Data for 2014

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2014

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.959; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.157. The middle country reads 0.780. Against 2013, 131 values changed (77 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2014

HighestSweden

0.959

LowestEritrea

0.157

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
145distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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	0.956
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.953
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.949
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.948
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.943
=6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.943
=6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.943
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.942
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.934
=11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.934
=13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.933
=13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.933
=15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.930
=15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.930
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.926
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.923
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.922
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.920
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.917
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.905
=22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.905
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.904
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.902
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.901
=27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.900
=27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.900
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.899
=30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.898
=30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.898
=32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897
=32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.897
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.894
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.892
=36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
=36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.877
38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.875
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.870
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.867
41	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.865
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.860
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.858
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.854
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.853
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.852
=46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.852
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.848
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.846
=50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.844
=50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.844
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.843
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.842
=54	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.838
=54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.838
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.837
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.836
=58	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.834
=58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.834
=58	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.834
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.832
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.825
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.823
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.821
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.819
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.817
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.815
68	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.810
=69	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.809
=69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.809
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.808
=72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.807
=72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.807
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.805
=75	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.803
=75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.803
=77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.802
=77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.802
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.800
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.798
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.794
=82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.791
=82	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.791
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.790
=85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.786
=85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.786
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.784
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.782
89	Peru`PER`South America	0.777
=90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.775
=90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.775
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.762
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.759
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.758
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.754
=95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.754
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.753
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.749
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.748
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.742
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.740
=101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.740
=103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.739
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.739
105	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.737
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.733
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.731
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.727
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.714
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.709
111	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.705
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.704
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.697
114	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.696
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.694
116	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.686
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.682
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.678
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.673
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.667
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.666
=122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.664
=122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.664
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.663
125	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.657
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.655
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.649
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.647
129	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.641
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.638
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.633
132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.625
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.623
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.619
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.588
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.580
137	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.568
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.565
139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.554
=140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.552
=140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.552
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.540
143	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.511
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.510
145	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.499
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.498
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.489
148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.488
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.485
150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.480
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.472
=152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.467
=152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467
=154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.456
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.456
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.432
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.406
158	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.404
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.401
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.378
=161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.369
=161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.369
=161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.369
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.365
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.364
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.345
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.331
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.330
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.323
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.309
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.290
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.270
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.254
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.236
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.196
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.157

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.959
2Denmark0.956
3Germany0.953
4Norway0.949
5Belgium0.948

Lowest

176Eritrea0.157
175Yemen0.196
174Saudi Arabia0.236
173Somalia0.254
172North Korea0.270

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.780. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 176 in both
77 · 54rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.521 → 0.565+0.044
Panama0.753 → 0.790+0.037
Myanmar0.468 → 0.499+0.031
Guinea-Bissau0.674 → 0.705+0.031
Bolivia0.729 → 0.759+0.030

Fell most

Thailand0.733 → 0.649−0.084
Yemen0.272 → 0.196−0.076
Libya0.425 → 0.378−0.047
Ukraine0.842 → 0.808−0.034
Timor-Leste0.778 → 0.749−0.029

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 2014.
145 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.943. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2014

0636 held

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07Questions