Data for 2001

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2001

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2001 covers 171 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.054. The middle country reads 0.695. Against 2000, 76 values changed (53 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2001

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestAfghanistan

0.054

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

171countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: 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	0.956
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.948
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	0.932
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.930
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.928
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
=13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.921
=13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.921
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.920
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.915
17	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.914
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.913
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.912
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.911
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.909
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.908
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897
=24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.891
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.891
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887
27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.883
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.877
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.874
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.872
=30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.872
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.869
=33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.865
=33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.865
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.864
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.863
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.862
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.856
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.853
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.851
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.848
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.837
=44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.835
=44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.835
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	0.820
=49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.820
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.807
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.800
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.796
=55	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.791
=55	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.791
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.790
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.787
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.786
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.784
=61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.782
=61	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.778
=64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.778
=66	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.777
=66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.777
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.767
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.763
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.762
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.756
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.755
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.751
74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.749
=75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.746
=75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746
77	Colombia`COL`South America	0.737
=78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.731
=78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.731
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.729
81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.725
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.717
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.714
84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.711
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.710
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.695
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.688
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.684
90	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.680
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.677
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.675
=93	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.674
=93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.674
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.671
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.670
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.666
98	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.661
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.660
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.658
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.657
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.656
=103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.647
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.647
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.646
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.634
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.630
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.628
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.623
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.622
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.621
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.620
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.612
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.608
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.599
=116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.595
=116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.595
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.589
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.587
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.585
=121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.579
=121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.579
=121	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.579
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.571
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.565
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.556
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.552
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.547
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.544
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.540
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	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.475
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.474
139	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.463
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.458
141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.456
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	0.365
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.360
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.356
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.355
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.351
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.328
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.324
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.321
161	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.306
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	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.234
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.224
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.108
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.054

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Sweden0.956
3Germany0.949
4Norway0.948
5Finland0.940

Lowest

171Afghanistan0.054
170Somalia0.108
169Libya0.163
168United Arab Emirates0.224
167Sudan0.234

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.695. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 171 in both
53 · 23rose · fell
95unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.653 → 0.756+0.103
Nicaragua0.614 → 0.671+0.057
Gabon0.620 → 0.675+0.055
Singapore0.727 → 0.782+0.055
Sudan0.180 → 0.234+0.054

Fell most

Eritrea0.353 → 0.306−0.047
Bangladesh0.662 → 0.622−0.040
Honduras0.662 → 0.634−0.028
North Macedonia0.667 → 0.646−0.021
Paraguay0.622 → 0.612−0.010

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 2001.
152 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.782. 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 (2001). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2001

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