Data for 2008

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2008

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2008
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2008 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.955; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.127. The middle country reads 0.751. Against 2007, 106 values changed (62 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2008

HighestDenmark

0.955

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.127

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

174countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.955
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.953
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.950
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.948
=5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.945
=5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.945
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.943
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.940
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.932
=11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.930
=11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.930
=11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.930
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.929
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.925
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.923
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.918
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.915
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.914
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.913
=22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.913
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.911
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
26	United States`USA`Northern America	0.901
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.899
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.896
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.891
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.882
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.880
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.878
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.875
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.874
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.869
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.868
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.864
40	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.859
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.856
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.853
=44	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.852
=44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.852
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.851
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.850
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.849
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.844
=50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.843
=50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.843
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.842
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.833
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.828
56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.826
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.825
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.824
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.819
60	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.816
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.812
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.807
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.805
65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.800
66	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.799
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.797
=68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.796
=68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.796
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.789
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.787
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.786
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.784
74	Peru`PER`South America	0.783
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.782
=76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.780
=76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.780
=76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.780
=79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.776
=79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.776
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.766
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.762
83	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.761
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.756
=85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.754
=85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.754
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.753
88	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.748
=89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.740
=89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.740
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.727
92	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.725
=93	Colombia`COL`South America	0.724
=93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.724
=95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.721
=95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.721
=95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.721
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.719
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.716
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.712
=101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.712
=103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.701
=103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.701
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.699
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.697
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.691
=108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.689
=108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.689
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.685
111	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.683
=112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.678
=112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.678
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.675
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.673
116	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.665
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.662
=118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.660
=118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.660
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.657
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.650
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.638
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.633
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.630
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.628
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.625
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.623
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.617
129	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.612
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.608
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.605
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.597
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.588
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.580
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.576
=136	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.574
=136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.574
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.566
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.552
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.519
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.511
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.497
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.494
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.484
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.483
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.480
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.474
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.467
149	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.460
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.455
151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.452
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.445
154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.429
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.424
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.410
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.372
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.360
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.359
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.353
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.337
=162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.317
=162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.317
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.313
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.311
166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.304
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.282
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.270
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.252
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.245
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.198
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.164
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.135
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.127

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.955
2Sweden0.953
3Norway0.950
4Germany0.948
5Belgiumshared0.945

Lowest

174Saudi Arabia0.127
173Somalia0.135
172Eritrea0.164
171Libya0.198
170Yemen0.245

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.751. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
106values changed, of 174 in both
62 · 44rose · fell
68unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan0.622 → 0.721+0.099
Mauritania0.513 → 0.608+0.095
Angola0.612 → 0.673+0.061
Madagascar0.711 → 0.748+0.037
Maldives0.581 → 0.617+0.036

Fell most

Guinea0.445 → 0.311−0.134
Equatorial Guinea0.407 → 0.360−0.047
Guinea-Bissau0.667 → 0.625−0.042
North Korea0.286 → 0.252−0.034
Georgia0.784 → 0.756−0.028

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 2008.
152 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.930. 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2008). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2008

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