Data for 2005

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2005

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2005 covers 172 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.120. The middle country reads 0.735. Against 2004, 91 values changed (59 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.120

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

172countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.956
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.953
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.950
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.944
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.943
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.940
=8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
=8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.935
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	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	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.921
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.919
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.918
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.916
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
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.905
=25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.898
=25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.896
28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.894
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.890
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.884
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.878
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.877
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.872
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.870
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.869
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.868
=36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.868
=38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.865
=38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.865
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.860
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.858
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.851
=43	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.851
=43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.851
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.842
=47	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.840
=47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.840
49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.836
50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.835
=51	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.830
=51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.830
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.827
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.824
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.820
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.819
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.818
=58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.813
=58	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.813
60	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.811
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.810
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.809
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.808
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.801
65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.800
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.789
=67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.788
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.788
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.787
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.786
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.785
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.784
=73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.782
=73	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.782
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.778
=76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.766
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.766
78	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.760
=79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.759
=79	Peru`PER`South America	0.759
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.753
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.745
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.741
=84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.740
=84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.740
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.739
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
88	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.727
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.720
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.716
=91	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.715
=91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.708
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.702
95	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.700
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.697
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.690
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.687
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.685
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.683
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.681
=101	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.681
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	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
=107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.666
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.665
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.664
111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.660
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.659
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.658
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.650
=116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.649
=116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.649
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.644
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.642
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.631
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.626
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.621
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.617
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.612
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.611
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.604
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.601
=128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.589
=128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.589
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.588
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.587
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.572
=133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.570
=133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.570
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.563
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.547
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.535
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.506
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.502
140	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.478
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.472
=142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.471
=142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.471
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.468
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.467
146	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.460
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.456
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.452
149	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.438
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.429
152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.427
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.414
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.405
155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.403
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.361
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.349
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.345
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.343
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.324
161	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.314
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.295
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.293
164	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.289
165	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.245
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.226
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.184
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.165
171	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.135
172	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.120

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.956
2Sweden0.953
3Germany0.951
4Norway0.950
5Finland0.944

Lowest

172Saudi Arabia0.120
171Somalia0.135
170Eritrea0.165
169Libya0.184
168United Arab Emirates0.226

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.735. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 172 in both
59 · 32rose · fell
81unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau0.578 → 0.664+0.086
Solomon Islands0.366 → 0.452+0.086
Liberia0.766 → 0.851+0.085
Honduras0.634 → 0.715+0.081
Maldives0.508 → 0.589+0.081

Fell most

Indonesia0.703 → 0.683−0.020
Russia0.678 → 0.660−0.018
Egypt0.376 → 0.361−0.015
Kyrgyzstan0.603 → 0.589−0.014
Turkmenistan0.307 → 0.293−0.014

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

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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 2005.
151 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.851. 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 (2005). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2005

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

07Questions