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Women political empowerment index
V-Dem
0-1 index
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176 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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176 of 176
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Denmark
0.95
2
Belgium
0.95
3
Latvia
0.95
4
Spain
0.94
5
Germany
0.94
6
Estonia
0.94
7
Slovenia
0.94
8
New Zealand
0.94
9
Finland
0.93
10
Switzerland
0.93
11
Czechia
0.93
12
France
0.93
13
Jamaica
0.93
14
Italy
0.93
15
Ireland
0.93
16
Lithuania
0.93
17
Norway
0.93
18
Sweden
0.92
19
Malta
0.92
20
Croatia
0.91
21
Chile
0.91
22
Seychelles
0.91
23
Bulgaria
0.91
24
Costa Rica
0.91
25
Australia
0.91
26
Austria
0.91
27
Netherlands
0.9
28
Taiwan
0.9
29
Moldova
0.9
30
Greece
0.9
31
Luxembourg
0.9
32
Barbados
0.9
33
Albania
0.89
34
Ukraine
0.89
35
Iceland
0.88
36
Benin
0.88
37
Korea, Rep.
0.88
38
Slovak Republic
0.88
39
Poland
0.88
40
Suriname
0.88
41
Uruguay
0.88
42
Armenia
0.88
43
Trinidad and Tobago
0.87
44
Romania
0.87
45
Canada
0.87
46
Montenegro
0.87
47
Serbia
0.86
48
Israel
0.86
49
Cyprus
0.86
50
Cabo Verde
0.86
51
Namibia
0.86
52
Senegal
0.86
53
Japan
0.84
54
Sao Tome and Principe
0.84
55
Bolivia
0.84
56
United Kingdom
0.84
57
Tanzania
0.83
58
Argentina
0.83
59
South Africa
0.83
60
United States
0.83
61
Dominican Republic
0.83
62
North Macedonia
0.82
63
Liberia
0.82
64
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.82
65
Brazil
0.82
66
Hungary
0.82
67
Georgia
0.82
68
Mauritius
0.81
69
Gambia, The
0.81
70
Portugal
0.81
71
Philippines
0.81
72
Guyana
0.81
73
Lesotho
0.81
74
Viet Nam
0.81
75
Mongolia
0.81
76
Kenya
0.8
77
Mexico
0.8
78
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.8
79
Sierra Leone
0.8
80
Gabon
0.8
81
Nepal
0.79
82
Zambia
0.79
83
Ecuador
0.79
84
Honduras
0.79
85
Singapore
0.79
86
Colombia
0.78
87
Peru
0.78
88
Malaysia
0.77
89
Kosovo
0.77
90
Angola
0.77
91
Timor-Leste
0.77
92
Ghana
0.77
93
Tunisia
0.77
94
Cameroon
0.76
95
Malawi
0.76
96
Venezuela, RB
0.75
97
Panama
0.74
98
Sri Lanka
0.74
99
Kyrgyz Republic
0.73
100
Nigeria
0.73
101
Zimbabwe
0.73
102
Indonesia
0.73
103
Mozambique
0.73
104
Guatemala
0.72
105
Vanuatu
0.72
106
Morocco
0.71
107
Cuba
0.71
108
Niger
0.71
109
Mali
0.71
110
Madagascar
0.7
111
Botswana
0.7
112
Cote d'Ivoire
0.7
113
Togo
0.69
114
Ethiopia
0.69
115
Thailand
0.69
116
Kazakhstan
0.68
117
Bhutan
0.68
118
Solomon Islands
0.68
119
Paraguay
0.67
120
Jordan
0.67
121
India
0.66
122
Belarus
0.66
123
Burundi
0.65
124
Azerbaijan
0.65
125
Fiji
0.64
126
Uzbekistan
0.64
127
Uganda
0.64
128
Rwanda
0.63
129
Chad
0.63
130
Algeria
0.63
131
United Arab Emirates
0.61
132
Lebanon
0.61
133
Burkina Faso
0.6
134
China
0.59
135
El Salvador
0.59
136
Djibouti
0.58
137
Bahrain
0.57
138
Turkiye
0.56
139
Comoros
0.56
140
Central African Republic
0.56
141
Iraq
0.56
142
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.55
143
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.55
144
Russian Federation
0.55
145
Mauritania
0.54
146
Bangladesh
0.54
147
Cambodia
0.53
148
Maldives
0.53
149
Guinea
0.53
150
Nicaragua
0.53
151
Pakistan
0.52
152
Lao PDR
0.51
153
Guinea-Bissau
0.5
154
Papua New Guinea
0.48
155
South Sudan
0.48
156
West Bank and Gaza
0.47
157
Congo, Rep.
0.47
158
Equatorial Guinea
0.45
159
Turkmenistan
0.44
160
Tajikistan
0.43
161
Libya
0.41
162
Haiti
0.4
163
Eswatini
0.39
164
Qatar
0.39
165
Oman
0.36
166
Kuwait
0.36
167
Saudi Arabia
0.35
168
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.34
169
Myanmar
0.33
170
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.32
171
Syrian Arab Republic
0.29
172
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.29
173
Sudan
0.22
174
Yemen, Rep.
0.16
175
Eritrea
0.15
176
Afghanistan
0.03
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