WOMEN IN THE 2015 SOCIAL

INCLUSION INDEX
Americas Quarterly's released its annual Social Inclusion Index, this year
comparing 22 variables across 17 countries in the Americas, from state
spending on social programs to access to formal jobs. AS/COA Online
focuses on women's rights and inclusion.

Where are women's rights the

strongest?
The Index gives each country a score based on various compiled data
points, such as maternal mortality rates and women in politics. The
United States scored the highest, followed by Uruguay and Costa Rica.

Financial Inclusion: Women v.

Men
The financial inclusion variable shows the percentage of respondents of
each gender that have an account at a bank or other credit institution.
While in the vast majority of countries men have a higher rate of
financial inclusion, women in the United States, Argentina, Mexico, and
Paraguay are more likely to have these accounts.

School, Jobs, and Income

The Social Inclusion Index also looks at the percent of women that are
enrolled in secondary school, have access to a formal job, and live on
more than $4 a day. (For the last indicator, the U.S. figure measures the
percentage of women above the poverty line.)
Enrollment
in
Secondary
School

Access to a
Formal Job
(Ages 2565)

Living on
More Than
$4 a Day

Argentina

91.4%

68.1%

89.0%

Bolivia

87.6%

55.7%

72.4%

Brazil

79.0%

79.2%

80.1%

Chile

92.8%

84.2%

92.9%

Colombia

83.1%

64.60%

69.1%

Costa Rica

86.5%

69.6%

87.9%

Ecuador

85.8%

67.7%

74.3%

El Salvador

51.6%

55.5%

68.7%

Guatemala

54.4%

40.0%

37.7%

Honduras

46.2%

11.6%

42.5%

Mexico

77.3%

38.9%

72.4%

Nicaragua

59.6%

50.4%

41.7%

Panama

52.9%

25.4%

No Data

Paraguay

85.0%

46.0%

79.6%

Peru

83.0%

51.7%

78.7%

U.S.

87.1%

42.9%

83.4%

Uruguay

87.5%

88.6%

92.0%

Source: Americas Quarterly/LAPOP. AS/COA Online copyright.