Edition 2023

Women's Empowerment Index 2023

Published 2023 · describes 2022 · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Empowerment Index 2023 covers 114 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.828; Yemen is lowest, at 0.141. The middle country reads 0.615.

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Women's Empowerment Index · Edition 2023

HighestSweden

0.828

LowestYemen

0.141

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

114countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
100distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Women's Empowerment Index 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Women's Empowerment Index 2023: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women.

SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.828	High
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.816	High
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.805	High
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.804	High
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.802	High
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.801	High
FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.792	Upper-middle
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.791	Upper-middle
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.787	Upper-middle
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.786	Upper-middle
CanadaCANNorthern America	0.783	Upper-middle
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.782	Upper-middle
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.778	Upper-middle
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.778	Upper-middle
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.778	Upper-middle
SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.773	Upper-middle
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.762	Upper-middle
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.759	Upper-middle
PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.757	Upper-middle
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.757	Upper-middle
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.756	Upper-middle
United StatesUSANorthern America	0.752	Upper-middle
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.750	Upper-middle
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.749	Upper-middle
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.737	Upper-middle
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.730	Upper-middle
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.720	Upper-middle
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.707	Upper-middle
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.707	Upper-middle
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.701	Upper-middle
ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.700	Upper-middle
ChileCHLSouth America	0.699	Lower-middle
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.696	Lower-middle
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.696	Lower-middle
IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.694	Lower-middle
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.694	Lower-middle
UruguayURYSouth America	0.688	Lower-middle
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.686	Lower-middle
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.682	Lower-middle
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.680	Lower-middle
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.680	Lower-middle
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.679	Lower-middle
Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.677	Lower-middle
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.670	Lower-middle
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.664	Lower-middle
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.656	Lower-middle
JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.651	Lower-middle
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.649	Lower-middle
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.640	Lower-middle
PeruPERSouth America	0.640	Lower-middle
BrazilBRASouth America	0.637	Lower-middle
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.635	Lower-middle
BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.632	Lower-middle
EcuadorECUSouth America	0.630	Lower-middle
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.623	Lower-middle
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.618	Lower-middle
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.617	Lower-middle
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.613	Lower-middle
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.612	Lower-middle
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.610	Lower-middle
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.603	Lower-middle
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.598	Low
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.597	Low
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.593	Low
ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.592	Low
KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.591	Low
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.582	Low
BelizeBLZCentral America	0.569	Low
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.568	Low
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.568	Low
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.565	Low
PanamaPANCentral America	0.563	Low
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.562	Low
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.560	Low
HondurasHNDCentral America	0.544	Low
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.542	Low
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.542	Low
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.537	Low
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.531	Low
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.530	Low
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.524	Low
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.520	Low
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.520	Low
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.519	Low
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.518	Low
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.518	Low
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.512	Low
SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.511	Low
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.510	Low
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.498	Low
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.491	Low
JordanJORWestern Asia	0.488	Low
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.482	Low
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.466	Low
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.464	Low
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.463	Low
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.455	Low
IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.454	Low
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.444	Low
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.443	Low
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.443	Low
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.441	Low
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.438	Low
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.435	Low
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.427	Low
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.418	Low
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.400	Low
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.400	Low
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.399	Low
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.372	Low
IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.363	Low
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.337	Low
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.307	Low
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.141	Low

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Sweden0.828
Iceland0.816
Australia0.805
Denmark0.804
Norway0.802

Lowest

Yemen0.141
Niger0.307
Pakistan0.337
Iraq0.363
Lebanon0.372

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.615. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

This edition describes 2022
UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Women's Empowerment Index 2023 are for 2022.
100 distinct values among 114
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.778. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 114 countries has every column.

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