Data for 2011

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2011

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2011 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.138. The middle country reads 0.765. Against 2010, 119 values changed (64 up, 55 down), 1 country joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2011

HighestSweden

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.138

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

175countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.956
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.955
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.952
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.946
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.942
=6	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.942
=6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.942
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.938
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.932
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.930
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.930
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.925
=14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.925
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.923
=16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.923
=18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.920
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.920
=20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.918
=20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.918
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.917
=23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.914
=23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.914
=25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.911
=25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.911
27	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.909
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.906
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.901
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.899
=31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.897
=31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.897
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.884
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.878
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.877
=36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.875
=36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.875
38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.873
=39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.867
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.867
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.864
42	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.860
43	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.858
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.857
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.850
=46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.849
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.849
=46	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.849
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.847
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.846
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.845
=51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.845
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.844
54	Chile`CHL`South America	0.841
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.834
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.831
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.830
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.829
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.825
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.824
61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.822
62	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.820
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.819
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.818
65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.815
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.814
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.810
68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.809
69	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.807
=70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.805
=70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.805
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.803
=73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.802
=73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.802
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.796
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.795
77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.792
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.785
=78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.785
80	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.781
81	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.780
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.775
83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.774
=84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.773
=84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.773
86	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.772
87	Peru`PER`South America	0.771
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.765
89	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.762
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.755
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.754
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.751
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.749
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.748
=95	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.744
=95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.734
=98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.731
=98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.731
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.730
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.729
=101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.729
103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.723
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.721
105	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.712
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.710
=107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.707
=107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.707
=107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.707
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.705
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.702
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.698
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.693
=114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.691
=114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.691
116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.690
117	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.688
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.680
119	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.676
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.667
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.658
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.648
=123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.644
=123	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.644
=125	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.641
=125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.641
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.639
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.635
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.629
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.628
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.620
132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.616
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.608
=134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.601
=134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.601
136	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.584
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.581
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.561
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.544
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.526
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.512
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.511
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.509
144	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.508
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.505
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.490
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.479
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.476
149	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.464
150	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.463
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.462
152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.457
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.445
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.444
155	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.426
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.418
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.414
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.396
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.394
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.376
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.374
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.361
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.357
164	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.355
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.346
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.319
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.316
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.301
169	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.283
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.265
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.254
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.241
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.178
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.164
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.138

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.956
2Denmark0.955
3Norway0.952
4Germany0.951
5Belgium0.946

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.138
174Eritrea0.164
173Somalia0.178
172Libya0.241
171North Korea0.254

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.765. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 174 in both
64 · 55rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar0.671 → 0.751+0.080
Chad0.465 → 0.526+0.061
Tunisia0.710 → 0.765+0.055
Morocco0.657 → 0.707+0.050
Nicaragua0.703 → 0.748+0.045

Fell most

Egypt0.425 → 0.355−0.070
Bahrain0.475 → 0.414−0.061
United Arab Emirates0.406 → 0.374−0.032
Nigeria0.725 → 0.705−0.020
Cambodia0.600 → 0.581−0.019

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
147 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.942. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2011

0636 held

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07Questions