Women in Nordic countries have the best chance of equal treatment at work, according to The Economist’s glass-ceiling index, which combines data on pay, child-care costs, representation in senior jobs and other indicators. This year Finland came top out of 28 countries for women’s share in higher education and female labour-force participation. Turkey is among the worst places in the OECD to be a working woman. It has the lowest share of female bosses and the largest gender gap in participation rates. In Japan and South Korea, participation and pay divides remain wide, though South Korea does best for net child-care costs. The OECD average shows the share of women in higher education, on boards and in parliaments is rising. But the pay gap has widened, there are fewer women in top jobs and maternity leave has shrunk. The glass ceiling may be cracking, but is far from shattered.