Data for 2000

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2000

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2000 covers 171 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.956; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.040. The middle country reads 0.681. Against 1999, 141 values changed (111 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2000

Highest2 countries share it

0.956

LowestAfghanistan

0.040

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

171countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.956
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.956
=3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.949
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.940
=6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.938
=6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.938
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.934
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.930
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.925
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.923
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.921
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.920
=16	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.914
=16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.914
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.911
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.909
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.907
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.900
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.894
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.891
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.890
26	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.889
27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.885
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.876
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.874
=30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.872
=30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.872
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.867
=32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.867
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.865
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.864
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.861
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.856
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.853
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.852
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.851
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.850
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.841
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.835
45	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.833
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.831
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.828
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.821
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.813
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.804
=51	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.800
=51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.800
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.797
=54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.789
=54	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.789
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.786
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.783
=58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.781
=58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.781
=60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.778
=60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.778
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.777
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.775
64	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.773
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.767
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.764
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.763
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.762
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.760
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.755
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.749
=72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.746
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746
74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.742
75	Colombia`COL`South America	0.737
=76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.731
=76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.731
78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.727
79	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.725
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.720
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.717
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.706
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.695
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.687
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.681
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.680
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.678
=89	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.674
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.674
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.670
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.667
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.666
=94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.662
=94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.662
=94	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.662
=97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.661
=97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.661
=97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.661
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.658
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.657
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.653
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.647
104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.635
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.632
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.630
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.628
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.623
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.622
110	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.621
=111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.620
=111	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.620
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.614
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.605
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.599
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.595
117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.592
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.589
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.586
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.584
121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.580
122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.575
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.571
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.565
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.552
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.547
127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.540
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.538
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.535
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.525
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.516
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.508
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.504
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.498
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.496
136	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.493
137	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.463
=138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.459
=138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.459
=140	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.458
=140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.458
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.452
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.449
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.448
145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.430
146	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.419
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.413
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.408
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.401
150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.398
151	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.379
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.373
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.369
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.355
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.354
156	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.353
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.351
158	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.348
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.328
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.321
161	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.315
162	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.294
163	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.251
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.247
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.224
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.180
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.108
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.040

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmarkshared0.956
1Swedenshared0.956
3Germanyshared0.949
3Norwayshared0.949
5Finland0.940

Lowest

171Afghanistan0.040
170Somalia0.108
169Libya0.163
168Sudan0.180
167United Arab Emirates0.224

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.681. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 171 in both
111 · 30rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.226 → 0.538+0.312
Chile0.658 → 0.813+0.155
Croatia0.779 → 0.914+0.135
Cameroon0.549 → 0.661+0.112
Rwanda0.681 → 0.789+0.108

Fell most

Fiji0.644 → 0.571−0.073
Somaliland0.505 → 0.458−0.047
Russia0.701 → 0.661−0.040
El Salvador0.665 → 0.630−0.035
Lithuania0.889 → 0.861−0.028

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 2000.
151 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.662. 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 (2000). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2000

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07Questions