Data for 2013

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2013

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.959; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.157. The middle country reads 0.773. Against 2012, 167 values changed (90 up, 77 down), 1 country joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2013

HighestSweden

0.959

LowestEritrea

0.157

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

176countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.959
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.958
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.953
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.952
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.947
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.943
=7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.942
=7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.942
=9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.938
=9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.938
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.937
=12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.936
=12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.936
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.932
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.927
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.924
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.923
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.922
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.920
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.918
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.914
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.907
=23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.905
=23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.905
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.903
=26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.902
=26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.902
28	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.901
=29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.899
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.899
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.896
=31	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.896
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.895
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.894
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.876
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.874
38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.872
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.870
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.867
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.861
42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.856
43	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.855
=44	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.853
=44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.853
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.852
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.851
48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.849
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.847
50	Chile`CHL`South America	0.846
=51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.844
=51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.844
=53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.842
=53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.842
=53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.842
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.838
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.837
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.836
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.835
60	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.834
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.832
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.826
=63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.825
=63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.825
=65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.819
=65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.819
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.815
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.813
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.812
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.809
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.808
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.806
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.805
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.804
=75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.800
=75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.800
77	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.799
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.795
=79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.792
=79	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.792
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.791
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.790
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.786
84	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.784
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.779
=86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.778
=86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.778
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.775
=89	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.771
=89	Peru`PER`South America	0.771
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.765
=92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.763
=92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.763
94	Colombia`COL`South America	0.762
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.754
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.753
=97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.743
=97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.743
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.741
=100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.740
=100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.740
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.739
103	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.737
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.735
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.733
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.731
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.729
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.725
=109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.708
=109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.708
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.705
112	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.701
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.698
114	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.694
115	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.690
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.683
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.682
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.675
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.674
120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.670
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.667
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.663
123	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.662
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.661
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.660
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.659
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.657
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.646
129	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.644
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.638
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.629
132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.624
=133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.622
=133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.622
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.602
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.597
137	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.562
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.559
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.554
140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.542
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.539
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.525
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.521
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.516
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.510
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.498
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.489
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.485
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.478
=150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.468
=150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.468
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.460
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.456
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.444
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.434
157	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.425
158	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.404
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.397
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.382
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.377
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.376
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.369
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.364
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.359
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.345
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.339
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.328
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.323
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.291
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.283
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.282
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.272
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.254
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.235
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.157

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.959
2Denmark0.958
3Germany0.953
4Norway0.952
5Belgium0.947

Lowest

176Eritrea0.157
175Saudi Arabia0.235
174Somalia0.254
173Yemen0.272
172North Korea0.282

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.773. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 175 in both
90 · 77rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia0.137 → 0.235+0.098
Equatorial Guinea0.396 → 0.460+0.064
Turkmenistan0.318 → 0.376+0.058
Kenya0.689 → 0.743+0.054
Algeria0.713 → 0.763+0.050

Fell most

Maldives0.602 → 0.525−0.077
Syria0.410 → 0.339−0.071
Egypt0.353 → 0.283−0.070
Thailand0.802 → 0.733−0.069
Somaliland0.463 → 0.404−0.059

+ Kosovo

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 2013.
153 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.842. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2013). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2013

0636 held

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07Questions