Women political participation index by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
1
Australia
Lowest
0.057
Afghanistan
Median
0.9315
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
26,373
What the numbers show
Women political participation index is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 1 in Australia; the lowest is 0.057 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9315, and the mean is 0.8396.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 293.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 93.7%).
Women political participation index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Cuba | 1 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 1 | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 0.999 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0.999 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 0.999 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 0.999 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0.999 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0.999 | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.998 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 0.998 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Namibia | 0.998 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 0.998 | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Suriname | 0.998 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 0.997 | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.997 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.997 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Germany | 0.996 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 0.996 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.996 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 0.995 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 0.995 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Taiwan, China | 0.995 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 0.994 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Estonia | 0.994 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 0.994 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 0.994 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 0.994 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 0.993 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.992 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.992 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 0.991 | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Angola | 0.99 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Argentina | 0.99 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Albania | 0.989 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 0.989 | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Mozambique | 0.989 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 0.988 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | 0.988 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.988 | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 0.987 | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Malta | 0.987 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 0.986 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Ecuador | 0.985 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Uruguay | 0.985 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Armenia | 0.984 | 2025 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 54 | Guyana | 0.984 | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 0.984 | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Cameroon | 0.982 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 0.982 | 2025 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Burundi | 0.981 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 0.98 | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Czechia | 0.979 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Uganda | 0.978 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Djibouti | 0.977 | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Nepal | 0.977 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Lesotho | 0.976 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Ukraine | 0.976 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 0.974 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Greece | 0.972 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.97 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Viet Nam | 0.969 | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 71 | Benin | 0.967 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 0.967 | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Ireland | 0.967 | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Philippines | 0.967 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 0.964 | 2025 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.964 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 0.964 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Singapore | 0.962 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Romania | 0.961 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 79 | United States of America | 0.961 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 0.958 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0.952 | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.948 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Hong Kong, China | 0.947 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 0.944 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 86 | Gabon | 0.942 | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Seychelles | 0.935 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 0.933 | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Cyprus | 0.93 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovakia | 0.929 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Colombia | 0.924 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Comoros | 0.922 | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Mali | 0.922 | 2025 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Brazil | 0.92 | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Kenya | 0.92 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guatemala | 0.918 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Republic of Korea | 0.918 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.915 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Japan | 0.912 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Guinea | 0.909 | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Togo | 0.908 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritius | 0.906 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0.905 | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Chad | 0.903 | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 0.901 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Malawi | 0.901 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0.895 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Panama | 0.894 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.892 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.888 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.881 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 0.877 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.87 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Zambia | 0.869 | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.867 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Central African Republic | 0.863 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 0.862 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 118 | Liberia | 0.857 | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.855 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Egypt | 0.841 | 2025 | up 293.0% | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 0.841 | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Georgia | 0.84 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 0.84 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 124 | Ghana | 0.836 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 0.828 | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | 0.823 | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 0.82 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 128 | China | 0.81 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Tunisia | 0.804 | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Malaysia | 0.791 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 131 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.782 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Madagascar | 0.78 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Iraq | 0.771 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Mauritania | 0.771 | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Türkiye | 0.759 | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Cambodia | 0.752 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 0.751 | 2025 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.737 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Eswatini | 0.729 | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.727 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 0.726 | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 142 | India | 0.708 | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Libya | 0.7 | 2025 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 0.697 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Russian Federation | 0.694 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.657 | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 0.65 | 2025 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Nigeria | 0.648 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.646 | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Qatar | 0.642 | 2025 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 151 | South Sudan | 0.635 | 2025 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Jordan | 0.626 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Congo | 0.604 | 2025 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 0.6 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.596 | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 156 | Botswana | 0.593 | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 0.591 | 2025 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 0.588 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 159 | Maldives | 0.562 | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Somalia | 0.486 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.479 | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Lebanon | 0.463 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 0.445 | 2025 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 164 | Myanmar | 0.426 | 2025 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 0.363 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.327 | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.306 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Oman | 0.286 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.282 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Kuwait | 0.192 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Sudan | 0.175 | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Holy See | 0.091 | 1870 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.083 | 2025 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Palestine, State of | 0.07 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.06 | 2025 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.057 | 2025 | down 93.7% | volatile |