Data for 1994

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1994

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1994
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1994, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1994 covers 170 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.098. The middle country reads 0.642. Against 1993, 92 values changed (61 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1994

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestAfghanistan

0.098

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

170countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
146distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: 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	0.951
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.946
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.932
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.922
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.921
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.916
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.910
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.909
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.908
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.907
=12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.900
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.900
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.898
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.897
=15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.897
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.895
=18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
=18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.893
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.887
21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.877
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.876
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.871
=24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.869
=24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.869
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.868
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.867
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.864
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.861
30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.859
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.855
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.852
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.851
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.842
35	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.832
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.830
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.827
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.822
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.816
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.809
41	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.808
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.799
43	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.793
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.790
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.778
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.777
47	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.776
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.773
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.771
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.755
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.754
52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.750
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.748
=54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.742
=54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.742
56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.740
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.730
=58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.729
=58	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.729
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.728
=61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.726
=61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.726
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.721
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.717
=65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.716
=65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.716
=65	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.716
=65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.716
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.715
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.711
=71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.693
=71	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.693
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.688
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.682
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.680
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.672
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.669
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.668
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.662
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.660
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.652
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.649
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.648
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.645
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.644
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.640
87	Chile`CHL`South America	0.637
=88	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.635
=88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.635
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.634
91	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.633
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.632
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.619
=94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.615
=94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.615
=94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.615
97	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.611
=98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.602
=98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.602
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.601
=101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.599
=101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.599
=101	Peru`PER`South America	0.599
104	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.592
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.591
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.584
=107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.568
=107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.568
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.567
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.563
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.562
112	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.554
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.553
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.550
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.548
=116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.543
=116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.543
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.541
=119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.524
=119	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.524
121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.523
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.506
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.504
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.503
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.498
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.485
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.468
=128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.464
=128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.464
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.462
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.450
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.448
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.435
=135	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.421
=135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.421
=135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.421
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.418
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.416
140	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.414
141	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.405
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.400
143	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.391
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.390
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.382
146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.378
147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.373
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.372
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.357
=151	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.341
=151	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.341
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.324
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.319
155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.318
156	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.316
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.313
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.309
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.291
160	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.268
163	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.264
164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.245
165	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	0.098

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Sweden0.951
3Norway0.946
4Finland0.932
5Netherlands0.922

Lowest

170Afghanistan0.098
169Somalia0.107
168United Arab Emirates0.158
167Libya0.163
166Timor-Leste0.216

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.642. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 170 in both
61 · 31rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

South Africa0.265 → 0.822+0.557
Eritrea0.247 → 0.382+0.135
Cambodia0.372 → 0.498+0.126
Mexico0.509 → 0.635+0.126
Chad0.421 → 0.524+0.103

Fell most

Togo0.625 → 0.563−0.062
Azerbaijan0.604 → 0.567−0.037
Guinea-Bissau0.577 → 0.543−0.034
Rwanda0.454 → 0.421−0.033
Gambia0.494 → 0.464−0.030

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 1994.
146 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.716. 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 (1994). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1994

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1993
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1995
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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions