Data for 2025

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.954; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.028. The middle country reads 0.772. Against 2024, 164 values changed (69 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2025

HighestDenmark

0.954

LowestAfghanistan

0.028

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.954
2	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.952
3	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.950
4	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.943
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.942
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.941
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.940
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.937
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.932
=10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.930
=10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.930
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.929
=12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.929
=12	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.929
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.927
=16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.926
=16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.926
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.923
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.917
=20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.913
=20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.913
22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.908
=23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.907
=23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.907
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.906
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.905
=27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.903
=27	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.903
29	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.898
=30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.896
=30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.896
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.895
33	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.893
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.888
35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.883
36	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.882
=37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.878
=37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.878
=37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.878
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.877
=41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.875
=41	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.875
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.874
=44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.872
=44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.872
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.866
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.864
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.862
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.856
=50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.855
=50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.855
=50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.855
53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.844
54	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.843
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.840
56	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.838
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.834
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.832
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830
60	United States`USA`Northern America	0.829
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.825
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.824
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.823
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.821
=65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.818
=65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.818
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.816
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.814
69	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.813
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.811
=71	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.810
=71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.810
73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.809
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.808
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.806
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.804
=77	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.801
=77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.801
=77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.801
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.798
81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.792
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.791
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.790
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.789
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.785
86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.777
87	Peru`PER`South America	0.775
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.772
89	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.771
90	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.770
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.768
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.767
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.765
94	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.760
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.755
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.748
=97	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.742
=97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.742
99	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.733
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.732
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.727
102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.726
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.725
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.722
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.715
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.712
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.710
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.709
109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.706
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.704
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.699
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.696
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.692
114	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.691
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.688
116	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.682
=117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.675
=117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.675
=119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.669
=119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.669
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.658
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.657
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.653
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.649
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.644
126	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.643
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.636
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.626
=129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.625
=129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.625
131	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.614
132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.608
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.602
=134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.587
=134	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.587
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.584
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.568
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.558
=139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.556
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.556
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.555
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.550
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.547
144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.546
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.541
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.537
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.534
=148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.532
=148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.532
150	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.531
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.524
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.508
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.502
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.480
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.476
156	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.468
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.466
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.449
159	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.437
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.431
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.412
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.403
163	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.391
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.388
=165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.357
=165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.357
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.347
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.337
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.330
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.320
=171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.290
=171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.290
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.219
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.161
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.151
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.028

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.954
2Belgium0.952
3Latvia0.950
4Spain0.943
5Germany0.942

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.028
175Eritrea0.151
174Yemen0.161
173Sudan0.219
171Syriashared0.290

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 95rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam0.738 → 0.808+0.070
Syria0.230 → 0.290+0.060
Sri Lanka0.690 → 0.742+0.052
Japan0.795 → 0.844+0.049
Nigeria0.689 → 0.732+0.043

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau0.583 → 0.502−0.081
Bangladesh0.610 → 0.537−0.073
Uganda0.707 → 0.636−0.071
Thailand0.748 → 0.688−0.060
Portugal0.862 → 0.811−0.051

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 2025.
149 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.929. 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 (2025). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2025

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions