Data for 1992

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1992

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1992 covers 168 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Somalia is lowest, at 0.107. The middle country reads 0.623. Against 1991, 104 values changed (70 up, 34 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1992

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestSomalia

0.107

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

168countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.957
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.950
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.944
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.932
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.916
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.913
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.908
=8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.905
=8	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.905
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.900
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.898
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.897
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.890
=14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.887
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.887
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.886
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.880
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.878
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.878
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.867
21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.864
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.863
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.862
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.856
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.854
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.852
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.850
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.848
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.847
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.842
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.832
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.830
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.826
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.824
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.810
37	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.808
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.801
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.788
40	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.772
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.766
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.763
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.753
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.746
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.744
=46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.736
=46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.736
=48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.729
=48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.729
=48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.729
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.727
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.725
53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.723
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.722
=55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.719
=55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.719
=57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.718
=57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.718
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.715
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.708
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.700
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.693
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.688
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.686
65	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.681
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.678
67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.674
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.672
69	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.661
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.660
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.657
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.655
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.652
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.650
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.648
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.646
=77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.645
=77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.645
79	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.644
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.640
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.634
82	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.633
83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.625
84	Chile`CHL`South America	0.624
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.621
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.619
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.615
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.612
89	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.610
90	Peru`PER`South America	0.608
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.602
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.599
=93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.593
=93	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.593
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.591
96	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.587
97	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.578
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.573
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.572
=100	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.568
=100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.568
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.558
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.557
104	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.553
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.548
=106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.534
=106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.534
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.532
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.528
110	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.524
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.523
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.522
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.517
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.515
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.508
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.506
117	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.499
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.493
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.491
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.485
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.472
123	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.466
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.463
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.459
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.453
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.448
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.425
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.423
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.421
132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.419
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.416
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.414
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.408
136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.405
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.394
=138	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.385
=138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.385
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.378
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.374
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.369
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.366
145	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.364
146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.361
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.340
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.324
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.321
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.318
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.315
152	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.313
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.309
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.304
155	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.279
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.268
159	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.259
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.258
161	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.242
162	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.233
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.188
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.158
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.129
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.107

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Sweden0.950
3Norway0.944
4Finland0.932
5Belgium0.916

Lowest

168Somalia0.107
167Afghanistan0.129
166United Arab Emirates0.158
165Libya0.163
164Sudan0.188

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.623. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
104values changed, of 167 in both
70 · 34rose · fell
63unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia0.505 → 0.718+0.213
Russia0.499 → 0.688+0.189
Djibouti0.222 → 0.340+0.118
Ethiopia0.354 → 0.466+0.112
Cambodia0.312 → 0.423+0.111

Fell most

Tajikistan0.547 → 0.414−0.133
Guyana0.802 → 0.744−0.058
Eswatini0.362 → 0.304−0.058
Angola0.509 → 0.453−0.056
Haiti0.415 → 0.369−0.046

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Oman

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1992.
155 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.729. 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 168 countries has every column.

05The files

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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1992

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07Questions