5 Best Countries for Women in Terms of Economic Opportunity

3. Norway

Economic Opportunity for Women score: 0.80

GDP per capita (in thousands): $99.27

Insider Monkey score:  79.42

Norway has a high rate of parity between men’s and women’s participation in the labor force and estimated earned incomes. In order to create more economic opportunities for women, the Norwegian government has sanctioned all large and medium-sized businesses to have at least 40% women on their board of directors by 2028.