Data for 2017

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2017

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.961; Yemen is lowest, at 0.147. The middle country reads 0.771. Against 2016, 164 values changed (85 up, 79 down), 1 country joined.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

0.961

LowestYemen

0.147

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

176countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.961
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.948
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.946
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.944
=6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.943
=6	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.943
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.939
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.938
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.937
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.936
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.935
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.934
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.929
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.928
=16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.926
=16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.926
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.923
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.922
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.920
=21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.919
=21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.919
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.911
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.910
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.907
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.903
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.902
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.898
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.897
30	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.896
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.895
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.890
=32	United States`USA`Northern America	0.890
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.888
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.879
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.876
=37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.874
=37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.874
=39	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.873
=39	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.873
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.873
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.866
43	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.861
=44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.860
=44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.860
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.859
=46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.859
=48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.855
=48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.855
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.854
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.853
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.851
53	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.849
=54	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.848
=54	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.848
=56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.847
=56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.847
=56	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.847
59	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.845
60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.839
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.837
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.836
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.834
64	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.831
=65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.827
=65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.827
=67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.820
=67	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.820
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.816
=70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.813
=70	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.813
=72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.811
=72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.811
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.807
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.795
=76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.793
=76	Peru`PER`South America	0.793
=78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.792
=78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.792
=78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.792
81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.790
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.789
83	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.786
=84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.781
=84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.781
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.776
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.774
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.773
=89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.769
=89	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.769
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.768
92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.767
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.765
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.764
=95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.762
=95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.762
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.761
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.757
=99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.756
=99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.756
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.753
102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.751
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.750
104	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.749
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.748
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.744
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.736
=108	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.732
=108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.732
110	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.726
=111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.721
=111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.721
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.706
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.705
115	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.703
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.699
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.697
118	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.690
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.684
=120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.682
=120	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.682
122	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.681
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.680
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.674
125	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.671
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.659
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.658
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.657
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.653
130	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.648
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.638
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.636
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.629
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.626
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.581
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.571
=137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
=137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.566
=139	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.564
=139	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.564
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.552
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.534
143	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.529
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.518
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.512
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.508
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.499
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.497
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.496
150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.488
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.485
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.480
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.472
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.448
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.440
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.437
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.424
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.423
=159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.411
=159	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.411
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.410
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.403
163	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.378
164	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.368
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.364
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.357
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.354
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.348
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.347
=170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.326
=170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.326
172	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.310
173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.269
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.236
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.160
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.147

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.961
2Germany0.952
3Norway0.948
4Belgium0.946
5Finland0.944

Lowest

176Yemen0.147
175Eritrea0.160
174Saudi Arabia0.236
173North Korea0.269
172Eswatini0.310

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.771. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 175 in both
85 · 79rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Gambia0.547 → 0.680+0.133
Egypt0.307 → 0.411+0.104
Armenia0.753 → 0.813+0.060
Qatar0.298 → 0.348+0.050
Uzbekistan0.482 → 0.529+0.047

Fell most

Algeria0.787 → 0.732−0.055
Central African Republic0.614 → 0.566−0.048
Lesotho0.799 → 0.753−0.046
Libya0.391 → 0.347−0.044
Venezuela0.799 → 0.761−0.038

+ 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

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 2017.
145 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.873. 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 (2017). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2017

0636 held

Other years

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176 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions