Data for 2002

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2002

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2002
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2002 covers 169 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Somalia is lowest, at 0.108. The middle country reads 0.715. Against 2001, 86 values changed (64 up, 22 down), 2 left.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2002

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestSomalia

0.108

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

169countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: 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	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.950
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.945
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.940
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.938
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.934
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.931
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.930
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.928
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.926
=13	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.923
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.923
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.922
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.921
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.916
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.915
=19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.914
=19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.914
21	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.911
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.908
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.891
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887
27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.884
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.878
=29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.877
=29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.877
=31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.875
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.875
=31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.875
=34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.869
=34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.869
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.865
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.864
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.860
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.858
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.853
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.848
=42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.844
=42	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.837
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.835
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.832
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.831
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.824
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.821
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.820
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.815
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.813
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.807
55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.796
56	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.793
57	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.791
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.790
=59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.788
=59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.788
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.787
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.784
=62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.784
=64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.778
=66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.778
=68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.777
=68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.777
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.774
=71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.766
=71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.766
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.763
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.757
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.756
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.755
=77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.749
=77	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.749
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.748
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.739
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.730
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.717
85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.712
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.710
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.700
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.695
90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.692
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.690
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.688
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.685
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.684
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.675
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.674
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.673
=98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.671
=98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.671
=98	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.671
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.660
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.658
=103	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.647
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.647
=103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.647
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.642
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.640
=108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.636
=108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.636
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.634
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.633
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.625
113	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.621
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.616
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.615
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.612
=117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.608
=117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.608
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.603
120	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.601
121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.600
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.596
=123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.595
=123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.595
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.586
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.581
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.566
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.565
=129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.540
=129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.540
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.528
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.526
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.516
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.511
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.498
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.496
137	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.493
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.475
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.471
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.459
141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.456
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.449
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.448
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.436
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.434
147	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.430
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.426
149	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.414
150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.405
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.401
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.373
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.366
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.365
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.351
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.324
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.308
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.307
159	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.306
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.294
161	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.282
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
164	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.251
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.247
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.234
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.224
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.108

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Sweden0.956
3Norway0.950
4Germany0.949
5Costa Rica0.945

Lowest

169Somalia0.108
168Libya0.163
167United Arab Emirates0.224
166Sudan0.234
165Yemen0.247

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.715. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
86values changed, of 169 in both
64 · 22rose · fell
83unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.054 → 0.282+0.228
Sierra Leone0.413 → 0.601+0.188
North Macedonia0.646 → 0.784+0.138
Angola0.474 → 0.581+0.107
Morocco0.556 → 0.647+0.091

Fell most

Madagascar0.666 → 0.636−0.030
Bangladesh0.622 → 0.596−0.026
Kuwait0.328 → 0.307−0.021
Argentina0.862 → 0.844−0.018
Nepal0.544 → 0.526−0.018

− Timor-Leste

− Kosovo

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 2002.
147 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.875. 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 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2002). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2002

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How it has moved, charted by country

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