Data for 2019

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2019

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Germany is highest, at 0.956; Yemen is lowest, at 0.138. The middle country reads 0.767. Against 2018, 168 values changed (93 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2019

HighestGermany

0.956

LowestYemen

0.138

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

176countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
148distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.956
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.955
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.951
4	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.947
=5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.946
=5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.946
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.942
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.940
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.938
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.933
=11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.932
=11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.932
13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.931
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.927
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.924
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.921
17	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.920
=18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.918
=18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.918
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.917
=21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.914
=21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.914
=21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.914
=24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.902
=24	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.902
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.901
=27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.899
=27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.899
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.897
=30	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.892
=30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.892
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.889
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.888
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.887
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.883
=36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.881
=36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.881
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.880
39	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.879
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.878
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.874
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.872
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.868
44	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.867
=45	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.864
=45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.864
=47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.861
=47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.861
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.859
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.858
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.857
=51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.857
=51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.857
54	Chile`CHL`South America	0.854
55	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.851
=56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.848
=56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.848
58	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.844
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.842
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.838
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.837
=62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.836
=62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.836
64	Peru`PER`South America	0.835
=65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.834
=65	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.834
=67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.830
=67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.830
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.827
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.817
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.809
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.803
74	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
=75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.795
=75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.795
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.792
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.791
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.790
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.786
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.785
82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.783
=83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.780
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.780
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.775
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.773
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.772
88	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.767
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.766
90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.765
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.762
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.761
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.760
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.759
=95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.758
=95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.758
97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.756
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.755
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.754
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.753
=101	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.750
=101	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.750
=103	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.749
=103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.749
=103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.749
106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.747
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.743
=108	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.741
=108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.741
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.740
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.736
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.735
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.730
114	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.722
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.717
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.704
117	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.701
118	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.700
119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.697
120	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.692
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.691
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.690
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.679
124	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.675
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.670
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.662
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.651
=127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.651
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.646
130	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.643
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.640
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.638
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.631
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.629
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.610
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.593
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.583
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.581
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.577
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.575
141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.573
142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.571
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.570
144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.569
145	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.564
146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.553
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.535
=147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.535
149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.530
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.501
=151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.492
=151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.492
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.489
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.486
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.473
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.459
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.455
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.451
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.430
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.425
=161	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.410
=161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.410
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.406
164	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.402
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.364
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.358
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.352
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.348
169	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.341
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.327
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.290
172	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.283
173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.276
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.269
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.157
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.138

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Germany0.956
2Denmark0.955
3Belgium0.951
4Latvia0.947
5Estoniashared0.946

Lowest

176Yemen0.138
175Eritrea0.157
174Sudan0.269
173North Korea0.276
172Saudi Arabia0.283

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 176 in both
93 · 75rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates0.437 → 0.535+0.098
Maldives0.498 → 0.573+0.075
Uzbekistan0.568 → 0.638+0.070
Albania0.840 → 0.892+0.052
Solomon Islands0.482 → 0.530+0.048

Fell most

Sudan0.415 → 0.269−0.146
Burkina Faso0.768 → 0.675−0.093
United Kingdom0.923 → 0.878−0.045
Tanzania0.826 → 0.785−0.041
Rwanda0.819 → 0.783−0.036

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 2019.
148 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.914. 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 (2019). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2019

0636 held

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

07Questions