Is women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Cuba?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Cuba data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba

Name: Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cuba: Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index was 0.71 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.71

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

106th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.736

in 2019

All-time low

0.134

in 1844

Years of data

233

1789–2025

Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Cuba recorded 0.71 for women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in 2025.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba peaked at 0.736 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.134, in 1844.

Cuba ranks 106th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.138	—
1790	0.138	+0.0%
1791	0.138	+0.0%
1792	0.138	+0.0%
1793	0.138	+0.0%
1794	0.138	+0.0%
1795	0.138	+0.0%
1796	0.138	+0.0%
1797	0.138	+0.0%
1798	0.138	+0.0%
1799	0.138	+0.0%
1800	0.138	+0.0%
1801	0.138	+0.0%
1802	0.138	+0.0%
1803	0.138	+0.0%
1804	0.138	+0.0%
1805	0.138	+0.0%
1806	0.138	+0.0%
1807	0.138	+0.0%
1808	0.138	+0.0%
1809	0.138	+0.0%
1810	0.138	+0.0%
1811	0.138	+0.0%
1812	0.135	-2.2%
1813	0.138	+2.2%
1814	0.138	+0.0%
1815	0.138	+0.0%
1816	0.138	+0.0%
1817	0.138	+0.0%
1818	0.138	+0.0%
1819	0.138	+0.0%
1820	0.138	+0.0%
1821	0.138	+0.0%
1822	0.138	+0.0%
1823	0.138	+0.0%
1824	0.138	+0.0%
1825	0.138	+0.0%
1826	0.138	+0.0%
1827	0.138	+0.0%
1828	0.138	+0.0%
1829	0.138	+0.0%
1830	0.138	+0.0%
1831	0.138	+0.0%
1832	0.138	+0.0%
1833	0.138	+0.0%
1834	0.138	+0.0%
1835	0.138	+0.0%
1836	0.138	+0.0%
1837	0.138	+0.0%
1838	0.138	+0.0%
1839	0.138	+0.0%
1840	0.138	+0.0%
1841	0.138	+0.0%
1842	0.138	+0.0%
1843	0.138	+0.0%
1844	0.134	-2.9%
1845	0.141	+5.2%
1846	0.141	+0.0%
1847	0.141	+0.0%
1848	0.141	+0.0%
1849	0.141	+0.0%
1850	0.141	+0.0%
1851	0.141	+0.0%
1852	0.141	+0.0%
1853	0.141	+0.0%
1854	0.141	+0.0%
1855	0.141	+0.0%
1856	0.141	+0.0%
1857	0.141	+0.0%
1858	0.141	+0.0%
1859	0.141	+0.0%
1860	0.141	+0.0%
1861	0.141	+0.0%
1862	0.141	+0.0%
1863	0.141	+0.0%
1864	0.141	+0.0%
1865	0.141	+0.0%
1866	0.141	+0.0%
1867	0.141	+0.0%
1868	0.137	-2.8%
1869	0.137	+0.0%
1870	0.137	+0.0%
1871	0.137	+0.0%
1872	0.137	+0.0%
1873	0.137	+0.0%
1874	0.137	+0.0%
1875	0.137	+0.0%
1876	0.137	+0.0%
1877	0.137	+0.0%
1878	0.137	+0.0%
1879	0.152	+10.9%
1880	0.152	+0.0%
1881	0.152	+0.0%
1882	0.152	+0.0%
1883	0.152	+0.0%
1884	0.152	+0.0%
1885	0.152	+0.0%
1886	0.152	+0.0%
1887	0.203	+33.6%
1888	0.203	+0.0%
1889	0.203	+0.0%
1890	0.222	+9.4%
1891	0.222	+0.0%
1892	0.222	+0.0%
1893	0.222	+0.0%
1894	0.222	+0.0%
1895	0.184	-17.1%
1896	0.177	-3.8%
1897	0.177	+0.0%
1898	0.273	+54.2%
1899	0.334	+22.3%
1900	0.334	+0.0%
1902	0.321	-3.9%
1903	0.323	+0.6%
1904	0.323	+0.0%
1905	0.323	+0.0%
1906	0.323	+0.0%
1907	0.323	+0.0%
1908	0.323	+0.0%
1909	0.323	+0.0%
1910	0.323	+0.0%
1911	0.323	+0.0%
1912	0.323	+0.0%
1913	0.323	+0.0%
1914	0.323	+0.0%
1915	0.323	+0.0%
1916	0.323	+0.0%
1917	0.323	+0.0%
1918	0.323	+0.0%
1919	0.323	+0.0%
1920	0.323	+0.0%
1921	0.323	+0.0%
1922	0.323	+0.0%
1923	0.324	+0.3%
1924	0.324	+0.0%
1925	0.324	+0.0%
1926	0.324	+0.0%
1927	0.324	+0.0%
1928	0.324	+0.0%
1929	0.306	-5.6%
1930	0.306	+0.0%
1931	0.306	+0.0%
1932	0.306	+0.0%
1933	0.347	+13.4%
1934	0.449	+29.4%
1935	0.474	+5.6%
1936	0.474	+0.0%
1937	0.474	+0.0%
1938	0.474	+0.0%
1939	0.474	+0.0%
1940	0.497	+4.9%
1941	0.503	+1.2%
1945	0.521	+3.6%
1946	0.521	+0.0%
1947	0.521	+0.0%
1948	0.539	+3.5%
1949	0.539	+0.0%
1950	0.539	+0.0%
1951	0.539	+0.0%
1952	0.489	-9.3%
1953	0.499	+2.0%
1954	0.499	+0.0%
1955	0.499	+0.0%
1956	0.499	+0.0%
1957	0.499	+0.0%
1958	0.478	-4.2%
1959	0.507	+6.1%
1960	0.426	-16.0%
1961	0.426	+0.0%
1962	0.416	-2.3%
1963	0.416	+0.0%
1964	0.416	+0.0%
1965	0.401	-3.6%
1966	0.401	+0.0%
1967	0.401	+0.0%
1968	0.395	-1.5%
1969	0.414	+4.8%
1970	0.423	+2.2%
1971	0.423	+0.0%
1972	0.425	+0.5%
1973	0.425	+0.0%
1974	0.425	+0.0%
1975	0.425	+0.0%
1976	0.426	+0.2%
1977	0.558	+31.0%
1978	0.558	+0.0%
1979	0.598	+7.2%
1980	0.616	+3.0%
1981	0.617	+0.2%
1982	0.617	+0.0%
1983	0.617	+0.0%
1984	0.617	+0.0%
1985	0.617	+0.0%
1986	0.635	+2.9%
1987	0.635	+0.0%
1988	0.635	+0.0%
1989	0.635	+0.0%
1990	0.634	-0.2%
1991	0.634	+0.0%
1992	0.634	+0.0%
1993	0.615	-3.0%
1994	0.615	+0.0%
1995	0.615	+0.0%
1996	0.615	+0.0%
1997	0.622	+1.1%
1998	0.632	+1.6%
1999	0.632	+0.0%
2000	0.632	+0.0%
2001	0.647	+2.4%
2002	0.647	+0.0%
2003	0.657	+1.5%
2004	0.657	+0.0%
2005	0.658	+0.2%
2006	0.658	+0.0%
2007	0.658	+0.0%
2008	0.662	+0.6%
2009	0.663	+0.2%
2010	0.68	+2.6%
2011	0.68	+0.0%
2012	0.674	-0.9%
2013	0.682	+1.2%
2014	0.682	+0.0%
2015	0.68	-0.3%
2016	0.682	+0.3%
2017	0.684	+0.3%
2018	0.693	+1.3%
2019	0.736	+6.2%
2020	0.708	-3.8%
2021	0.709	+0.1%
2022	0.71	+0.1%
2023	0.704	-0.8%
2024	0.706	+0.3%
2025	0.71	+0.6%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.138	0.138	0.138	1
1790s	0.138	0.138	0.138	10
1800s	0.138	0.138	0.138	10
1810s	0.1377	0.135	0.138	10
1820s	0.138	0.138	0.138	10
1830s	0.138	0.138	0.138	10
1840s	0.1391	0.134	0.141	10
1850s	0.141	0.141	0.141	10
1860s	0.1402	0.137	0.141	10
1870s	0.1385	0.137	0.152	10
1880s	0.1673	0.152	0.203	10
1890s	0.2255	0.177	0.334	10
1900s	0.324	0.321	0.334	9
1910s	0.323	0.323	0.323	10
1920s	0.3219	0.306	0.324	10
1930s	0.4084	0.306	0.474	10
1940s	0.5201	0.497	0.539	7
1950s	0.5047	0.478	0.539	10
1960s	0.4112	0.395	0.426	10
1970s	0.4686	0.423	0.598	10
1980s	0.6241	0.616	0.635	10
1990s	0.6248	0.615	0.634	10
2000s	0.6539	0.632	0.663	10
2010s	0.6873	0.674	0.736	10
2020s	0.7078	0.704	0.71	6

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More gender data for Cuba

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,458 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.33 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 45,010 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 48,153 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 45,350 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 48,544 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 45,468 (2025)
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 48,692 (2025)
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 45,801 (2025)
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 49,102 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba?: Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index in Cuba was 0.71 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Cuba?: The highest recorded value was 0.736 in 2019.
What is the lowest women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Cuba?: The lowest recorded value was 0.134 in 1844.
How does Cuba rank for women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index?: Cuba ranks 106th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Cuba?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Cuba data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
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: 28 August 2026

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