Women's Rights - 2011 Study of Status By Country

2011 Study of Status By Country

In the 26 September 2011 issue of Newsweek magazine a study was published on the rights and quality of life of women in countries around the world. The factors taken into account were legal justice, health and healthcare, education, economic opportunity, and political power. The rankings were determined by Lauren Streib by uniform criteria and available statistics. According to the study, the best and worst were:

Top ten
Rank Country Overall Justice Health Education Economics Politics
1 Iceland
100.0
100.0
90.5
96.7
88.0
92.8
2 Sweden
99.2
90.8
94.8
95.5
90.3
93.1
3 Canada
96.6
100.0
92.7
92.0
91.0
66.9
4 Denmark
95.3
86.1
94.9
97.6
88.5
78.4
5 Finland
92.8
80.2
91.4
91.3
86.8
100.0
6 Switzerland
91.9
87.9
94.4
97.3
82.6
74.6
7 Norway
91.3
79.3
100.0
74.0
93.5
93.9
8 United States
89.8
82.9
92.8
97.3
83.9
68.6
9 Australia
88.2
80.7
93.3
93.9
85.3
65.1
10 Netherlands
87.7
74.0
95.0
99.0
83.0
68.4
Bottom ten
Rank Country Overall Justice Health Education Economics Politics
165 Chad
0.0
20.7
0.0
0.0
70.9
22.2
164 Afghanistan
2.0
8.4
2.0
41.1
55.3
16.6
163 Yemen
12.1
36.2
44.4
34.1
48.8
0.0
162 Democratic Republic of the Congo
13.6
6.5
11.4
45.1
67.8
27.2
160 Mali
17.6
22.7
29.9
25.8
64.3
49.8
160 Solomon Islands
20.8
0.0
53.6
86.5
46.0
1.9
159 Niger
21.2
26.5
32.9
47.5
58.6
31.3
158 Pakistan
21.4
49.7
49.6
34.0
50.7
19.3
157 Ethiopia
23.7
18.6
27.2
29.9
79.7
37.4
156 Sudan
26.1
21.1
29.4
70.6
54.5
40.8

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