Women civil society participation index by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.933
Jamaica
Lowest
0.006
Afghanistan
Median
0.7345
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,062
What the numbers show
Women civil society participation index is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.933 in Jamaica; the lowest is 0.006 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7345, and the mean is 0.6698.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 156.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 83.5%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 97.8%).
Women civil society participation index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica | 0.933 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 2 | Latvia | 0.93 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0.925 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Slovenia | 0.919 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 5 | France | 0.918 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 0.911 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 0.91 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Norway | 0.909 | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0.907 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 10 | Barbados | 0.903 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0.903 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 0.9 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 0.899 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Seychelles | 0.899 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.893 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.892 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0.892 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Ireland | 0.888 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Lebanon | 0.887 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.883 | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 0.883 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 0.88 | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 0.878 | 2025 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Switzerland | 0.877 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 24 | Croatia | 0.877 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 0.873 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Montenegro | 0.873 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.872 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Sweden | 0.87 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Liberia | 0.868 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 31 | Germany | 0.866 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Netherlands | 0.865 | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Australia | 0.864 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 0.862 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 0.859 | 2025 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Zambia | 0.856 | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 0.852 | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Moldova | 0.851 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.841 | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 0.839 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 0.839 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Suriname | 0.836 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Gambia | 0.833 | 2025 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 0.833 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 0.832 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 0.829 | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 0.824 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 0.824 | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Taiwan | 0.824 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Bolivia | 0.823 | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Tanzania | 0.822 | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 0.817 | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritius | 0.813 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | Benin | 0.812 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Guyana | 0.812 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 54 | South Korea | 0.812 | 2025 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Botswana | 0.811 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 0.809 | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.806 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0.806 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 0.805 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Armenia | 0.803 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 0.803 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Guatemala | 0.802 | 2025 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 0.801 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 0.801 | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Vietnam | 0.8 | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 68 | Namibia | 0.798 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.796 | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.792 | 2025 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 0.791 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 0.788 | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 72 | Poland | 0.788 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 0.786 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 75 | South Africa | 0.785 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 0.784 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 0.781 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Venezuela | 0.774 | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 0.773 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 79 | Solomon Islands | 0.773 | 2025 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.759 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 0.758 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Angola | 0.748 | 2025 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 84 | Mongolia | 0.747 | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Peru | 0.746 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.745 | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Argentina | 0.739 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 0.735 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Brazil | 0.734 | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Iceland | 0.733 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 91 | United States | 0.723 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0.722 | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Lesotho | 0.716 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 94 | Japan | 0.715 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Niger | 0.714 | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Singapore | 0.711 | 2025 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Mozambique | 0.709 | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.706 | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Cuba | 0.706 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 0.704 | 2025 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Madagascar | 0.701 | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0.699 | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 103 | Tunisia | 0.697 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 104 | East Timor | 0.688 | 2025 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 0.688 | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Hong Kong | 0.686 | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 107 | Bhutan | 0.683 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 108 | Gabon | 0.682 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 109 | South Sudan | 0.677 | 2025 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Ghana | 0.665 | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 0.662 | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.654 | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 113 | India | 0.648 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 0.638 | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.631 | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 0.627 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 0.619 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 118 | Algeria | 0.618 | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.611 | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 119 | Panama | 0.611 | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 121 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.61 | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 0.61 | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.607 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Paraguay | 0.583 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0.58 | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 126 | China | 0.579 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | 0.574 | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Rwanda | 0.567 | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.56 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 0.557 | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0.556 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 0.555 | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.553 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Chad | 0.55 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 0.546 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Mali | 0.541 | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 137 | El Salvador | 0.524 | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 0.52 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0.51 | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Maldives | 0.499 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 141 | Uganda | 0.496 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Belarus | 0.476 | 2025 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 143 | Russia | 0.467 | 2025 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.463 | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Cambodia | 0.463 | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.436 | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea | 0.429 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Laos | 0.428 | 2025 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 149 | Congo | 0.414 | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 150 | Syria | 0.413 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Kuwait | 0.412 | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Haiti | 0.377 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 0.373 | 2025 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.368 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.355 | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 0.348 | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0.347 | 2025 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 158 | Djibouti | 0.329 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 0.329 | 2025 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Turkey | 0.329 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 0.328 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Egypt | 0.318 | 2025 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0.317 | 2025 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 0.309 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Iran | 0.291 | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.275 | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Libya | 0.244 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.221 | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 0.213 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.21 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Eswatini | 0.21 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 172 | North Korea | 0.116 | 2025 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Palestine | 0.097 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Eritrea | 0.075 | 2025 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Vatican | 0.014 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.006 | 2025 | down 97.8% | volatile |