What is women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh?

Women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh was 0.537 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's political empowerment index recorded in Bangladesh?

The highest recorded value was 0.731 in 2011.

What is the lowest women's political empowerment index recorded in Bangladesh?

The lowest recorded value was 0.165 in 1789.

How does Bangladesh rank for women's political empowerment index?

Bangladesh ranks 145th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's political empowerment index rising or falling in Bangladesh?

Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Bangladesh 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Bangladesh

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index in Bangladesh
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bangladesh: Women's Political Empowerment Index was 0.537 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.537

Change on year

down 12.0%

World rank

145th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.731

in 2011

All-time low

0.165

in 1789

Years of data

220

1789–2025

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Bangladesh, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh stood at 0.537.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh peaked at 0.731 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.165, in 1789.

That places Bangladesh 145th 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 Political Empowerment Index in Bangladesh, year by year

Annual values for Women's Political Empowerment Index in Bangladesh, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.165	—
1790	0.165	+0.0%
1791	0.165	+0.0%
1792	0.165	+0.0%
1793	0.165	+0.0%
1794	0.165	+0.0%
1795	0.165	+0.0%
1796	0.165	+0.0%
1797	0.165	+0.0%
1798	0.165	+0.0%
1799	0.165	+0.0%
1800	0.165	+0.0%
1801	0.165	+0.0%
1802	0.165	+0.0%
1803	0.165	+0.0%
1804	0.165	+0.0%
1805	0.165	+0.0%
1806	0.165	+0.0%
1807	0.165	+0.0%
1808	0.165	+0.0%
1809	0.165	+0.0%
1810	0.165	+0.0%
1811	0.165	+0.0%
1812	0.165	+0.0%
1813	0.165	+0.0%
1814	0.165	+0.0%
1815	0.165	+0.0%
1816	0.165	+0.0%
1817	0.165	+0.0%
1818	0.168	+1.8%
1819	0.168	+0.0%
1820	0.168	+0.0%
1821	0.168	+0.0%
1822	0.168	+0.0%
1823	0.168	+0.0%
1824	0.168	+0.0%
1825	0.168	+0.0%
1826	0.168	+0.0%
1827	0.168	+0.0%
1828	0.168	+0.0%
1829	0.168	+0.0%
1830	0.168	+0.0%
1831	0.168	+0.0%
1832	0.168	+0.0%
1833	0.168	+0.0%
1834	0.168	+0.0%
1835	0.168	+0.0%
1836	0.168	+0.0%
1837	0.168	+0.0%
1838	0.168	+0.0%
1839	0.168	+0.0%
1840	0.168	+0.0%
1841	0.168	+0.0%
1842	0.168	+0.0%
1843	0.168	+0.0%
1844	0.168	+0.0%
1845	0.168	+0.0%
1846	0.168	+0.0%
1847	0.168	+0.0%
1848	0.168	+0.0%
1849	0.168	+0.0%
1850	0.168	+0.0%
1851	0.168	+0.0%
1852	0.168	+0.0%
1853	0.168	+0.0%
1854	0.168	+0.0%
1855	0.168	+0.0%
1856	0.178	+6.0%
1857	0.178	+0.0%
1858	0.194	+9.0%
1859	0.194	+0.0%
1860	0.194	+0.0%
1861	0.194	+0.0%
1862	0.194	+0.0%
1863	0.194	+0.0%
1864	0.194	+0.0%
1865	0.194	+0.0%
1866	0.194	+0.0%
1867	0.194	+0.0%
1868	0.194	+0.0%
1869	0.194	+0.0%
1870	0.194	+0.0%
1871	0.194	+0.0%
1872	0.194	+0.0%
1873	0.194	+0.0%
1874	0.212	+9.3%
1875	0.212	+0.0%
1876	0.212	+0.0%
1877	0.243	+14.6%
1878	0.243	+0.0%
1879	0.243	+0.0%
1880	0.243	+0.0%
1881	0.243	+0.0%
1882	0.243	+0.0%
1883	0.243	+0.0%
1884	0.243	+0.0%
1885	0.243	+0.0%
1886	0.243	+0.0%
1887	0.243	+0.0%
1888	0.243	+0.0%
1889	0.243	+0.0%
1890	0.243	+0.0%
1891	0.243	+0.0%
1892	0.243	+0.0%
1893	0.243	+0.0%
1894	0.243	+0.0%
1895	0.243	+0.0%
1896	0.243	+0.0%
1897	0.243	+0.0%
1898	0.243	+0.0%
1899	0.243	+0.0%
1900	0.235	-3.3%
1901	0.235	+0.0%
1902	0.235	+0.0%
1903	0.235	+0.0%
1904	0.235	+0.0%
1905	0.235	+0.0%
1906	0.235	+0.0%
1907	0.235	+0.0%
1908	0.235	+0.0%
1909	0.235	+0.0%
1910	0.237	+0.9%
1911	0.237	+0.0%
1912	0.237	+0.0%
1913	0.237	+0.0%
1914	0.237	+0.0%
1915	0.237	+0.0%
1916	0.237	+0.0%
1917	0.237	+0.0%
1918	0.237	+0.0%
1919	0.237	+0.0%
1920	0.237	+0.0%
1921	0.237	+0.0%
1922	0.237	+0.0%
1923	0.237	+0.0%
1924	0.237	+0.0%
1925	0.237	+0.0%
1926	0.237	+0.0%
1927	0.237	+0.0%
1928	0.237	+0.0%
1929	0.237	+0.0%
1930	0.237	+0.0%
1931	0.236	-0.4%
1932	0.236	+0.0%
1933	0.236	+0.0%
1934	0.236	+0.0%
1935	0.236	+0.0%
1936	0.236	+0.0%
1937	0.236	+0.0%
1938	0.236	+0.0%
1939	0.236	+0.0%
1940	0.236	+0.0%
1941	0.236	+0.0%
1942	0.236	+0.0%
1943	0.236	+0.0%
1944	0.236	+0.0%
1945	0.238	+0.8%
1946	0.238	+0.0%
1958	0.278	+16.8%
1959	0.295	+6.1%
1960	0.325	+10.2%
1961	0.325	+0.0%
1962	0.325	+0.0%
1969	0.312	-4.0%
1970	0.318	+1.9%
1971	0.478	+50.3%
1972	0.616	+28.9%
1973	0.592	-3.9%
1974	0.6	+1.4%
1975	0.546	-9.0%
1976	0.546	+0.0%
1977	0.559	+2.4%
1978	0.559	+0.0%
1979	0.568	+1.6%
1980	0.628	+10.6%
1981	0.63	+0.3%
1982	0.563	-10.6%
1983	0.563	+0.0%
1984	0.587	+4.3%
1985	0.587	+0.0%
1986	0.602	+2.6%
1987	0.652	+8.3%
1988	0.657	+0.8%
1989	0.65	-1.1%
1990	0.653	+0.5%
1991	0.661	+1.2%
1992	0.661	+0.0%
1993	0.661	+0.0%
1994	0.662	+0.2%
1995	0.662	+0.0%
1996	0.655	-1.1%
1997	0.655	+0.0%
1998	0.655	+0.0%
1999	0.655	+0.0%
2000	0.662	+1.1%
2001	0.622	-6.0%
2002	0.596	-4.2%
2003	0.596	+0.0%
2004	0.596	+0.0%
2005	0.665	+11.6%
2006	0.584	-12.2%
2007	0.629	+7.7%
2008	0.628	-0.2%
2009	0.63	+0.3%
2010	0.727	+15.4%
2011	0.731	+0.6%
2012	0.722	-1.2%
2013	0.705	-2.4%
2014	0.714	+1.3%
2015	0.694	-2.8%
2016	0.685	-1.3%
2017	0.682	-0.4%
2018	0.677	-0.7%
2019	0.662	-2.2%
2020	0.67	+1.2%
2021	0.67	+0.0%
2022	0.674	+0.6%
2023	0.68	+0.9%
2024	0.61	-10.3%
2025	0.537	-12.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.165	0.165	0.165	1
1790s	0.165	0.165	0.165	10
1800s	0.165	0.165	0.165	10
1810s	0.1656	0.165	0.168	10
1820s	0.168	0.168	0.168	10
1830s	0.168	0.168	0.168	10
1840s	0.168	0.168	0.168	10
1850s	0.1752	0.168	0.194	10
1860s	0.194	0.194	0.194	10
1870s	0.2141	0.194	0.243	10
1880s	0.243	0.243	0.243	10
1890s	0.243	0.243	0.243	10
1900s	0.235	0.235	0.235	10
1910s	0.237	0.237	0.237	10
1920s	0.237	0.237	0.237	10
1930s	0.2361	0.236	0.237	10
1940s	0.2366	0.236	0.238	7
1950s	0.2865	0.278	0.295	2
1960s	0.3217	0.312	0.325	4
1970s	0.5382	0.318	0.616	10
1980s	0.6119	0.563	0.657	10
1990s	0.658	0.653	0.662	10
2000s	0.6208	0.584	0.665	10
2010s	0.6999	0.662	0.731	10
2020s	0.6402	0.537	0.68	6

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

142 Egypt 0.547 compare
143 Russia 0.546 compare
144 Mauritania 0.541 compare
146 Cambodia 0.534 compare
147 Guinea 0.532 compare
147 Maldives 0.532 compare

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More gender data for Bangladesh

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 48,868 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.1434 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.74 million (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.74 million (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 1.73 million (2025)
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 1.64 million (2025)
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 1.71 million (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh?: Women's political empowerment index in Bangladesh was 0.537 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's political empowerment index recorded in Bangladesh?: The highest recorded value was 0.731 in 2011.
What is the lowest women's political empowerment index recorded in Bangladesh?: The lowest recorded value was 0.165 in 1789.
How does Bangladesh rank for women's political empowerment index?: Bangladesh ranks 145th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's political empowerment index rising or falling in Bangladesh?: Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Bangladesh 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Political Empowerment 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.