Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP by country
Key features of womens political empowerment divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
United States of America
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,662
What the numbers show
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in United States of America.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31,886.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 102.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 88.2%).
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 11 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 17 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 27 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 38 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 67 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 68 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 78 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 114 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 131 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Hong Kong, China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Viet Nam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Republic of Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Türkiye | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 164 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 166 | Russian Federation | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 167 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 170 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 171 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 172 | United States of America | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Key features of womens political empowerment divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Key features of womens political empowerment ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Key features of women's political empowerment V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.