Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland
Iceland: Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled was 0.883 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland, 1900–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Iceland recorded 0.883 for key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in 2025.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland peaked at 0.935 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.479, in 1900.
That places Iceland 35th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 103 years of available data.
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0.479 | — |
| 1901 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.479 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.491 | +2.5% |
| 1908 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.491 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.509 | +3.7% |
| 1916 | 0.576 | +13.2% |
| 1917 | 0.576 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.576 | +0.0% |
| 1919 | 0.596 | +3.5% |
| 1920 | 0.598 | +0.3% |
| 1921 | 0.61 | +2.0% |
| 1945 | 0.637 | +4.4% |
| 1946 | 0.648 | +1.7% |
| 1947 | 0.648 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.648 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.661 | +2.0% |
| 1950 | 0.661 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.661 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.661 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.637 | -3.6% |
| 1954 | 0.637 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.637 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.648 | +1.7% |
| 1957 | 0.648 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.648 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.657 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | 0.661 | +0.6% |
| 1961 | 0.661 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.661 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.65 | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.65 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.65 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.654 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.654 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.664 | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.664 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.694 | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.73 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 0.73 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.73 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.73 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.734 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.734 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.734 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.734 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.734 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.746 | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.746 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.746 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.807 | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 0.851 | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 0.854 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.855 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.872 | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.872 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.872 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.878 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.885 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.887 | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.887 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.887 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.89 | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.898 | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.898 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.898 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.91 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.923 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.921 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.921 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.919 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.919 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.919 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.922 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.923 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.923 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.92 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.921 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.923 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.92 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.918 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.92 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.919 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.922 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.926 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.919 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.918 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.927 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.929 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.935 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.891 | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 0.883 | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.4826 | 0.479 | 0.491 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.5288 | 0.491 | 0.596 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.604 | 0.598 | 0.61 | 2 |
| 1940s | 0.6484 | 0.637 | 0.661 | 5 |
| 1950s | 0.6495 | 0.637 | 0.661 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6569 | 0.65 | 0.664 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7284 | 0.694 | 0.734 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8221 | 0.746 | 0.872 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8918 | 0.878 | 0.91 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.921 | 0.919 | 0.923 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9206 | 0.918 | 0.926 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9108 | 0.883 | 0.935 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More gender data for Iceland
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 69.14 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.228 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2,155 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2,290 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2,184 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2,324 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2,211 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2,349 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 2,353 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 2,500 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland?
- Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled in Iceland was 0.883 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.935 in 2022.
- What is the lowest key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.479 in 1900.
- How does Iceland rank for key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled?
- Iceland ranks 35th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Key features of womens political empowerment with 68 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Key features of women's political empowerment V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Key features of womens political empowerment with 68 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.