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Women political empowerment index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 171 countries was 0.728 index points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.961 index points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0.026 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Women political empowerment, 2023 Global rank Available data
Denmark 0.961 1 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.957 2 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.954 3 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.954 4 1990 - 2023
Spain 0.953 5 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.951 6 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.945 7 1990 - 2023
Jamaica 0.944 8 1967 - 2023
Switzerland 0.942 9 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.939 10 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.938 11 1989 - 2023
Austria 0.934 12 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.934 13 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.933 14 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.933 15 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.932 16 1990 - 2023
France 0.93 17 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.929 18 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.925 19 1991 - 2023
Australia 0.917 20 1960 - 2023
UK 0.917 21 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.915 22 1990 - 2023
Malta 0.914 23 1960 - 2023
Chile 0.913 24 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.91 25 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.91 26 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.907 27 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.906 28 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.905 29 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0.903 30 1966 - 2023
Seychelles 0.903 31 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.901 32 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.899 33 1993 - 2023
USA 0.894 34 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.892 35 1990 - 2023
Norway 0.892 36 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.892 37 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.891 38 1990 - 2023
Canada 0.891 39 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.888 40 1990 - 2023
Iceland 0.887 41 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.887 42 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.887 43 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.88 44 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.878 45 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.874 46 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.871 47 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.868 48 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.862 49 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.861 50 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.859 51 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.857 52 1962 - 2023
Hungary 0.855 53 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.852 54 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 0.848 55 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.847 56 1965 - 2023
Guyana 0.845 57 1968 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.835 58 1991 - 2023
Montenegro 0.834 59 1998 - 2023
Namibia 0.834 60 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.833 61 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.831 62 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.83 63 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.826 64 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.826 65 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.822 66 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.819 67 1992 - 2023
Bolivia 0.818 68 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.815 69 1967 - 2023
Ecuador 0.814 70 1960 - 2023
Peru 0.813 71 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.812 72 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.806 73 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.806 74 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.805 75 1960 - 2023
Brazil 0.804 76 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0.801 77 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.796 78 1961 - 2023
Zambia 0.796 79 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0.795 80 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.794 81 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.789 82 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0.783 83 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.783 84 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.783 85 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.783 86 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.779 87 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.779 88 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.77 89 1990 - 2023
Nepal 0.77 90 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.768 91 1960 - 2023
Panama 0.765 92 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.762 93 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.757 94 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.755 95 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.753 96 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.748 97 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.739 98 1990 - 2023
Mozambique 0.739 99 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.734 100 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 0.729 101 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.724 102 1990 - 2023
Madagascar 0.721 103 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 0.715 104 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.713 105 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.713 106 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.713 107 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.71 108 1966 - 2023
Botswana 0.705 109 1960 - 2023
Cuba 0.701 110 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.7 111 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.696 112 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.693 113 1971 - 2023
Indonesia 0.693 114 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.687 115 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.687 116 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.678 117 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.678 118 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.678 119 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.663 120 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.662 121 1990 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.661 122 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.656 123 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.654 124 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.654 125 1990 - 2023
India 0.652 126 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.628 127 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.621 128 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.616 129 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.612 130 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.6 131 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.599 132 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.599 133 1979 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.59 134 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.588 135 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.587 136 1960 - 2023
China 0.583 137 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.579 138 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.578 139 1971 - 2023
Bahrain 0.574 140 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.567 141 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.564 142 1960 - 2023
Russia 0.563 143 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.539 144 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0.537 145 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.532 146 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.525 147 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.521 148 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.517 149 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.514 150 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.496 151 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.488 152 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.464 153 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.43 154 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.43 155 1990 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.425 156 1990 - 2023
Kuwait 0.401 157 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.396 158 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.371 159 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.341 160 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.33 161 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.329 162 2003 - 2023
Haiti 0.31 163 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.308 164 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.304 165 1960 - 2023
North Korea 0.299 166 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.278 167 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.273 168 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.19 169 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.18 170 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.026 171 1960 - 2023



Definition: Measures fundamental civil liberties, women’s open discussion of political issues and participation in civil society organizations, and the representation of women in formal political positions.

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