1 17.0 2.2 female employment) Wage equality between women and men for 2022 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 similar work (0-to-1 scale) Country Economic Participation and 2022 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 Opportunity Index (0-to-1 scale) Time in days to start a business, male 2019 1.5 19.6 23.3 11.8 28.1 19.3 2.8 14.5 21.5 22.3 23.6 20.3 11.3 Time in days to start a business, female 2019 1.5 19.7 23.4 11.8 28.1 19.9 2.8 14.6 21.6 22.5 23.7 20.3 11.4 Cost as a % of income per capita to start 2019 0.4 19.9 16.3 3.3 30.6 16.0 0.6 8.3 36.3 48.7 27.8 13.2 4.2 a business, male Cost as a % of income per capita to start 2019 0.4 19.9 16.3 3.3 30.6 16.0 0.6 8.3 36.3 48.7 27.8 13.2 4.2 a business, female Number of procedures to start a business, 2019 2.0 6.6 6.3 5.3 8.0 6.3 4.0 7.1 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.2 5.3 male Number of procedures to start a business, 2019 2.0 6.7 6.3 5.3 8.0 6.9 4.0 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.2 5.4 female Share of male sole proprietors 2022 - 61.9 54.6 63.4 51.5 76.5 - - 63.3 61.8 62.4 60.8 62.5 Share of female sole proprietors 2022 - 38.1 45.4 36.6 48.5 23.5 - - 36.7 38.2 37.6 39.2 37.5 Share of male directors 2022 - 75.4 69.1 76.6 66.3 86.4 - 80.0 73.3 79.4 79.7 73.4 74.5 Share of female directors 2022 - 24.6 30.9 23.4 33.7 13.6 - 20.0 26.7 20.6 20.3 26.6 25.5 Firms with majority female ownership (%) 2020 - 9.6 - 12.7 - 5.0 - - - - 5.0 18.1 10.0 Firms with female top manager (%) 2023 21.8 21.0 33.5 18.9 21.4 4.1 - 10.3 17.5 13.5 23.3 20.9 22.1 Firms identifying access to finance as a 2020 - 23.9 - 18.0 - 32.8 - - - - 32.8 31.6 11.2 major constraint (%) Perceived ease of doing business index 2019 2.0 95.9 87.0 42.6 114.3 103.3 14.5 117.5 139.5 156.1 124.7 89.7 51.0 (Rank) Perceived attitude toward entrepreneurial 2019 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.2 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.2 failure (Score 1-7) Equal access to property rights index 2019 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 (-2-0) TEA of working age population 2014 11.0 13.1 12.9 7.7 17.6 16.2 13.4 6.6 26.0 28.6 21.1 15.5 9.6 TEA Nascent entrepreneurs 2014 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 TEA driven by opportunity 2014 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison TECHNOLOGY Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Mobile phone ownership - male (%) 2021 89.8 89.8 89.9 93.0 77.9 95.3 - 79.3 - - 84.6 87.0 95.9 Mobile phone ownership - female (%) 2021 87.9 87.6 87.6 91.0 76.6 94.0 - 69.6 - - 78.5 84.8 95.6 Internet use, male (%) 2022 97.1 88.6 97.1 92.6 69.8 79.3 - - - - 79.3 78.7 94.5 Internet use, female (%) 2022 96.8 85.8 96.8 91.0 69.6 65.2 - - - - 65.2 74.5 94.5 Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay 2021 54.3 30.5 40.3 47.1 19.7 15.8 70.0 3.9 13.1 7.8 8.2 23.0 56.5 bills, female (% age 15+) Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay 2021 62.2 35.4 41.7 52.1 25.9 21.6 71.4 10.0 18.7 11.4 14.3 28.2 60.4 bills, male (% age 15+) Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy 2021 55.2 30.2 49.0 46.7 15.1 24.2 73.4 3.6 5.5 2.3 7.7 23.8 57.4 something online, female (% age 15+) Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy 2021 61.8 33.2 47.4 51.4 22.0 24.5 71.4 5.6 7.6 4.6 9.4 27.1 61.0 something online, male (% age 15+) Mobile Connectivity Index Score (Score 2023 93.7 63.6 69.0 80.5 65.0 68.6 89.8 53.2 41.5 32.3 51.8 66.5 83.9 1-100) Mobile money account, male (% age 15+) 2021 34.4 27.0 29.0 16.4 21.2 9.3 - 13.5 40.5 29.9 25.6 26.9 27.9 Mobile money account, female (% age 15+) 2021 27.1 21.3 26.5 13.6 16.5 4.4 - 5.6 32.9 23.2 18.6 24.2 22.5 Made or received digital payments in the 2021 93.0 61.4 73.0 81.0 49.0 41.4 97.0 24.5 44.2 30.1 33.2 58.3 90.3 past year, female (% age 15+) Firms with their own websites (%) 2020 - 67.1 - 78.9 - 49.4 - - - - 49.4 57.5 89.6 Can a broadband connection request be 2019 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 completed entirely online? Average monthly price for business 2019 - 252.8 32.2 54.1 124.2 158.3 - 181.0 925.0 2500.0 217.0 31.5 139.7 broadband connection (USD) LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Can a woman be head of household in the 2023 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 same way as a man? There is no legal provision that requires a married woman to obey her husband 2023 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 (1=yes; 0=no) Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Do married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining 2018 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 the family's expenses? Women who were first married by age 18 (% 2023 0.1 26.7 0.1 - - 29.6 - 28.7 48.4 35.6 - - 0.1 of women ages 20-24) Can a woman legally open a bank account in 2023 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 the same way as a man? Can a woman sign a contract in the same 2023 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 way as a man? Can a woman register a business in the 2023 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 same way as a man? The law prohibits discrimination in access 2023 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 to credit based on gender (1=yes; 0=no) Do men and women have equal ownership 2023 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 rights to immovable property? Do sons and daughters have equal rights to 2023 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 inherit assets from their parents? Do female and male surviving spouses have 2023 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 equal rights to inherit assets? Does the law grant spouses equal administrative authority over assets 2023 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 during marriage? Does a woman's testimony carry the same 2018 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 evidentiary weight in court as a man's? Does the law provide for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions (i.e.; unpaid 2023 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 domestic work)? Can a woman get a job in the same way as a 2023 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 man? Can women work in jobs deemed dangerous in 2023 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 the same way as men? Law prohibits discrimination in employment 2023 0.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 based on gender (1=yes; 0=no) Is there legislation on sexual harassment 2023 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 in employment? Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Does the government support or provide 2018 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 childcare services? Are there criminal penalties or civil remedies for sexual harassment in 2023 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 employment? Does the law mandate equal remuneration 2023 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 for work of equal value? Are women able to work in the same 2023 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 industries as men? Are childcare payments tax-deductible? 2018 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 ACCESS TO FINANCE Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service 2021 98.3 73.1 79.5 87.5 65.1 60.7 96.4 55.2 58.3 43.4 53.2 72.9 94.1 provider, male Account ownership at a financial institution or with a mobile-money-service 2021 96.9 67.1 78.3 84.6 58.0 48.5 98.2 46.4 48.0 33.6 42.4 66.4 93.0 provider, female Financial institution account, male (% age 2021 97.5 68.0 79.1 87.3 61.9 59.3 96.4 50.5 37.6 26.9 41.6 69.8 94.1 15+) Financial institution account, female(% 2021 96.9 62.5 78.0 84.3 54.9 47.9 98.2 43.9 28.6 18.8 32.1 63.2 92.9 age 15+) Debit card ownership, male (% age 15+) 2021 94.2 53.5 67.4 75.1 45.4 45.2 87.6 23.2 21.0 10.9 24.0 52.1 84.4 Debit card ownership, female (% age 15+) 2021 92.8 48.0 65.9 71.3 37.6 34.5 91.4 13.1 14.7 6.4 15.7 43.9 82.8 Saved at a financial institution, male (% 2021 61.3 29.1 43.9 39.2 17.7 19.6 67.3 13.5 15.2 10.6 11.9 21.0 51.7 age 15+) Saved at a financial institution, female 2021 58.8 25.2 42.7 36.0 11.8 15.5 61.6 10.7 9.9 6.5 7.9 16.8 48.3 (% age 15+) Saved to start, operate, or expand a farm 2017 10.9 16.9 19.8 12.3 18.4 15.9 17.8 12.8 21.9 20.9 18.2 16.0 15.1 or business, male (% age 15+) Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison ACCESS TO FINANCE Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Saved to start, operate, or expand a farm 2017 7.6 11.7 14.3 7.7 12.5 8.2 9.2 7.7 17.6 16.9 13.6 10.4 9.3 or business, female (% age 15+) Credit card ownership, male (% age 15+) 2021 44.5 23.5 32.3 35.7 17.8 16.4 73.8 3.2 4.9 3.7 3.7 17.3 46.5 Credit card ownership, female (% age 15+) 2021 39.1 20.6 31.7 31.2 12.8 14.5 75.6 2.5 3.2 2.3 2.2 12.2 43.9 Borrowed from a financial institution, 2021 45.2 27.7 38.7 37.4 22.4 20.8 73.3 11.6 10.9 9.4 11.3 23.6 46.7 male (% age 15+) Borrowed from a financial institution, 2021 40.6 24.0 38.1 32.1 17.2 16.7 73.9 10.7 8.4 7.9 9.3 18.6 42.4 female (% age 15+) Borrowed from family or friends, male (% 2021 1.5 27.0 21.2 20.1 24.4 34.7 13.8 35.8 39.8 40.2 35.8 29.7 15.7 age 15+) Borrowed from family or friends, female (% 2021 2.2 24.8 20.2 18.2 23.5 30.8 18.2 35.2 35.2 37.1 31.8 27.9 14.8 age 15+) Borrowed from a savings club, male (% age 2021 0.2 3.7 1.8 0.7 2.3 2.8 - 2.3 9.3 10.7 4.5 2.4 0.7 15+) Borrowed from a savings club, female (% 2021 0.4 4.7 2.8 0.8 2.1 2.4 - 3.7 12.4 13.5 6.4 2.5 0.7 age 15+) Male landholders (%) 2022 - 15.0 3.4 - - - - 15.3 26.2 - 15.0 - - Female landholders (%) 2022 - 5.4 4.4 - - - - 9.7 3.1 - 5.4 - - ACCESS TO MARKETS Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Days to obtain an import license 2020 - 28.6 - 29.7 - 27.6 - - - - 27.6 12.0 47.4 Firms expected to give gifts to public 2020 - 2.1 - 0.8 - 3.9 - - - - 3.9 1.1 0.7 officials to get things done (%) Firms identifying customs and trade 2020 - 12.5 - 4.8 - 24.1 - - - - 24.1 6.1 4.2 restrictions as major constraint (%) Firms whose new products/services are also 2020 - 73.3 - 67.9 - 81.5 - - - - 81.5 74.8 64.4 new to the main market (%) Does the country's infrastructure, roads, utilities, communications, waste disposal 2014 7.4 6.2 6.5 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.9 6.6 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.9 6.5 provide support for new and growing firms? Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19 Global, Regional & Income Group Average Comparison TRAINING SKILLS AND INFORMATION Regional Averages Income Group Averages Indicator Year SGP Global EAS ECS LCN MEA NAC SAS SSF LIC LMC UMC HIC Country's labor force with business skills 2024 91.0 50.5 51.9 70.0 49.2 44.2 42.0 12.2 23.4 22.5 24.8 45.9 69.9 (%) Presence and quality of programs directly 2014 6.1 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.6 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.7 assisting SMEs at all levels of government Prosperity Data360 GENERATED ON: 2024-11-19