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

Women's civil society participation index in Iran was 0.291 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 Iran?

The highest recorded value was 0.291 in 2025.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.056 in 1900.

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

Iran ranks 165th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Iran 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 Iran

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

Iran: Women's Civil Society Participation Index was 0.291 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.291

Change on year

up 6.6%

World rank

165th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.291

in 2025

All-time low

0.056

in 1900

Years of data

237

1789–2025

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for women's civil society participation index in Iran is 0.291, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 237 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's civil society participation index in Iran peaked at 0.291 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.056, in 1900.

That places Iran 165th 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.

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

Annual values for Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Iran, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.065	—
1790	0.065	+0.0%
1791	0.065	+0.0%
1792	0.065	+0.0%
1793	0.065	+0.0%
1794	0.065	+0.0%
1795	0.065	+0.0%
1796	0.065	+0.0%
1797	0.065	+0.0%
1798	0.065	+0.0%
1799	0.065	+0.0%
1800	0.065	+0.0%
1801	0.065	+0.0%
1802	0.065	+0.0%
1803	0.065	+0.0%
1804	0.065	+0.0%
1805	0.065	+0.0%
1806	0.065	+0.0%
1807	0.065	+0.0%
1808	0.065	+0.0%
1809	0.065	+0.0%
1810	0.065	+0.0%
1811	0.065	+0.0%
1812	0.065	+0.0%
1813	0.065	+0.0%
1814	0.065	+0.0%
1815	0.065	+0.0%
1816	0.065	+0.0%
1817	0.065	+0.0%
1818	0.065	+0.0%
1819	0.065	+0.0%
1820	0.065	+0.0%
1821	0.065	+0.0%
1822	0.065	+0.0%
1823	0.065	+0.0%
1824	0.065	+0.0%
1825	0.065	+0.0%
1826	0.065	+0.0%
1827	0.065	+0.0%
1828	0.065	+0.0%
1829	0.065	+0.0%
1830	0.065	+0.0%
1831	0.065	+0.0%
1832	0.065	+0.0%
1833	0.065	+0.0%
1834	0.065	+0.0%
1835	0.065	+0.0%
1836	0.065	+0.0%
1837	0.065	+0.0%
1838	0.065	+0.0%
1839	0.065	+0.0%
1840	0.065	+0.0%
1841	0.065	+0.0%
1842	0.065	+0.0%
1843	0.065	+0.0%
1844	0.065	+0.0%
1845	0.065	+0.0%
1846	0.065	+0.0%
1847	0.065	+0.0%
1848	0.065	+0.0%
1849	0.065	+0.0%
1850	0.065	+0.0%
1851	0.065	+0.0%
1852	0.065	+0.0%
1853	0.065	+0.0%
1854	0.065	+0.0%
1855	0.065	+0.0%
1856	0.065	+0.0%
1857	0.065	+0.0%
1858	0.065	+0.0%
1859	0.065	+0.0%
1860	0.065	+0.0%
1861	0.065	+0.0%
1862	0.065	+0.0%
1863	0.065	+0.0%
1864	0.065	+0.0%
1865	0.065	+0.0%
1866	0.065	+0.0%
1867	0.065	+0.0%
1868	0.065	+0.0%
1869	0.065	+0.0%
1870	0.065	+0.0%
1871	0.065	+0.0%
1872	0.065	+0.0%
1873	0.065	+0.0%
1874	0.065	+0.0%
1875	0.065	+0.0%
1876	0.065	+0.0%
1877	0.065	+0.0%
1878	0.065	+0.0%
1879	0.065	+0.0%
1880	0.065	+0.0%
1881	0.065	+0.0%
1882	0.065	+0.0%
1883	0.065	+0.0%
1884	0.065	+0.0%
1885	0.065	+0.0%
1886	0.065	+0.0%
1887	0.065	+0.0%
1888	0.065	+0.0%
1889	0.065	+0.0%
1890	0.065	+0.0%
1891	0.065	+0.0%
1892	0.065	+0.0%
1893	0.065	+0.0%
1894	0.065	+0.0%
1895	0.065	+0.0%
1896	0.065	+0.0%
1897	0.065	+0.0%
1898	0.065	+0.0%
1899	0.065	+0.0%
1900	0.056	-13.8%
1901	0.056	+0.0%
1902	0.056	+0.0%
1903	0.056	+0.0%
1904	0.056	+0.0%
1905	0.056	+0.0%
1906	0.059	+5.4%
1907	0.059	+0.0%
1908	0.059	+0.0%
1909	0.064	+8.5%
1910	0.064	+0.0%
1911	0.064	+0.0%
1912	0.064	+0.0%
1913	0.063	-1.6%
1914	0.063	+0.0%
1915	0.063	+0.0%
1916	0.063	+0.0%
1917	0.063	+0.0%
1918	0.063	+0.0%
1919	0.063	+0.0%
1920	0.063	+0.0%
1921	0.063	+0.0%
1922	0.063	+0.0%
1923	0.063	+0.0%
1924	0.131	+107.9%
1925	0.131	+0.0%
1926	0.131	+0.0%
1927	0.131	+0.0%
1928	0.131	+0.0%
1929	0.131	+0.0%
1930	0.131	+0.0%
1931	0.131	+0.0%
1932	0.131	+0.0%
1933	0.131	+0.0%
1934	0.131	+0.0%
1935	0.131	+0.0%
1936	0.131	+0.0%
1937	0.131	+0.0%
1938	0.131	+0.0%
1939	0.131	+0.0%
1940	0.131	+0.0%
1941	0.146	+11.5%
1942	0.145	-0.7%
1943	0.145	+0.0%
1944	0.145	+0.0%
1945	0.145	+0.0%
1946	0.145	+0.0%
1947	0.145	+0.0%
1948	0.145	+0.0%
1949	0.145	+0.0%
1950	0.252	+73.8%
1951	0.252	+0.0%
1952	0.252	+0.0%
1953	0.234	-7.1%
1954	0.151	-35.5%
1955	0.151	+0.0%
1956	0.151	+0.0%
1957	0.151	+0.0%
1958	0.151	+0.0%
1959	0.151	+0.0%
1960	0.165	+9.3%
1961	0.165	+0.0%
1962	0.165	+0.0%
1963	0.194	+17.6%
1964	0.235	+21.1%
1965	0.235	+0.0%
1966	0.235	+0.0%
1967	0.235	+0.0%
1968	0.235	+0.0%
1969	0.235	+0.0%
1970	0.243	+3.4%
1971	0.243	+0.0%
1972	0.243	+0.0%
1973	0.243	+0.0%
1974	0.243	+0.0%
1975	0.243	+0.0%
1976	0.243	+0.0%
1977	0.243	+0.0%
1978	0.243	+0.0%
1979	0.157	-35.4%
1980	0.083	-47.1%
1981	0.078	-6.0%
1982	0.078	+0.0%
1983	0.078	+0.0%
1984	0.107	+37.2%
1985	0.107	+0.0%
1986	0.107	+0.0%
1987	0.107	+0.0%
1988	0.108	+0.9%
1989	0.193	+78.7%
1990	0.189	-2.1%
1991	0.21	+11.1%
1992	0.21	+0.0%
1993	0.21	+0.0%
1994	0.211	+0.5%
1995	0.211	+0.0%
1996	0.226	+7.1%
1997	0.246	+8.8%
1998	0.254	+3.3%
1999	0.254	+0.0%
2000	0.254	+0.0%
2001	0.264	+3.9%
2002	0.264	+0.0%
2003	0.276	+4.5%
2004	0.276	+0.0%
2005	0.252	-8.7%
2006	0.233	-7.5%
2007	0.233	+0.0%
2008	0.233	+0.0%
2009	0.238	+2.1%
2010	0.225	-5.5%
2011	0.225	+0.0%
2012	0.243	+8.0%
2013	0.248	+2.1%
2014	0.264	+6.5%
2015	0.259	-1.9%
2016	0.266	+2.7%
2017	0.267	+0.4%
2018	0.26	-2.6%
2019	0.263	+1.2%
2020	0.247	-6.1%
2021	0.259	+4.9%
2022	0.28	+8.1%
2023	0.263	-6.1%
2024	0.273	+3.8%
2025	0.291	+6.6%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.065	0.065	0.065	1
1790s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1800s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1810s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1820s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1830s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1840s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1850s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1860s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1870s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1880s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1890s	0.065	0.065	0.065	10
1900s	0.0577	0.056	0.064	10
1910s	0.0633	0.063	0.064	10
1920s	0.1038	0.063	0.131	10
1930s	0.131	0.131	0.131	10
1940s	0.1437	0.131	0.146	10
1950s	0.1896	0.151	0.252	10
1960s	0.2099	0.165	0.235	10
1970s	0.2344	0.157	0.243	10
1980s	0.1046	0.078	0.193	10
1990s	0.2221	0.189	0.254	10
2000s	0.2523	0.233	0.276	10
2010s	0.252	0.225	0.267	10
2020s	0.2688	0.247	0.291	6

Countries ranked near Iran

162 Egypt 0.318 compare
163 Turkmenistan 0.317 compare
164 Qatar 0.309 compare
166 Somalia 0.275 compare
167 Libya 0.244 compare
168 Yemen 0.221 compare

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More gender data for Iran

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 18,410 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.73 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 552,656 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 580,401 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 565,065 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 593,686 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 576,359 (2025)
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 605,901 (2025)
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 586,963 (2025)
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 617,379 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's civil society participation index in Iran?: Women's civil society participation index in Iran was 0.291 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 Iran?: The highest recorded value was 0.291 in 2025.
What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in Iran?: The lowest recorded value was 0.056 in 1900.
How does Iran rank for women's civil society participation index?: Iran ranks 165th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in Iran?: Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iran 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.