Data for 2024

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2024

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.959; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.049. The middle country reads 0.775. Against 2023, 167 values changed (82 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

0.959

LowestAfghanistan

0.049

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.959
2	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.952
3	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.951
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.944
5	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.943
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.942
=7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.939
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.939
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.937
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.934
=11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.929
=11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.929
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.926
=14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.924
=14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.924
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.923
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.922
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.921
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.920
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.917
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.916
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.914
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.910
=24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.909
=24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.909
26	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.903
=27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.901
=27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.901
=27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.901
30	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.900
31	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.898
32	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.896
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.895
=34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.891
=34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.891
36	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.888
=37	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.887
=37	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.887
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.879
=39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.879
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.874
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.873
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.872
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.871
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.868
=45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.868
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.863
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.862
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.861
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.858
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.856
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.855
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.853
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.846
=55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.845
=55	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.845
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.844
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.839
59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.838
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.834
61	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.833
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.832
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.831
=63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.831
65	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.828
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.825
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.819
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.818
=69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.810
=69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.810
=69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.810
=72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.803
=72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.803
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.803
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.802
=76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.800
=76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.800
=78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.798
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.798
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.795
=81	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.793
=81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.793
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.791
84	Peru`PER`South America	0.788
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.781
=86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.780
=86	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.775
=89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.774
=89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.774
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.772
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.768
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.764
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.759
95	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.757
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.753
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.751
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.748
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.738
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.730
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.729
102	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.728
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.723
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.722
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.715
106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.714
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.711
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.707
=108	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.707
=110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.706
=110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.706
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.701
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.698
=114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.694
=114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.694
=114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.694
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.690
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.689
119	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.688
120	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.684
121	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.675
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.667
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.653
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.633
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.631
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.629
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.625
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.624
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.615
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.613
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.610
132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.607
133	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.602
134	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.600
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.596
=136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.588
=136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.588
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.587
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.583
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.581
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.577
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.572
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.566
144	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.565
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.558
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.555
147	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.538
148	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.535
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.534
150	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.526
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.512
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.506
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.504
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.494
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.480
=156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.474
=156	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.474
=158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.446
=158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.446
=160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.434
=160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.434
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.402
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.386
164	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.385
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.365
166	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.364
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.361
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.341
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.333
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.327
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.290
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.230
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.202
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.171
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.159
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.049

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.959
2Belgium0.952
3Latvia0.951
4Germany0.944
5Jamaica0.943

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.049
175Eritrea0.159
174Yemen0.171
173Sudan0.202
172Syria0.230

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.775. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
82 · 85rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Qatar0.276 → 0.386+0.110
Eswatini0.294 → 0.385+0.091
Tunisia0.686 → 0.774+0.088
El Salvador0.532 → 0.602+0.070
South Sudan0.466 → 0.512+0.046

Fell most

Syria0.336 → 0.230−0.106
Bangladesh0.680 → 0.610−0.070
Mauritania0.647 → 0.577−0.070
Burkina Faso0.679 → 0.615−0.064
Georgia0.886 → 0.828−0.058

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 2024.
147 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.901. 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 (2024). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2024

0636 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023
176 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025
176 countries
All of them
Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions