Data for 2012

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2012

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2012 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.956; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 0.774. Against 2011, 117 values changed (76 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

0.956

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.137

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

175countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: 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	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.951
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.946
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.943
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.942
=8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.940
=8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.940
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.939
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.934
=13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.932
=13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.932
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.930
16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.925
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.924
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.923
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.923
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.922
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.920
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.919
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.917
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.916
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.915
=26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.911
=26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.911
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.903
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.901
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.900
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.899
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.897
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.891
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.880
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.878
=36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.877
=36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.877
38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.875
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.874
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.868
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.866
=42	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.864
=42	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.864
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.862
=45	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.860
=45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.860
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.855
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.850
=49	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.849
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.849
=49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.849
=49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.849
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.847
=54	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.846
=54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.846
56	Chile`CHL`South America	0.841
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.840
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.838
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.831
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.827
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.826
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.823
=63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.820
=63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.820
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.819
=66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.818
=66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.818
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.814
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.812
=70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.807
=70	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.807
=72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.805
=72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.805
74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.804
=75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.802
=75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.802
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.801
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.800
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.796
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.795
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.792
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.785
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.782
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.780
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.779
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.778
87	Peru`PER`South America	0.775
88	Colombia`COL`South America	0.774
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.773
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.754
91	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.751
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.749
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.748
94	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.747
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.744
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.739
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.738
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.737
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.736
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.734
101	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.733
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.732
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.728
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.724
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.722
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.714
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.713
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.708
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.707
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.705
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.704
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.695
=113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.689
=113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.689
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.686
116	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.677
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.674
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.673
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.668
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.667
=121	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.658
=121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.658
123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.652
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.651
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.646
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.645
127	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.637
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.636
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.635
=130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.632
=130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.632
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.618
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.616
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.608
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.602
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.586
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.576
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.561
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.548
140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.528
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.526
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.513
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.512
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.511
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.503
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.490
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.486
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.479
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.476
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.474
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.464
152	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.463
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.460
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.456
155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.445
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.437
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.425
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.410
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.397
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.396
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.382
162	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.376
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.366
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.361
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.353
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.346
167	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.321
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.318
169	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.307
170	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.304
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.285
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.266
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.254
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.153
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.137

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.956
2Sweden0.954
3Germanyshared0.951
3Norwayshared0.951
5Belgium0.946

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.137
174Eritrea0.153
173Somalia0.254
172North Korea0.266
171Yemen0.285

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 175 in both
76 · 41rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Libya0.241 → 0.437+0.196
Algeria0.601 → 0.713+0.112
Tunisia0.765 → 0.864+0.099
Somalia0.178 → 0.254+0.076
Myanmar0.426 → 0.486+0.060

Fell most

Nepal0.772 → 0.673−0.099
Mali0.712 → 0.652−0.060
Vanuatu0.691 → 0.667−0.024
Japan0.815 → 0.800−0.015
Maldives0.616 → 0.602−0.014

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 2012.
155 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.849. 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2012). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2012

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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