Data for 2022

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2022

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.957; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.025. The middle country reads 0.783. Against 2021, 167 values changed (94 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

0.957

LowestAfghanistan

0.025

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.957
2	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.952
=3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.951
=3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951
5	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.949
6	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.946
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.943
8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.942
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.941
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.939
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.935
=11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.935
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.932
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.931
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.930
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.929
17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.928
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.926
=19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920
=19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.920
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.920
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.917
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.914
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.913
=25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.909
=25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
=25	United States`USA`Northern America	0.909
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.908
=29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.907
=29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.907
31	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.904
32	Chile`CHL`South America	0.900
33	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.899
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.898
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.897
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.894
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.890
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.887
39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.886
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.884
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.880
=42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.878
=42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.878
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.877
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.875
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.874
47	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.868
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.867
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.860
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.858
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.849
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.848
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.845
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.842
55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.840
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.836
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.835
=58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.831
=58	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.831
=58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.831
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.828
=62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.826
=62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.826
=64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.824
=64	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.824
=64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.824
=64	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.824
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.821
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.816
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.812
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.811
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.810
73	Peru`PER`South America	0.809
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.806
=75	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.805
=75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.805
=77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.800
=77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.800
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.796
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.794
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.792
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.791
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.788
84	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.787
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.786
86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.785
=87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.783
=87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.783
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.782
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.780
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.777
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.776
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.770
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.766
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.765
96	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.761
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.760
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.759
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.757
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.755
101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.748
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.747
=103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.745
=103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.745
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.742
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.736
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.730
108	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.726
109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.724
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.723
=111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.713
=111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.713
=113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.710
=113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.710
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.704
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.703
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.702
118	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.698
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.697
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.696
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.679
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.674
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.668
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.665
=125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.662
=125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.662
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.650
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.637
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.634
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.629
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.621
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.611
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.604
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.601
135	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.596
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.588
137	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.583
138	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.582
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.581
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.576
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.574
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.573
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.571
144	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.565
=145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.561
=145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.561
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.552
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.541
=148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.541
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.533
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.525
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.482
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.465
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.457
155	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.447
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.435
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.422
158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.418
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.413
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.409
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.403
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.394
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.389
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.363
165	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.360
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.346
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.336
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.316
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.308
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.289
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.280
172	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.276
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.203
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.184
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.164
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.025

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.957
2Latvia0.952
3Belgiumshared0.951
3Germanyshared0.951
5Spain0.949

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.025
175Yemen0.164
174Eritrea0.184
173Sudan0.203
172Eswatini0.276

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.783. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
94 · 73rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Chad0.473 → 0.583+0.110
Bahrain0.505 → 0.561+0.056
Solomon Islands0.616 → 0.668+0.052
Malta0.856 → 0.907+0.051
Senegal0.816 → 0.867+0.051

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau0.688 → 0.576−0.112
Tunisia0.886 → 0.792−0.094
El Salvador0.657 → 0.565−0.092
Burkina Faso0.598 → 0.541−0.057
Pakistan0.594 → 0.541−0.053

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 2022.
153 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.824. 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 (2022). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2022

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2021
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023
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