Data for 2009

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2009

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2009
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2009, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2009 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.955; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.130. The middle country reads 0.752. Against 2008, 109 values changed (68 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

0.955

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.130

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

174countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: 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	0.951
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	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.935
=9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.930
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.929
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.929
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.925
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.924
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.921
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.920
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.919
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.918
=20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.917
=20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.917
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.915
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.913
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
=25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.908
=25	United States`USA`Northern America	0.908
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.901
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.896
=29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
=29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.892
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.891
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.890
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.880
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.876
=35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.875
=35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.875
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.872
=38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869
=38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.869
=38	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.869
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.865
42	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.859
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.856
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.854
46	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.853
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.851
=48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.850
=48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.850
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.845
51	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.844
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.843
=53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839
=53	Chile`CHL`South America	0.839
=53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.839
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.829
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.827
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.826
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.824
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.815
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.813
62	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.812
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.808
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.805
=65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.805
=65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.805
68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.797
=69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.796
=69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.796
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.790
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.789
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.786
=74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.784
=74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.784
=76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.780
=76	Peru`PER`South America	0.780
=78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.776
=78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.776
=80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.774
=80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.774
=80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.774
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.768
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.763
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.762
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.756
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.755
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.748
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.746
90	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.731
91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.726
=92	Colombia`COL`South America	0.724
=92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.724
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.722
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.721
96	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.719
=97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.718
=97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.718
=97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.718
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.715
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.714
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.704
=104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.701
=104	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.701
=106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.698
=106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.698
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.695
=109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.689
=109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.689
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.685
=112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.675
=112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.675
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.673
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.671
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.663
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.661
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.653
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.651
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.649
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.644
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.639
=123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.630
=123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.630
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.628
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.625
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.612
=128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.608
=128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.608
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.603
=131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.599
=131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.599
=133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.598
=133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.598
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.582
136	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.576
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.571
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.566
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.540
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.512
141	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.509
142	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.504
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.497
144	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.491
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.480
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.470
=147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.469
=147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.469
149	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.460
=150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.455
=150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.455
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	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.400
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.372
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.360
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.357
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.343
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.319
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.317
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.314
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.305
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.301
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	0.196
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.164
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.135
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.130

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.955
2Sweden0.953
3Norway0.951
4Germany0.948
5Belgiumshared0.945

Lowest

174Saudi Arabia0.130
173Somalia0.135
172Eritrea0.164
171Libya0.196
170Yemen0.245

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.752. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 174 in both
68 · 41rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait0.353 → 0.400+0.047
Indonesia0.678 → 0.718+0.040
Albania0.753 → 0.790+0.037
Moldova0.826 → 0.856+0.030
Malawi0.740 → 0.768+0.028

Fell most

Niger0.675 → 0.598−0.077
Madagascar0.748 → 0.675−0.073
Honduras0.721 → 0.673−0.048
Panama0.786 → 0.748−0.038
Botswana0.719 → 0.698−0.021

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 2009.
141 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.869. 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 (2009). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2009

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions