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Women's Political Empowerment Index in Ukraine

Ukraine: Women's Political Empowerment Index was 0.888 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.888
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
34th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.889
in 2023
All-time low
0.332
in 1949
Years of data
80
1946–2025

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Ukraine, 1946–2025

00.20.40.60.8194619852025

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

Analysis

Ukraine recorded 0.888 for women's political empowerment index in 2025.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's political empowerment index in Ukraine peaked at 0.889 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.332, in 1949.

Ukraine ranks 34th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.

Women's Political Empowerment Index in Ukraine, year by year

Year Value Change
1946 0.344 —
1947 0.344 +0.0%
1948 0.333 -3.2%
1949 0.332 -0.3%
1950 0.347 +4.5%
1951 0.347 +0.0%
1952 0.347 +0.0%
1953 0.358 +3.2%
1954 0.426 +19.0%
1955 0.43 +0.9%
1956 0.445 +3.5%
1957 0.446 +0.2%
1958 0.454 +1.8%
1959 0.454 +0.0%
1960 0.462 +1.8%
1961 0.462 +0.0%
1962 0.468 +1.3%
1963 0.468 +0.0%
1964 0.468 +0.0%
1965 0.48 +2.6%
1966 0.485 +1.0%
1967 0.491 +1.2%
1968 0.487 -0.8%
1969 0.478 -1.8%
1970 0.482 +0.8%
1971 0.481 -0.2%
1972 0.477 -0.8%
1973 0.481 +0.8%
1974 0.488 +1.5%
1975 0.484 -0.8%
1976 0.485 +0.2%
1977 0.478 -1.4%
1978 0.478 +0.0%
1979 0.482 +0.8%
1980 0.482 +0.0%
1981 0.482 +0.0%
1982 0.482 +0.0%
1983 0.482 +0.0%
1984 0.48 -0.4%
1985 0.496 +3.3%
1986 0.531 +7.1%
1987 0.525 -1.1%
1988 0.534 +1.7%
1989 0.497 -6.9%
1990 0.689 +38.6%
1991 0.712 +3.3%
1992 0.715 +0.4%
1993 0.721 +0.8%
1994 0.726 +0.7%
1995 0.742 +2.2%
1996 0.738 -0.5%
1997 0.74 +0.3%
1998 0.76 +2.7%
1999 0.763 +0.4%
2000 0.764 +0.1%
2001 0.762 -0.3%
2002 0.749 -1.7%
2003 0.757 +1.1%
2004 0.789 +4.2%
2005 0.836 +6.0%
2006 0.854 +2.2%
2007 0.853 -0.1%
2008 0.852 -0.1%
2009 0.85 -0.2%
2010 0.833 -2.0%
2011 0.829 -0.5%
2012 0.838 +1.1%
2013 0.842 +0.5%
2014 0.808 -4.0%
2015 0.814 +0.7%
2016 0.824 +1.2%
2017 0.811 -1.6%
2018 0.818 +0.9%
2019 0.851 +4.0%
2020 0.873 +2.6%
2021 0.886 +1.5%
2022 0.878 -0.9%
2023 0.889 +1.3%
2024 0.873 -1.8%
2025 0.888 +1.7%

Ukraine compared with similar countries

  • Ukraine's 0.888 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.776, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Ukraine's 0.888 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8905, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Women's Political Empowerment Index in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +38.6% 0.497 0.689

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1940s 0.3382 0.332 0.344 4
1950s 0.4054 0.347 0.454 10
1960s 0.4749 0.462 0.491 10
1970s 0.4816 0.477 0.488 10
1980s 0.4991 0.48 0.534 10
1990s 0.7306 0.689 0.763 10
2000s 0.8066 0.749 0.854 10
2010s 0.8268 0.808 0.851 10
2020s 0.8812 0.873 0.889 6

Countries ranked near Ukraine

  1. 32 Barbados 0.895 compare
  2. 33 Albania 0.893 compare
  3. 35 Iceland 0.883 compare
  4. 36 Benin 0.882 compare
  5. 37 Poland 0.878 compare
  6. 37 Slovakia 0.878 compare
  7. 37 South Korea 0.878 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's political empowerment index in Ukraine?
Women's political empowerment index in Ukraine was 0.888 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's political empowerment index recorded in Ukraine?
The highest recorded value was 0.889 in 2023.
What is the lowest women's political empowerment index recorded in Ukraine?
The lowest recorded value was 0.332 in 1949.
How does Ukraine rank for women's political empowerment index?
Ukraine ranks 34th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's political empowerment index rising or falling in Ukraine?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ukraine 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics.