A study by BAV Consulting, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the U.S. News & World Report, provides a ranking of the best places for women to live and work.
To score countries, they looked at the following attributes:
- Cares about human rights
- Gender equality
- Income equality
- Safety
- Progressiveness
The Nordic countries fared best in the ranking. Pakistan and Algeria, were ranked as the two worst countries for women to live and work.
Here are the top 20 countries globally for women to live and work:
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Canada
- Netherlands
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Luxembourg
- Austria
- France
- Ireland
- United States
- Japan
- Spain
- Italy
- Portugal
- Singapore
- Czech Republic
- China
Rankings of Asian countries, for women to live and work:
- South Korea – 23
- Malaysia – 35
- Thailand – 36
- Philippines – 41
- Vietnam – 43
- India – 44
- Indonesia – 50