Data for 1993

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1993

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1993
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1993 covers 170 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.096. The middle country reads 0.633. Against 1992, 99 values changed (77 up, 22 down), 2 countries joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1993

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestAfghanistan

0.096

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

170countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: 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	0.915
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.915
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.909
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.908
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.905
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.902
=12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.900
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.900
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.897
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.895
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.890
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.889
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.887
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.882
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.881
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.876
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.875
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.871
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.869
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.868
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.867
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.862
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.860
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.856
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.850
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.847
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.842
34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.832
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.830
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.827
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.824
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.810
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.808
41	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.792
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.788
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.786
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.778
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.777
46	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.776
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.773
48	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.752
49	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.750
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.742
51	Colombia`COL`South America	0.736
=52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.730
=52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.730
=54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.729
=54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.729
56	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.726
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.725
58	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.724
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.721
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.718
=61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.717
=61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.717
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.716
=64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.713
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.713
66	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.710
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.700
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.693
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.691
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.683
71	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.680
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.672
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.670
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.669
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.668
76	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.661
77	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.660
78	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.658
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.657
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.648
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.646
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.645
83	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.640
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.637
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.633
86	Chile`CHL`South America	0.632
87	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.628
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.625
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.623
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.619
=91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.615
=91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.615
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.611
=94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.610
=94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.610
96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.604
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.602
98	Peru`PER`South America	0.599
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.594
=100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.593
=100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.593
102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.592
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.586
104	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.577
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.572
106	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.568
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.565
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.563
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.557
110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.556
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.553
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.551
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.550
114	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.548
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.527
116	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.524
117	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.509
=118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.506
=118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.506
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.505
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.504
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.494
=123	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.493
=123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.493
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.485
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.472
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.469
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.455
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.454
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.435
=132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.421
=132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.421
=132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.421
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.408
=136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.405
=136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.405
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.400
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.390
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.378
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.377
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.373
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.372
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.369
146	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.364
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.363
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.350
149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.341
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.324
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.321
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.319
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.318
154	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.313
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.309
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.294
157	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
158	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.268
=160	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.265
=160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.265
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.258
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.247
=164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.233
=164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.233
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.158
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.107
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.096

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

170Afghanistan0.096
169Somalia0.107
168United Arab Emirates0.158
167Libya0.163
166Timor-Leste0.216

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.633. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 168 in both
77 · 22rose · fell
69unchanged

Rose most

Ghana0.523 → 0.691+0.168
Lesotho0.572 → 0.683+0.111
El Salvador0.463 → 0.557+0.094
Burundi0.416 → 0.493+0.077
Estonia0.810 → 0.882+0.072

Fell most

Tajikistan0.414 → 0.294−0.120
Rwanda0.534 → 0.454−0.080
Cambodia0.423 → 0.372−0.051
Russia0.688 → 0.637−0.051
Afghanistan0.129 → 0.096−0.033

+ Latvia

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
154 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.421. 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 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1993

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1992
168 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1994
170 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions