Data for 2006

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2006

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2006
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2006 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.125. The middle country reads 0.729. Against 2005, 108 values changed (66 up, 42 down), 2 countries joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.125

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

174countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: 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	0.941
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.939
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.931
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.929
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.928
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.927
=13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.927
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.922
17	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.921
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.916
=18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.916
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.912
=21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.911
=21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.911
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.908
=24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.908
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.903
27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.897
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.896
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.893
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.883
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.882
=32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.877
=32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.877
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.875
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.870
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.868
=36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.868
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.865
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.863
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.860
41	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.859
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.854
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.853
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.851
46	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.850
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.849
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.848
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.842
=50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.840
=50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.840
=50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.840
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.839
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.833
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.827
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.823
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.819
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.817
59	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.816
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.814
=61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.812
=61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.812
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.811
64	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.804
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.802
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.801
67	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.798
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.788
=69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.786
=69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.786
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.784
=72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.782
=72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.782
=74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.780
=74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.780
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.778
=77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.776
=77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.776
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.766
80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.760
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.756
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.753
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.743
84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.740
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.739
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.732
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.730
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.728
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.720
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.718
=91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
=91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.715
=93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.712
=93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.712
=95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.708
=95	Colombia`COL`South America	0.708
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.698
98	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.696
=99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.691
=99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.691
=101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.689
=101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.689
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.686
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.685
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.683
=106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.681
=106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.681
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.678
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.666
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.665
111	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.660
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.659
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.658
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.657
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.654
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.652
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.631
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.626
=120	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.625
=120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.625
=122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.612
=122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.612
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.606
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.603
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.601
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.597
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.589
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.588
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.584
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.581
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.572
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.571
=134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.570
=134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.570
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.565
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.547
138	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.533
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.516
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.512
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.496
142	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.482
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.471
=144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.468
=144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.468
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.467
=147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.460
=147	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.460
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.455
150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.452
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.445
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.444
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.428
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.427
156	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.416
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.407
158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.356
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.353
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.349
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.347
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.309
163	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.306
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.297
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.293
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.289
167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.286
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.269
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.250
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.245
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.198
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.165
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.135
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.125

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

174Saudi Arabia0.125
173Somalia0.135
172Eritrea0.165
171Libya0.198
170Yemen0.245

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.729. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
108values changed, of 172 in both
66 · 42rose · fell
64unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.324 → 0.471+0.147
Ecuador0.739 → 0.802+0.063
Mauritania0.467 → 0.512+0.045
El Salvador0.650 → 0.689+0.039
Russia0.660 → 0.691+0.031

Fell most

Fiji0.617 → 0.533−0.084
Bangladesh0.665 → 0.584−0.081
Thailand0.787 → 0.728−0.059
Bhutan0.666 → 0.625−0.041
Nicaragua0.671 → 0.631−0.040

+ Montenegro

+ Qatar

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 2006.
150 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.840. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2006). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2006

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2005
172 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2007
174 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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