Women political empowerment index by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.954
Denmark
Lowest
0.028
Afghanistan
Median
0.771
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
26,029
What the numbers show
Women political empowerment index is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.954 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.028 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.771, and the mean is 0.7126.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 34.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 82.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 94.2%).
Women political empowerment index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.954 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 0.952 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 0.95 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Spain | 0.943 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 0.942 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Estonia | 0.941 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Slovenia | 0.94 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 8 | New Zealand | 0.937 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 0.932 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0.93 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Czechia | 0.93 | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 0.929 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 0.929 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0.929 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 15 | Ireland | 0.927 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0.926 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Norway | 0.926 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 0.923 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 0.917 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 0.913 | 2025 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Croatia | 0.913 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 22 | Seychelles | 0.908 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 0.907 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 0.907 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 0.906 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 0.905 | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 0.903 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Taiwan, China | 0.903 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 0.898 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 0.896 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0.896 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 32 | Barbados | 0.895 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 0.893 | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 0.888 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 0.883 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Benin | 0.882 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 0.878 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Poland | 0.878 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 0.878 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Suriname | 0.877 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 41 | Armenia | 0.875 | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 0.875 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.874 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Canada | 0.872 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 44 | Romania | 0.872 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 46 | Montenegro | 0.866 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.864 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 0.862 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Cyprus | 0.856 | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 0.855 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Namibia | 0.855 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 0.855 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 0.844 | 2025 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.843 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.84 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 56 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.838 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 57 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.834 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.832 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.83 | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 60 | United States of America | 0.829 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.825 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 0.824 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Liberia | 0.823 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.821 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Brazil | 0.818 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.818 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Georgia | 0.816 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Mauritius | 0.814 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 69 | Gambia | 0.813 | 2025 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.811 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Guyana | 0.81 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 71 | Philippines | 0.81 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 73 | Lesotho | 0.809 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 74 | Viet Nam | 0.808 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 75 | Mongolia | 0.806 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.804 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Hong Kong, China | 0.801 | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 77 | Mexico | 0.801 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 0.801 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Gabon | 0.798 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Nepal | 0.792 | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 0.791 | 2025 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Ecuador | 0.79 | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 0.789 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Singapore | 0.785 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Colombia | 0.777 | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Peru | 0.775 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 88 | Malaysia | 0.772 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 89 | Angola | 0.77 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Timor-Leste | 0.768 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Ghana | 0.767 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0.765 | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Cameroon | 0.76 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Malawi | 0.755 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.748 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 0.742 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 0.742 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.733 | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 99 | Nigeria | 0.732 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 0.727 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 0.726 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.725 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0.722 | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 0.715 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.712 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Cuba | 0.71 | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Niger | 0.709 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Mali | 0.706 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Madagascar | 0.704 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Botswana | 0.699 | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.696 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 0.692 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 0.691 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Thailand | 0.688 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0.682 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Bhutan | 0.675 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 0.675 | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 0.669 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Paraguay | 0.669 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 120 | India | 0.658 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | 0.657 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Burundi | 0.653 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 0.649 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 0.644 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 0.643 | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Uganda | 0.636 | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Rwanda | 0.626 | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Algeria | 0.625 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Chad | 0.625 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 0.614 | 2025 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Lebanon | 0.608 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 0.602 | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 133 | China | 0.587 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | 0.587 | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Djibouti | 0.584 | 2025 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.568 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 137 | Türkiye | 0.558 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 0.556 | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Comoros | 0.556 | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 140 | Iraq | 0.555 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.55 | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Egypt | 0.547 | 2025 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 143 | Russian Federation | 0.546 | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Mauritania | 0.541 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 0.537 | 2025 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Cambodia | 0.534 | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea | 0.532 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Maldives | 0.532 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 149 | Nicaragua | 0.531 | 2025 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Pakistan | 0.524 | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 151 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.508 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.502 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 0.48 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 154 | South Sudan | 0.476 | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Congo | 0.466 | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.449 | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 0.437 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 0.431 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 159 | Libya | 0.412 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Haiti | 0.403 | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 161 | Eswatini | 0.391 | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 162 | Qatar | 0.388 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Kuwait | 0.357 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 163 | Oman | 0.357 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 0.347 | 2025 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.337 | 2025 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Myanmar | 0.33 | 2025 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 168 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.32 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.29 | 2025 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.29 | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Palestine, State of | 0.247 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Sudan | 0.219 | 2025 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 173 | Yemen | 0.161 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Eritrea | 0.151 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 175 | Holy See | 0.067 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.028 | 2025 | down 94.2% | volatile |