The best and worst places to be a woman

Last month The Independent wrote about The best and worst places to be a woman. It turns out the best place to be a woman is Iceland. "Iceland has the greatest equality between men and women, taking into account politics, education, employment and health indicators." The worst place for a woman to live is Yemen and currently the most dangerous is Afghanistan. Here are some of the other places the article lists:

• Best place to be a politician: Rwanda. It's the only state where the majority of parliamentarians are women. The worst places to be a female politician are Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Oman and Belize. These have no women in parliament.
• Best place to be head of state: Sri Lanka. Women have run Sri Lanka for 23 years whereas lots of countries, including Sweden and Spain have never had a female head of state.
• Best place to be a top dog: Thailand. This state has the greatest percentage of women (45 per cent) in senior management. In Japan only 8 per cent of these positions are held by women.
• Best place for economic participation: Bahamas. Worst: Yemen.
• Best place for the right to choose: Sweden. "Sweden permits women to have abortions without restrictions for the first 18 weeks of pregnancy and there are no mandatory consent requirement." States that have a ban on all abortions include El Salvador, the Philippines and Nicaraqua.
• Best place to earn money: Luxembourg. "When income is capped at $40,000, women and men are as likely to earn the same amount." In Saudi Arabia women only earn $7,157 when men get $36,727.
• Best place to go to university: Qatar. Six times as many women are enrolled in tertiary education as men. The worst state is Chad where three men are enrolled for every woman.
• Best place to leave your husband: Guam. "The Micronesian island of Guam has the highest divorce rate in the world, and Guatemala has the lowest."
• Best place to drive a car: India. "An NGO in the country's capital launched an initiative to train women in the first radio-taxi service run only by women." Saudi Arabia is the only state in the world where women are banned from driving.
• Best place for high-skilled jobs: Jamaica. Almost 60 per cent of high-skilled jobs, such as legislators, senior officials and managers in Jamaica are filled by women. In Yemen only 2 per cent of such jobs are taken up by women.