Data for 1990

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990 covers 166 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.952; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.159. The middle country reads 0.587.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1990

HighestDenmark

0.952

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.159

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

166countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
145distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.952
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.950
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.945
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.928
=5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.913
=5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.913
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.911
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.908
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.907
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.896
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.891
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.890
=13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.887
=13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.887
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.886
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.885
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.879
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.878
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.874
20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.863
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.862
22	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.848
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.845
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.843
=25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.842
=25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.842
=25	United States`USA`Northern America	0.842
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.827
=29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.825
=29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.825
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.824
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.819
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.812
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.807
35	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.802
36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.801
37	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.799
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.784
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.770
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.759
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.746
42	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.743
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.742
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.738
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.735
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.731
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.727
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.726
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.725
50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.723
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.718
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.702
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.701
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.694
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.693
=56	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.689
=56	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.689
=56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.689
59	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.683
=60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.674
=60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.674
62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.670
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.666
=64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.660
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.660
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.659
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.657
68	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.653
69	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.641
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.639
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.634
72	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.625
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.623
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.622
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.620
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.619
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.616
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.615
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.614
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.597
=81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.593
=81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.593
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.589
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.586
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.580
=86	Chile`CHL`South America	0.571
=86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.571
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.568
=89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.567
=89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.567
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.561
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.560
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.558
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.556
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.545
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.541
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.528
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.527
99	Colombia`COL`South America	0.526
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.522
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.520
102	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.519
=103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.516
=103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.516
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.514
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.512
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.509
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.507
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.501
=110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.498
=110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.493
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.485
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.473
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.472
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.466
117	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.459
=118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.455
=118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.455
=120	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.446
=120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.439
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.436
124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.427
125	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.416
=126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.406
=126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.406
=126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.406
129	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.403
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.394
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.385
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.378
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.371
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.367
=135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.362
=135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.362
137	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.361
138	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.353
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.347
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.339
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.321
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.316
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.312
=144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.303
=144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.303
146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.300
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.299
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.298
149	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.277
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.263
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.256
154	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.249
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.243
156	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.235
=157	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.225
=157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.225
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.187
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.185
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.172
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.171
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
165	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.161
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.159

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.952
2Sweden0.950
3Norway0.945
4Finland0.928
5Germanyshared0.913

Lowest

166United Arab Emirates0.159
165Somalia0.161
164Libya0.163
163Eritrea0.171
162Afghanistan0.172

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.587. “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.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
145 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.842. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

04The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1990

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