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social2025

Women's political empowerment index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7value
Median: 0.8value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Denmark
1.0value
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark1.0value
2Belgium1.0value
3Latvia1.0value
4Spain0.9value
5Germany0.9value
By Region
Oceania0.9value(2 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
South America0.8value(7 countries)
North America0.8value(4 countries)
Africa0.7value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Other (95)
Asia (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Denmark1.0value
2Belgium1.0value
3Latvia1.0value
4Spain0.9value
5Germany0.9value
6Estonia0.9value
7Slovenia0.9value
8New Zealand0.9value
9Finland0.9value
10Czech Republic0.9value
11Switzerland0.9value
12France0.9value
13Italy0.9value
14Jamaica0.9value
15Ireland0.9value
16Lithuania0.9value
17Norway0.9value
18Sweden0.9value
19Malta0.9value
20Chile0.9value
21Croatia0.9value
22Seychelles0.9value
23Bulgaria0.9value
24Costa Rica0.9value
25Australia0.9value
26Austria0.9value
27Taiwan, Province of China0.9value
28Netherlands0.9value
29Moldova, Republic of0.9value
30Greece0.9value
31Luxembourg0.9value
32Barbados0.9value
33Albania0.9value
34Ukraine0.9value
35Iceland0.9value
36Benin0.9value
37South Korea0.9value
38Poland0.9value
39Slovakia0.9value
40Suriname0.9value
41Uruguay0.9value
42Armenia0.9value
43Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
44Canada0.9value
45Romania0.9value
46Montenegro0.9value
47Serbia0.9value
48Israel0.9value
49Cyprus0.9value
50Cape Verde0.9value
51Namibia0.9value
52Senegal0.9value
53Japan0.8value
54Sao Tome and Principe0.8value
55Bolivia0.8value
56United Kingdom0.8value
57United Republic of Tanzania0.8value
58Argentina0.8value
59South Africa0.8value
60United States of America0.8value
61Dominican Republic0.8value
62The Republic of North Macedonia0.8value
63Liberia0.8value
64Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8value
65Hungary0.8value
66Brazil0.8value
67Georgia0.8value
68Mauritius0.8value
69Republic of The Gambia0.8value
70Portugal0.8value
71Guyana0.8value
72Philippines0.8value
73Lesotho0.8value
74Vietnam0.8value
75Mongolia0.8value
76Kenya0.8value
77Hong Kong0.8value
78Mexico0.8value
79Sierra Leone0.8value
80Gabon0.8value
81Nepal0.8value
82Zambia0.8value
83Ecuador0.8value
84Honduras0.8value
85Singapore0.8value
86Colombia0.8value
87Peru0.8value
88Malaysia0.8value
89Angola0.8value
90Timor-Leste0.8value
91Ghana0.8value
92Tunisia0.8value
93Cameroon0.8value
94Malawi0.8value
95Venezuela0.7value
96Sri Lanka0.7value
97Panama0.7value
98Kyrgyzstan0.7value
99Nigeria0.7value
100Zimbabwe0.7value
101Indonesia0.7value
102Mozambique0.7value
103Guatemala0.7value
104Vanuatu0.7value
105Morocco0.7value
106Cuba0.7value
107Niger0.7value
108Mali0.7value
109Madagascar0.7value
110Botswana0.7value
111Cote d'Ivoire0.7value
112Togo0.7value
113Ethiopia0.7value
114Thailand0.7value
115Kazakhstan0.7value
116Bhutan0.7value
117Solomon Islands0.7value
118Jordan0.7value
119Paraguay0.7value
120India0.7value
121Belarus0.7value
122Burundi0.7value
123Azerbaijan0.6value
124Fiji0.6value
125Uzbekistan0.6value
126Uganda0.6value
127Rwanda0.6value
128Chad0.6value
129Algeria0.6value
130United Arab Emirates0.6value
131Lebanon0.6value
132Burkina Faso0.6value
133People's Republic of China0.6value
134El Salvador0.6value
135Djibouti0.6value
136Bahrain0.6value
137Türkiye0.6value
138Central African Republic0.6value
139Comoros0.6value
140Iraq0.6value
141Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6value
142Egypt0.5value
143Russian Federation0.5value
144Mauritania0.5value
145Bangladesh0.5value
146Cambodia0.5value
147Guinea0.5value
148Maldives0.5value
149Nicaragua0.5value
150Pakistan0.5value
151Lao People's Democratic Republic0.5value
152Guinea-Bissau0.5value
153Papua New Guinea0.5value
154South Sudan0.5value
155Republic of the Congo0.5value
156Equatorial Guinea0.4value
157Turkmenistan0.4value
158Tajikistan0.4value
159Libya0.4value
160Haiti0.4value
161Eswatini0.4value
162Qatar0.4value
163Kuwait0.4value
164Oman0.4value
165Saudi Arabia0.3value
166Somalia0.3value
167Myanmar0.3value
168Islamic Republic of Iran0.3value
169North Korea0.3value
170Syrian Arab Republic0.3value
171State of Palestine0.2value
172Sudan0.2value
173Yemen0.2value
174Eritrea0.2value
175Holy See (Vatican City State)0.1value
176Afghanistan0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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