Data for 1995

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1995

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1995 covers 170 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.955; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.089. The middle country reads 0.641. Against 1994, 87 values changed (60 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1995

HighestDenmark

0.955

LowestAfghanistan

0.089

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

170countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.955
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.952
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.946
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.931
=5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.923
=5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.923
=5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.923
=8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.910
=8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.910
=8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.910
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.907
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.904
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.901
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.898
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.897
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.895
=17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
=17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.893
=17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.893
=20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.890
=20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.890
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.884
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.877
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.876
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.871
=26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.869
=26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.869
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.868
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.867
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.865
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.861
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.859
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.852
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.851
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.842
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.833
37	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.831
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.827
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.817
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.802
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.801
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.799
43	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.793
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.790
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.783
46	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.779
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.778
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.773
49	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.771
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.767
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.765
52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.763
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.761
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.755
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.752
56	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.751
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.750
=58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.742
=58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.742
=58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.742
61	Colombia`COL`South America	0.740
=62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.729
=62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.729
=62	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.729
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.728
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.725
=67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.721
=67	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.721
69	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.717
=70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.716
=70	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.716
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.715
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.710
74	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.708
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.705
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.691
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.685
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.669
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.668
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.663
81	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.662
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.661
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.660
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.649
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.645
86	Chile`CHL`South America	0.637
87	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.635
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.634
89	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.633
=90	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.632
=90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.632
=92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.631
=92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.631
94	Peru`PER`South America	0.628
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.625
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.620
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.616
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.615
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.612
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.608
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.604
=102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.602
=102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.602
=104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.601
=104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.601
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.597
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.594
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.592
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.590
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.584
111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.568
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.564
=113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.562
=113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.562
=113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.562
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.553
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.551
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.544
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.543
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.533
121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.527
=122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.524
=122	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.524
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.506
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.504
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.503
=127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.495
=127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.495
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.485
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.482
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.467
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.465
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.464
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.462
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.450
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.448
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.435
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.421
140	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.416
141	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.405
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.400
143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.390
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.389
145	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.377
146	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.373
148	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.370
149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.365
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.341
151	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.334
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.329
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	0.317
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.316
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.315
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.313
160	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.268
163	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.245
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.244
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.233
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.208
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.107
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.089

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.955
2Sweden0.952
3Norway0.946
4Finland0.931
5Belgiumshared0.923

Lowest

170Afghanistan0.089
169Somalia0.107
168Libya0.163
167United Arab Emirates0.208
166Timor-Leste0.216

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.641. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
87values changed, of 170 in both
60 · 27rose · fell
83unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda0.421 → 0.601+0.180
Malawi0.450 → 0.604+0.154
Haiti0.418 → 0.495+0.077
Uganda0.693 → 0.765+0.072
Azerbaijan0.567 → 0.631+0.064

Fell most

Guinea0.372 → 0.315−0.057
Kyrgyzstan0.640 → 0.608−0.032
Trinidad and Tobago0.830 → 0.801−0.029
Nicaragua0.750 → 0.728−0.022
Liberia0.554 → 0.533−0.021

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 1995.
148 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.923. 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 (1995). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1995

0636 held

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07Questions