Data for 2003

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2003

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2003 covers 171 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.089. The middle country reads 0.716. Against 2002, 71 values changed (50 up, 21 down), 2 countries joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2003

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.089

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

171countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.943
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.941
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	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.929
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.928
=12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.928
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
15	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.923
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.919
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.917
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.915
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.914
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.912
=21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.911
=21	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.911
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	0.885
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.878
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.877
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.876
=31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.875
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.875
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.873
=34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.869
=34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.869
=36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.865
=36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.865
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.861
=39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.858
=39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.858
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.852
=42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.844
=42	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
=44	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.837
=44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.837
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.832
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.830
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	0.814
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.813
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
54	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.807
56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.796
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.793
=58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.790
=58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.790
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.788
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.786
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.784
=62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.784
=64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.782
=64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.782
=67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.778
=67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.778
69	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.777
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.771
=71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.766
=71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.766
=71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.766
=74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.757
=74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.757
76	Peru`PER`South America	0.756
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.755
=78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.750
=78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.750
80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.749
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.739
83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
84	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.727
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.717
=86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.716
=86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.716
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
89	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.710
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.708
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.704
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.700
=93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.692
=93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.692
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.685
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.681
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.679
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.678
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.675
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.674
=101	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.673
=101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.673
103	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.671
104	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.668
105	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.658
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.657
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.651
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.649
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.647
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.642
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.640
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.637
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.634
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.628
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.625
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.622
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.621
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.612
=119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.608
=119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.608
=121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.603
=121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.603
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.596
=124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.595
=124	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.595
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.594
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.577
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.566
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.548
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.540
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.528
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.526
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.516
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.514
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.511
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.504
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.502
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.493
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.491
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.475
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.471
143	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.456
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.453
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.449
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
147	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.436
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.434
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.426
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.414
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.405
152	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.401
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.373
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.366
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.365
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.360
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.351
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.344
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.322
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.310
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.292
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.289
163	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.246
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.229
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.224
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.168
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.108
171	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.089

02In 2003

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

171Saudi Arabia0.089
170Somalia0.108
169Libya0.163
168Eritrea0.168
167United Arab Emirates0.224

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.716. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
71values changed, of 169 in both
50 · 21rose · fell
98unchanged

Rose most

Iraq0.251 → 0.360+0.109
Pakistan0.459 → 0.563+0.104
Sierra Leone0.601 → 0.679+0.078
Djibouti0.436 → 0.502+0.066
Eswatini0.294 → 0.344+0.050

Fell most

Eritrea0.306 → 0.168−0.138
Central African Republic0.565 → 0.514−0.051
Guinea-Bissau0.616 → 0.577−0.039
Republic of the Congo0.308 → 0.289−0.019
Togo0.642 → 0.628−0.014

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Timor-Leste

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 2003.
148 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 (2003). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2003

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

07Questions