Data for 2004

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2004

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2004 covers 172 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.094. The middle country reads 0.720. Against 2003, 82 values changed (60 up, 22 down), 1 country joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2004

HighestSweden

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.094

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

172countries
1measure
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.956
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.954
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.952
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.947
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.945
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.943
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.941
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.935
=9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.934
=9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.934
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.931
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.928
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.927
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
15	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.923
16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.921
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.919
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.917
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.915
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.914
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.912
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.911
=22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.911
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.905
=25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.898
=25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898
27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.894
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.879
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.878
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.877
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.873
=32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.873
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.872
=35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.869
=35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.869
=37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.868
=37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.868
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.865
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.860
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.858
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.851
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.843
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.840
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.837
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.832
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.830
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.827
=50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.824
=50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.824
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.819
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.818
=54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.814
=54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.814
=56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.813
=56	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.813
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.810
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.809
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.801
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.793
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.792
64	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.790
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.789
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.788
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.786
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.785
=69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.784
=69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.784
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.783
=72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.782
=72	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.782
74	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.772
=75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.766
=75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.766
=75	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.766
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.757
79	Peru`PER`South America	0.756
80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.749
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.743
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.739
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.732
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.727
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.721
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.720
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.716
89	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
90	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.710
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.708
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.704
93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.703
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.702
95	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.700
96	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.692
=97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.690
=97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.690
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.685
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.684
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.681
=102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.678
=102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.678
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.675
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.672
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.671
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.666
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.659
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.657
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.650
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.649
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.647
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.642
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.640
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.635
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.634
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.628
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.617
119	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.612
120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.611
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.609
122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.604
=123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.603
=123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.603
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.601
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.596
127	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.588
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.578
=129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.570
=129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.570
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.561
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.548
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.526
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.516
136	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.514
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.508
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.502
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.493
140	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.480
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.474
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.471
143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.469
=144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.456
=144	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.456
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.453
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.438
149	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.436
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.434
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.429
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.414
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.405
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.403
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.376
156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.366
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.346
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.344
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.320
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.310
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.307
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.292
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.289
164	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.246
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.244
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.220
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.168
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.163
171	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.108
172	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.094

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.956
2Denmark0.954
3Norway0.952
4Germany0.947
5Costa Rica0.945

Lowest

172Saudi Arabia0.094
171Somalia0.108
170Libya0.163
169Eritrea0.168
168United Arab Emirates0.220

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.720. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
82values changed, of 171 in both
60 · 22rose · fell
89unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.511 → 0.766+0.255
Belarus0.771 → 0.840+0.069
DR Congo0.401 → 0.469+0.068
Niger0.625 → 0.684+0.059
Lithuania0.865 → 0.921+0.056

Fell most

Turkmenistan0.373 → 0.307−0.066
Botswana0.755 → 0.720−0.035
Haiti0.491 → 0.456−0.035
Mongolia0.830 → 0.809−0.021
Lesotho0.750 → 0.732−0.018

+ Oman

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 2004.
154 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.766. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2004). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2004

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07Questions