Women political empowerment index in Cuba
Cuba: Women political empowerment 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 political empowerment index in Cuba, 1789–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for women political empowerment index in Cuba is 0.71, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women political empowerment index in Cuba peaked at 0.736 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.134, in 1844.
That places Cuba 106th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Women political empowerment index in Cuba, year by year
| 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women political empowerment index in Cuba?
- Women political empowerment index in Cuba was 0.71 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest women political empowerment index recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.736 in 2019.
- What is the lowest women political empowerment index recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.134 in 1844.
- How does Cuba rank for women political empowerment index?
- Cuba ranks 106th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is women political empowerment 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Women political empowerment index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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