What is women's civil society participation index in France?

Women's civil society participation index in France was 0.918 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in France?

The highest recorded value was 0.92 in 2023.

What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in France?

The lowest recorded value was 0.285 in 1800.

How does France rank for women's civil society participation index?

France ranks 5th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in France?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this France data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in France

Name: Women's Civil Society Participation Index in France
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

France: Women's Civil Society Participation Index was 0.918 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.918

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

5th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.92

in 2023

All-time low

0.285

in 1800

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in France, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

France recorded 0.918 for women's civil society participation index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's civil society participation index in France peaked at 0.92 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.285, in 1800.

That places France 5th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in France, year by year

Annual values for Women's Civil Society Participation Index in France, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.636	—
1790	0.636	+0.0%
1791	0.636	+0.0%
1792	0.532	-16.4%
1793	0.532	+0.0%
1794	0.532	+0.0%
1795	0.564	+6.0%
1796	0.564	+0.0%
1797	0.564	+0.0%
1798	0.564	+0.0%
1799	0.564	+0.0%
1800	0.285	-49.5%
1801	0.285	+0.0%
1802	0.285	+0.0%
1803	0.285	+0.0%
1804	0.285	+0.0%
1805	0.285	+0.0%
1806	0.285	+0.0%
1807	0.285	+0.0%
1808	0.285	+0.0%
1809	0.285	+0.0%
1810	0.285	+0.0%
1811	0.285	+0.0%
1812	0.285	+0.0%
1813	0.285	+0.0%
1814	0.285	+0.0%
1815	0.337	+18.2%
1816	0.337	+0.0%
1817	0.337	+0.0%
1818	0.337	+0.0%
1819	0.337	+0.0%
1820	0.337	+0.0%
1821	0.288	-14.5%
1822	0.288	+0.0%
1823	0.288	+0.0%
1824	0.288	+0.0%
1825	0.288	+0.0%
1826	0.288	+0.0%
1827	0.288	+0.0%
1828	0.288	+0.0%
1829	0.288	+0.0%
1830	0.334	+16.0%
1831	0.334	+0.0%
1832	0.334	+0.0%
1833	0.334	+0.0%
1834	0.334	+0.0%
1835	0.334	+0.0%
1836	0.334	+0.0%
1837	0.334	+0.0%
1838	0.334	+0.0%
1839	0.334	+0.0%
1840	0.334	+0.0%
1841	0.334	+0.0%
1842	0.334	+0.0%
1843	0.334	+0.0%
1844	0.334	+0.0%
1845	0.334	+0.0%
1846	0.334	+0.0%
1847	0.334	+0.0%
1848	0.686	+105.4%
1849	0.686	+0.0%
1850	0.686	+0.0%
1851	0.447	-34.8%
1852	0.447	+0.0%
1853	0.447	+0.0%
1854	0.447	+0.0%
1855	0.447	+0.0%
1856	0.447	+0.0%
1857	0.447	+0.0%
1858	0.447	+0.0%
1859	0.447	+0.0%
1860	0.447	+0.0%
1861	0.504	+12.8%
1862	0.504	+0.0%
1863	0.504	+0.0%
1864	0.504	+0.0%
1865	0.504	+0.0%
1866	0.504	+0.0%
1867	0.504	+0.0%
1868	0.504	+0.0%
1869	0.504	+0.0%
1870	0.446	-11.5%
1871	0.446	+0.0%
1872	0.496	+11.2%
1873	0.496	+0.0%
1874	0.496	+0.0%
1875	0.496	+0.0%
1876	0.496	+0.0%
1877	0.496	+0.0%
1878	0.496	+0.0%
1879	0.569	+14.7%
1880	0.569	+0.0%
1881	0.569	+0.0%
1882	0.569	+0.0%
1883	0.569	+0.0%
1884	0.569	+0.0%
1885	0.569	+0.0%
1886	0.569	+0.0%
1887	0.569	+0.0%
1888	0.569	+0.0%
1889	0.569	+0.0%
1890	0.569	+0.0%
1891	0.569	+0.0%
1892	0.569	+0.0%
1893	0.569	+0.0%
1894	0.569	+0.0%
1895	0.569	+0.0%
1896	0.569	+0.0%
1897	0.569	+0.0%
1898	0.569	+0.0%
1899	0.569	+0.0%
1900	0.485	-14.8%
1901	0.482	-0.6%
1902	0.482	+0.0%
1903	0.482	+0.0%
1904	0.482	+0.0%
1905	0.482	+0.0%
1906	0.482	+0.0%
1907	0.482	+0.0%
1908	0.482	+0.0%
1909	0.482	+0.0%
1910	0.482	+0.0%
1911	0.482	+0.0%
1912	0.482	+0.0%
1913	0.482	+0.0%
1914	0.475	-1.5%
1915	0.475	+0.0%
1916	0.475	+0.0%
1917	0.475	+0.0%
1918	0.475	+0.0%
1919	0.493	+3.8%
1920	0.493	+0.0%
1921	0.493	+0.0%
1922	0.493	+0.0%
1923	0.493	+0.0%
1924	0.493	+0.0%
1925	0.493	+0.0%
1926	0.493	+0.0%
1927	0.493	+0.0%
1928	0.493	+0.0%
1929	0.493	+0.0%
1930	0.493	+0.0%
1931	0.493	+0.0%
1932	0.493	+0.0%
1933	0.493	+0.0%
1934	0.493	+0.0%
1935	0.493	+0.0%
1936	0.493	+0.0%
1937	0.493	+0.0%
1938	0.493	+0.0%
1939	0.493	+0.0%
1940	0.401	-18.7%
1941	0.401	+0.0%
1942	0.401	+0.0%
1943	0.401	+0.0%
1944	0.401	+0.0%
1945	0.618	+54.1%
1946	0.711	+15.0%
1947	0.717	+0.8%
1948	0.717	+0.0%
1949	0.829	+15.6%
1950	0.842	+1.6%
1951	0.842	+0.0%
1952	0.842	+0.0%
1953	0.842	+0.0%
1954	0.842	+0.0%
1955	0.842	+0.0%
1956	0.842	+0.0%
1957	0.842	+0.0%
1958	0.827	-1.8%
1959	0.827	+0.0%
1960	0.836	+1.1%
1961	0.836	+0.0%
1962	0.836	+0.0%
1963	0.836	+0.0%
1964	0.836	+0.0%
1965	0.828	-1.0%
1966	0.831	+0.4%
1967	0.831	+0.0%
1968	0.831	+0.0%
1969	0.854	+2.8%
1970	0.852	-0.2%
1971	0.852	+0.0%
1972	0.852	+0.0%
1973	0.852	+0.0%
1974	0.851	-0.1%
1975	0.851	+0.0%
1976	0.851	+0.0%
1977	0.851	+0.0%
1978	0.851	+0.0%
1979	0.851	+0.0%
1980	0.872	+2.5%
1981	0.872	+0.0%
1982	0.875	+0.3%
1983	0.891	+1.8%
1984	0.891	+0.0%
1985	0.891	+0.0%
1986	0.891	+0.0%
1987	0.891	+0.0%
1988	0.886	-0.6%
1989	0.88	-0.7%
1990	0.887	+0.8%
1991	0.887	+0.0%
1992	0.887	+0.0%
1993	0.887	+0.0%
1994	0.887	+0.0%
1995	0.887	+0.0%
1996	0.887	+0.0%
1997	0.887	+0.0%
1998	0.887	+0.0%
1999	0.896	+1.0%
2000	0.905	+1.0%
2001	0.905	+0.0%
2002	0.905	+0.0%
2003	0.905	+0.0%
2004	0.905	+0.0%
2005	0.905	+0.0%
2006	0.9	-0.6%
2007	0.904	+0.4%
2008	0.906	+0.2%
2009	0.903	-0.3%
2010	0.907	+0.4%
2011	0.907	+0.0%
2012	0.905	-0.2%
2013	0.909	+0.4%
2014	0.909	+0.0%
2015	0.911	+0.2%
2016	0.909	-0.2%
2017	0.91	+0.1%
2018	0.914	+0.4%
2019	0.911	-0.3%
2020	0.91	-0.1%
2021	0.916	+0.7%
2022	0.914	-0.2%
2023	0.92	+0.7%
2024	0.917	-0.3%
2025	0.918	+0.1%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.636	0.636	0.636	1
1790s	0.5688	0.532	0.636	10
1800s	0.285	0.285	0.285	10
1810s	0.311	0.285	0.337	10
1820s	0.2929	0.288	0.337	10
1830s	0.334	0.334	0.334	10
1840s	0.4044	0.334	0.686	10
1850s	0.4709	0.447	0.686	10
1860s	0.4983	0.447	0.504	10
1870s	0.4933	0.446	0.569	10
1880s	0.569	0.569	0.569	10
1890s	0.569	0.569	0.569	10
1900s	0.4823	0.482	0.485	10
1910s	0.4796	0.475	0.493	10
1920s	0.493	0.493	0.493	10
1930s	0.493	0.493	0.493	10
1940s	0.5597	0.401	0.829	10
1950s	0.839	0.827	0.842	10
1960s	0.8355	0.828	0.854	10
1970s	0.8514	0.851	0.852	10
1980s	0.884	0.872	0.891	10
1990s	0.8879	0.887	0.896	10
2000s	0.9043	0.9	0.906	10
2010s	0.9092	0.905	0.914	10
2020s	0.9158	0.91	0.92	6

Countries ranked near France

2 Latvia 0.93 compare
3 Bulgaria 0.925 compare
4 Slovenia 0.919 compare
6 Finland 0.911 compare
7 Denmark 0.91 compare
8 Norway 0.909 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More gender data for France

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 10,528 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.9027 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 310,512 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 325,288 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 312,212 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 326,662 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 325,263 (2025)
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 340,189 (2025)
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 341,506 (2025)
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 357,036 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's civil society participation index in France?: Women's civil society participation index in France was 0.918 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in France?: The highest recorded value was 0.92 in 2023.
What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in France?: The lowest recorded value was 0.285 in 1800.
How does France rank for women's civil society participation index?: France ranks 5th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in France?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this France data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Civil Society Participation Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,062 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which women can discuss political issues, participate in civil society organizations, and are represented among journalists.