Data for 2015

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2015

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.960; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.157. The middle country reads 0.776. Against 2014, 129 values changed (68 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

0.960

Lowest2 countries share it

0.157

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

176countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.960
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.953
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.950
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.948
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.946
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.945
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.940
=8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.936
=8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.936
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
=11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.934
=11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.934
13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.933
=14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.932
=14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.932
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.931
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.929
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.923
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.921
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.919
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.916
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.911
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.908
=24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.903
=24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.903
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.902
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.901
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.900
=29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.898
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.898
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.897
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.896
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.894
34	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.892
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.886
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.880
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.878
=38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.875
=38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.875
40	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.870
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.867
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.862
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.858
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.855
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.854
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.853
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.849
48	Chile`CHL`South America	0.847
=49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.844
=49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.844
=49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.844
=49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.844
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.843
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.842
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.840
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.839
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.837
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.836
=59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.834
=59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.834
61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.833
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.832
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.829
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.827
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.825
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.823
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.822
=67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.822
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.814
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.813
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.812
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.809
73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.807
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.806
=75	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.796
=75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.796
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.794
=78	Colombia`COL`South America	0.793
=78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.793
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.790
81	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.788
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.787
=83	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.786
=83	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.786
=85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.784
=85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.784
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.780
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.776
=89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.775
=89	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.775
=89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.775
=92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.770
=92	Peru`PER`South America	0.770
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.763
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.757
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.754
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.753
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.748
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.744
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.743
=101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.739
=101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.739
=101	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.739
104	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.737
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.734
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.733
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.731
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.724
=108	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.724
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.723
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.716
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.709
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.705
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.696
=115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.694
=115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.694
=117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.690
=117	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.690
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.689
120	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.686
=121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.685
=121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.685
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.680
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.675
125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.672
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.669
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.667
=128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.657
=128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.657
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.650
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.638
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.626
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.622
134	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.620
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.614
136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.592
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.589
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.576
139	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.557
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.554
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.550
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.546
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.540
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.510
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.505
146	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.490
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.489
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.487
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.486
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.485
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.483
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.465
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.458
155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.456
156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.455
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.438
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.422
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.417
160	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.404
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.398
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.391
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.369
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.366
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.363
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.348
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.331
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.328
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.323
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.301
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.299
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.270
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.254
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.236
=175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.157
=175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.157

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.960
2Germany0.953
3Norway0.950
4Sweden0.948
5Belgium0.946

Lowest

175Yemenshared0.157
175Eritreashared0.157
174Saudi Arabia0.236
173Somalia0.254
172North Korea0.270

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 176 in both
68 · 61rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Fiji0.568 → 0.690+0.122
Guinea0.369 → 0.486+0.117
Nepal0.678 → 0.776+0.098
Myanmar0.499 → 0.557+0.058
Central African Republic0.565 → 0.614+0.049

Fell most

Burundi0.633 → 0.592−0.041
Yemen0.196 → 0.157−0.039
Burkina Faso0.762 → 0.734−0.028
Uganda0.810 → 0.784−0.026
Japan0.798 → 0.775−0.023

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 2015.
150 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.844. 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 (2015). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2015

0636 held

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07Questions