Data for 2010

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2010

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2010 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.138. The middle country reads 0.761. Against 2009, 158 values changed (116 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.138

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

174countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	0.954
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.952
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.947
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.943
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.942
=8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.937
=8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.937
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.933
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.930
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.930
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.925
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.924
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.923
=17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.921
=17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.921
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.920
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.918
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.917
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.916
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.914
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.912
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.911
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.904
28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.902
=29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.898
=29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.898
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.895
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.894
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.882
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.881
=35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.877
=35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.877
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.876
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.871
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.870
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.866
41	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.863
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.860
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.857
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.855
45	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.854
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.850
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.849
48	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.848
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.847
=50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.844
=50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.844
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.843
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.840
54	Chile`CHL`South America	0.839
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.834
56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.833
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.831
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.830
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.829
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.820
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.818
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.816
63	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.815
=64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.814
=64	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.814
=66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.810
=66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.810
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.809
=69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.807
=69	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.807
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.803
=72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.798
=72	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.798
74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.796
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.795
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.793
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.790
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.785
=78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.785
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.782
81	Peru`PER`South America	0.781
82	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.778
=83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.773
=83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.773
85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.768
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.767
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.762
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.760
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.755
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.754
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.752
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.749
93	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.746
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.740
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.734
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.731
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.730
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.729
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.727
=100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.725
=100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.725
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.714
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.712
=104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.710
=104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.710
=104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.710
=107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.707
=107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.707
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.703
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.698
=111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.691
=111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.691
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.690
114	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.687
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.680
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.675
117	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.672
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.671
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.667
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.657
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.654
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.651
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.644
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.641
125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.639
=126	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.635
=126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.635
128	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.633
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.622
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.616
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.613
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.609
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.608
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.600
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.598
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.596
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.571
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.566
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.545
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.513
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.512
142	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.511
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.509
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.504
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.490
=146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.476
=146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.476
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.475
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.474
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.465
=151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.464
=151	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.464
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.449
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.444
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.428
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.425
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.406
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.396
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.394
160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.381
161	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.373
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.365
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.349
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.348
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.321
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.312
167	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.298
168	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.283
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.265
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.235
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.198
172	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.175
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.164
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.138

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.956
2Sweden0.954
3Norway0.952
4Germany0.951
5Belgium0.947

Lowest

174Saudi Arabia0.138
173Eritrea0.164
172Somalia0.175
171Libya0.198
170Yemen0.235

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.761. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 174 in both
116 · 42rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar0.270 → 0.381+0.111
Bangladesh0.630 → 0.727+0.097
Niger0.598 → 0.672+0.074
Egypt0.357 → 0.425+0.068
Bahrain0.424 → 0.475+0.051

Fell most

Suriname0.855 → 0.807−0.048
Hungary0.875 → 0.849−0.026
Ukraine0.850 → 0.833−0.017
Burundi0.653 → 0.639−0.014
Slovakia0.880 → 0.866−0.014

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

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 2010.
154 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.710. 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 (2010). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2010

0636 held

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

07Questions