Data for 2016

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2016

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2016
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2016 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.958; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.156. The middle country reads 0.778. Against 2015, 133 values changed (82 up, 51 down), 1 left.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2016

HighestDenmark

0.958

LowestEritrea

0.156

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

175countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
149distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.958
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.953
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.948
=4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.945
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.945
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.944
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.942
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.941
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.940
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.936
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
=11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.935
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.934
=13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.934
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.929
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.928
17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.924
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.922
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.917
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.916
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.914
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.911
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.908
=24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.903
=24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.903
=24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.903
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.901
=28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.898
=28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.898
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.897
=31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.895
=31	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.895
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.893
34	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.892
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.890
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.882
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.880
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.876
=39	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.875
=39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.875
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.874
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.866
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.860
=44	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.858
=44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.858
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.855
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.854
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.853
49	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.852
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.851
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.850
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.849
=53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.847
=53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.847
=55	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.844
=55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.844
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.843
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.842
59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.837
60	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.833
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.832
=62	Chile`CHL`South America	0.831
=62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.831
=62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.831
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.828
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.827
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.825
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.824
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.822
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.820
71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.813
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.809
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.804
=74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.799
=74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.799
=74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.799
=77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.796
=77	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.796
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.795
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.791
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.790
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.787
83	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.786
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.785
85	Peru`PER`South America	0.784
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.782
=87	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.778
=87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.778
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.777
=90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.775
=90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.775
92	Colombia`COL`South America	0.774
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.772
94	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.767
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.764
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.763
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.761
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.757
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.754
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.753
101	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.752
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.751
=103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.748
=103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.748
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.743
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.740
=107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.738
=107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.738
109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.732
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.731
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.722
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.719
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.707
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.706
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.705
=116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.696
=116	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.696
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.695
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.685
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.684
121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.682
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.676
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.673
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.672
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.662
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.657
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.655
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.639
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.638
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.632
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.622
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.614
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.592
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.587
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.575
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.571
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.563
138	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.555
=139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.549
=139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.549
=139	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.549
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.547
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.509
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.499
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.495
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.487
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.486
148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.482
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.481
150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.472
=151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.467
=151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467
=153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.459
=153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.459
155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.444
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.422
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.419
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.417
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.414
160	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.411
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.391
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.367
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.366
164	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.363
165	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.350
=166	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.348
=166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.348
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.343
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.323
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.307
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.298
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.270
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.239
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.163
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.156

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.958
2Germany0.953
3Norway0.948
4Belgiumshared0.945
4Finlandshared0.945

Lowest

175Eritrea0.156
174Yemen0.163
173Saudi Arabia0.239
172North Korea0.270
171Qatar0.298

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.778. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
133values changed, of 175 in both
82 · 51rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Somalia0.254 → 0.350+0.096
Mozambique0.731 → 0.775+0.044
Romania0.837 → 0.874+0.037
Dominican Republic0.787 → 0.820+0.033
Georgia0.822 → 0.853+0.031

Fell most

Thailand0.685 → 0.622−0.063
Brazil0.812 → 0.764−0.048
Türkiye0.620 → 0.575−0.045
Burundi0.592 → 0.549−0.043
Tajikistan0.458 → 0.417−0.041

− 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 2016.
149 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.903. 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 (2016). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2016

0636 held

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