5 Best Countries for Women in Terms of Economic Opportunity

2. Ireland

Economic Opportunity for Women score: 0.73

GDP per capita (in thousands): $112.25

Insider Monkey score:  82.17

Ireland ranks 8th in Europe and 11th in the world for its efforts to minimize gender inequality. In order to improve economic participation and opportunity for women in the private sector, the government of Ireland now requires companies with more than 250 employees to reveal their data regarding the gender pay gap.