Data for 1999

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1999

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1999
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1999 covers 171 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.040. The middle country reads 0.669. Against 1998, 100 values changed (66 up, 34 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 1999

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestAfghanistan

0.040

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

171countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: 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	0.952
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.946
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.945
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.936
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.935
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.932
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.926
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.921
12	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.920
13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.914
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.912
=14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.912
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.910
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.904
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.900
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.899
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.890
=23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.889
=23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.889
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.885
26	United States`USA`Northern America	0.883
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.874
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.872
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.871
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.870
=30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.870
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.860
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.856
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.853
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.850
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.847
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.845
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.842
41	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.829
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.824
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.820
=44	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.810
=44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.810
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.806
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.800
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.799
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.791
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.790
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.784
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.779
53	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.778
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.777
55	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.774
=56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.772
=56	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.772
=56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.772
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.767
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.766
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.763
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.762
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.757
=64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.755
=64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.755
66	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.753
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.750
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.745
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.743
=70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.739
=70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.739
=72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.725
=72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.725
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.723
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.722
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.717
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.715
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.701
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.695
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.682
=81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.681
=81	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.681
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.673
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.671
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.670
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.669
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.667
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.665
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.660
90	Chile`CHL`South America	0.658
=91	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.657
=91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.657
=91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.657
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.655
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.654
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.646
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.644
98	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.637
99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.636
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.633
=101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.632
=101	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.632
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.631
=104	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.628
=104	Peru`PER`South America	0.628
=106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.622
=106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.622
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.620
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.619
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.617
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.601
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.585
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.583
114	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.579
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.566
116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.565
117	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.564
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.559
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.558
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.556
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.553
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.549
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.538
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.521
=125	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.505
=125	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.505
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.504
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.500
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.498
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.496
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.488
132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.485
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.480
134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.469
135	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.461
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.460
=137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.459
=137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.459
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.457
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.438
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.437
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.435
143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.420
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.407
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.401
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.400
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.396
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.394
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.385
150	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.376
151	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.373
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.371
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.360
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.349
155	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.341
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.338
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.324
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.323
159	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.321
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.315
161	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.313
162	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.245
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.244
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.226
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.219
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.187
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.107
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.040

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Sweden0.952
3Norway0.946
4Germany0.945
5Finland0.936

Lowest

171Afghanistan0.040
170Somalia0.107
169Libya0.163
168Sudan0.187
167United Arab Emirates0.219

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
100values changed, of 170 in both
66 · 34rose · fell
70unchanged

Rose most

Botswana0.615 → 0.755+0.140
Indonesia0.536 → 0.671+0.135
Nigeria0.594 → 0.673+0.079
Republic of the Congo0.265 → 0.321+0.056
Turkmenistan0.324 → 0.373+0.049

Fell most

Guatemala0.529 → 0.500−0.029
Sudan0.216 → 0.187−0.029
Pakistan0.424 → 0.401−0.023
Armenia0.693 → 0.670−0.023
Burkina Faso0.743 → 0.725−0.018

+ Kosovo

− Montenegro

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 1999.
154 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.772. 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 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/1999

0636 held

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

07Questions