Statizoid

Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Key features of women's political empowerment was 0.028 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.028
Change on year
down 42.9%
World rank
176th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.5
in 2018
All-time low
0.021
in 2023
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan, 1789–2025

00.10.20.30.40.5178919072025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan is 0.028, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 42.9% on the previous year and down 94.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan peaked at 0.5 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.021, in 2023.

That places Afghanistan 176th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.067 —
1790 0.067 +0.0%
1791 0.067 +0.0%
1792 0.067 +0.0%
1793 0.067 +0.0%
1794 0.067 +0.0%
1795 0.067 +0.0%
1796 0.067 +0.0%
1797 0.067 +0.0%
1798 0.067 +0.0%
1799 0.067 +0.0%
1800 0.067 +0.0%
1801 0.067 +0.0%
1802 0.067 +0.0%
1803 0.067 +0.0%
1804 0.067 +0.0%
1805 0.067 +0.0%
1806 0.067 +0.0%
1807 0.067 +0.0%
1808 0.067 +0.0%
1809 0.067 +0.0%
1810 0.067 +0.0%
1811 0.067 +0.0%
1812 0.067 +0.0%
1813 0.067 +0.0%
1814 0.067 +0.0%
1815 0.067 +0.0%
1816 0.067 +0.0%
1817 0.067 +0.0%
1818 0.067 +0.0%
1819 0.067 +0.0%
1820 0.067 +0.0%
1821 0.067 +0.0%
1822 0.067 +0.0%
1823 0.067 +0.0%
1824 0.067 +0.0%
1825 0.067 +0.0%
1826 0.067 +0.0%
1827 0.067 +0.0%
1828 0.067 +0.0%
1829 0.067 +0.0%
1830 0.067 +0.0%
1831 0.067 +0.0%
1832 0.067 +0.0%
1833 0.067 +0.0%
1834 0.067 +0.0%
1835 0.067 +0.0%
1836 0.067 +0.0%
1837 0.067 +0.0%
1838 0.067 +0.0%
1839 0.067 +0.0%
1840 0.067 +0.0%
1841 0.067 +0.0%
1842 0.067 +0.0%
1843 0.067 +0.0%
1844 0.067 +0.0%
1845 0.067 +0.0%
1846 0.067 +0.0%
1847 0.067 +0.0%
1848 0.067 +0.0%
1849 0.067 +0.0%
1850 0.067 +0.0%
1851 0.067 +0.0%
1852 0.067 +0.0%
1853 0.067 +0.0%
1854 0.067 +0.0%
1855 0.067 +0.0%
1856 0.067 +0.0%
1857 0.067 +0.0%
1858 0.067 +0.0%
1859 0.067 +0.0%
1860 0.067 +0.0%
1861 0.067 +0.0%
1862 0.067 +0.0%
1863 0.067 +0.0%
1864 0.067 +0.0%
1865 0.067 +0.0%
1866 0.067 +0.0%
1867 0.067 +0.0%
1868 0.067 +0.0%
1869 0.067 +0.0%
1870 0.067 +0.0%
1871 0.067 +0.0%
1872 0.067 +0.0%
1873 0.067 +0.0%
1874 0.067 +0.0%
1875 0.067 +0.0%
1876 0.067 +0.0%
1877 0.067 +0.0%
1878 0.067 +0.0%
1879 0.067 +0.0%
1880 0.064 -4.5%
1881 0.064 +0.0%
1882 0.064 +0.0%
1883 0.064 +0.0%
1884 0.064 +0.0%
1885 0.064 +0.0%
1886 0.064 +0.0%
1887 0.064 +0.0%
1888 0.064 +0.0%
1889 0.064 +0.0%
1890 0.064 +0.0%
1891 0.064 +0.0%
1892 0.064 +0.0%
1893 0.064 +0.0%
1894 0.064 +0.0%
1895 0.064 +0.0%
1896 0.064 +0.0%
1897 0.064 +0.0%
1898 0.064 +0.0%
1899 0.064 +0.0%
1900 0.064 +0.0%
1901 0.064 +0.0%
1902 0.073 +14.1%
1903 0.075 +2.7%
1904 0.075 +0.0%
1905 0.075 +0.0%
1906 0.072 -4.0%
1907 0.072 +0.0%
1908 0.072 +0.0%
1909 0.072 +0.0%
1910 0.072 +0.0%
1911 0.072 +0.0%
1912 0.072 +0.0%
1913 0.072 +0.0%
1914 0.072 +0.0%
1915 0.072 +0.0%
1916 0.072 +0.0%
1917 0.072 +0.0%
1918 0.072 +0.0%
1919 0.078 +8.3%
1920 0.097 +24.4%
1921 0.097 +0.0%
1922 0.097 +0.0%
1923 0.101 +4.1%
1924 0.125 +23.8%
1925 0.131 +4.8%
1926 0.131 +0.0%
1927 0.131 +0.0%
1928 0.131 +0.0%
1929 0.13 -0.8%
1930 0.114 -12.3%
1931 0.114 +0.0%
1932 0.114 +0.0%
1933 0.124 +8.8%
1934 0.13 +4.8%
1935 0.13 +0.0%
1936 0.13 +0.0%
1937 0.13 +0.0%
1938 0.13 +0.0%
1939 0.13 +0.0%
1940 0.13 +0.0%
1941 0.132 +1.5%
1942 0.132 +0.0%
1943 0.132 +0.0%
1944 0.132 +0.0%
1945 0.132 +0.0%
1946 0.132 +0.0%
1947 0.132 +0.0%
1948 0.132 +0.0%
1949 0.132 +0.0%
1950 0.132 +0.0%
1951 0.132 +0.0%
1952 0.132 +0.0%
1953 0.132 +0.0%
1954 0.132 +0.0%
1955 0.137 +3.8%
1956 0.137 +0.0%
1957 0.152 +10.9%
1958 0.152 +0.0%
1959 0.152 +0.0%
1960 0.153 +0.7%
1961 0.153 +0.0%
1962 0.153 +0.0%
1963 0.153 +0.0%
1964 0.154 +0.7%
1965 0.197 +27.9%
1966 0.197 +0.0%
1967 0.195 -1.0%
1968 0.195 +0.0%
1969 0.187 -4.1%
1970 0.187 +0.0%
1971 0.187 +0.0%
1972 0.187 +0.0%
1973 0.174 -7.0%
1974 0.149 -14.4%
1975 0.149 +0.0%
1976 0.149 +0.0%
1977 0.149 +0.0%
1978 0.16 +7.4%
1979 0.153 -4.4%
1980 0.183 +19.6%
1981 0.187 +2.2%
1982 0.187 +0.0%
1983 0.187 +0.0%
1984 0.187 +0.0%
1985 0.187 +0.0%
1986 0.187 +0.0%
1987 0.187 +0.0%
1988 0.205 +9.6%
1989 0.205 +0.0%
1990 0.172 -16.1%
1991 0.171 -0.6%
1992 0.129 -24.6%
1993 0.096 -25.6%
1994 0.098 +2.1%
1995 0.089 -9.2%
1996 0.041 -53.9%
1997 0.04 -2.4%
1998 0.04 +0.0%
1999 0.04 +0.0%
2000 0.04 +0.0%
2001 0.054 +35.0%
2002 0.282 +422.2%
2003 0.292 +3.5%
2004 0.292 +0.0%
2005 0.324 +11.0%
2006 0.471 +45.4%
2007 0.47 -0.2%
2008 0.467 -0.6%
2009 0.469 +0.4%
2010 0.476 +1.5%
2011 0.476 +0.0%
2012 0.476 +0.0%
2013 0.478 +0.4%
2014 0.48 +0.4%
2015 0.483 +0.6%
2016 0.472 -2.3%
2017 0.488 +3.4%
2018 0.5 +2.5%
2019 0.489 -2.2%
2020 0.494 +1.0%
2021 0.047 -90.5%
2022 0.025 -46.8%
2023 0.021 -16.0%
2024 0.049 +133.3%
2025 0.028 -42.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.067 0.067 0.067 1
1790s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1800s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1810s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1820s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1830s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1840s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1850s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1860s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1870s 0.067 0.067 0.067 10
1880s 0.064 0.064 0.064 10
1890s 0.064 0.064 0.064 10
1900s 0.0714 0.064 0.075 10
1910s 0.0726 0.072 0.078 10
1920s 0.1171 0.097 0.131 10
1930s 0.1246 0.114 0.13 10
1940s 0.1318 0.13 0.132 10
1950s 0.139 0.132 0.152 10
1960s 0.1737 0.153 0.197 10
1970s 0.1644 0.149 0.187 10
1980s 0.1902 0.183 0.205 10
1990s 0.0916 0.04 0.172 10
2000s 0.3161 0.04 0.471 10
2010s 0.4818 0.472 0.5 10
2020s 0.1107 0.021 0.494 6

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 173 Yemen 0.161 compare
  2. 174 Eritrea 0.151 compare
  3. 175 Vatican 0.067 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More gender data for Afghanistan

All data for Afghanistan →

Frequently asked questions

What is key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan?
Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan was 0.028 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was 0.5 in 2018.
What is the lowest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.021 in 2023.
How does Afghanistan rank for key features of women's political empowerment?
Afghanistan ranks 176th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is key features of women's political empowerment rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 94.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of women's political empowerment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 237 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/stat/key-features-of-womens-political-empowerment/afghanistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/stat/key-features-of-womens-political-empowerment/afghanistan/">Key features of women's political empowerment in Afghanistan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Key features of women's political empowerment
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 26,029 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics.