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social2025

Women's political participation 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
0.8value
Median: 0.9value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Costa Rica
1.0value
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.1value
Top 5 Countries
1Costa Rica1.0value
2Cuba1.0value
3Denmark1.0value
4Finland1.0value
5Iceland1.0value
By Region
Oceania1.0value(2 countries)
Europe1.0value(32 countries)
South America1.0value(7 countries)
North America1.0value(4 countries)
Africa0.9value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.8value)

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 ↕
1Costa Rica1.0value
2Cuba1.0value
3Denmark1.0value
4Finland1.0value
5Iceland1.0value
6Moldova, Republic of1.0value
7Netherlands1.0value
8Norway1.0value
9Rwanda1.0value
10Sweden1.0value
11Australia1.0value
12France1.0value
13Mexico1.0value
14New Zealand1.0value
15Slovenia1.0value
16Switzerland1.0value
17Belgium1.0value
18Namibia1.0value
19Nicaragua1.0value
20Spain1.0value
21Suriname1.0value
22Bolivia1.0value
23Chile1.0value
24South Africa1.0value
25United Kingdom1.0value
26Germany1.0value
27Peru1.0value
28United Republic of Tanzania1.0value
29Taiwan, Province of China1.0value
30Jamaica1.0value
31Senegal1.0value
32Canada1.0value
33Estonia1.0value
34Italy1.0value
35Latvia1.0value
36Luxembourg1.0value
37Ethiopia1.0value
38Croatia1.0value
39Barbados1.0value
40Serbia1.0value
41Angola1.0value
42Argentina1.0value
43Mozambique1.0value
44Albania1.0value
45Austria1.0value
46Lithuania1.0value
47Portugal1.0value
48Venezuela1.0value
49Cape Verde1.0value
50Malta1.0value
51Poland1.0value
52Ecuador1.0value
53Uruguay1.0value
54Guyana1.0value
55The Republic of North Macedonia1.0value
56Armenia1.0value
57Cameroon1.0value
58Dominican Republic1.0value
59Burundi1.0value
60Uzbekistan1.0value
61Czech Republic1.0value
62Uganda1.0value
63Djibouti1.0value
64Nepal1.0value
65Lesotho1.0value
66Ukraine1.0value
67Thailand1.0value
68Greece1.0value
69Trinidad and Tobago1.0value
70Vietnam1.0value
71Belarus1.0value
72Benin1.0value
73Ireland1.0value
74Philippines1.0value
75Bulgaria1.0value
76Timor-Leste1.0value
77United Arab Emirates1.0value
78Singapore1.0value
79Romania1.0value
80United States of America1.0value
81Israel1.0value
82Sierra Leone1.0value
83Honduras0.9value
84Hong Kong0.9value
85Mongolia0.9value
86Gabon0.9value
87Seychelles0.9value
88Montenegro0.9value
89Cyprus0.9value
90Slovakia0.9value
91Colombia0.9value
92Comoros0.9value
93Mali0.9value
94Kenya0.9value
95Brazil0.9value
96Guatemala0.9value
97South Korea0.9value
98Bosnia and Herzegovina0.9value
99Japan0.9value
100Guinea0.9value
101Togo0.9value
102Mauritius0.9value
103Paraguay0.9value
104Chad0.9value
105Malawi0.9value
106Azerbaijan0.9value
107Indonesia0.9value
108Panama0.9value
109Sao Tome and Principe0.9value
110Equatorial Guinea0.9value
111Kyrgyzstan0.9value
112Zimbabwe0.9value
113Morocco0.9value
114Zambia0.9value
115Lao People's Democratic Republic0.9value
116Central African Republic0.9value
117Pakistan0.9value
118Liberia0.9value
119Kazakhstan0.9value
120El Salvador0.8value
121Egypt0.8value
122Georgia0.8value
123Turkmenistan0.8value
124Ghana0.8value
125Republic of The Gambia0.8value
126Hungary0.8value
127Sri Lanka0.8value
128People's Republic of China0.8value
129Tunisia0.8value
130Malaysia0.8value
131Cote d'Ivoire0.8value
132Madagascar0.8value
133Iraq0.8value
134Mauritania0.8value
135Türkiye0.8value
136Cambodia0.8value
137Bahrain0.8value
138North Korea0.7value
139Eswatini0.7value
140Democratic Republic of the Congo0.7value
141Fiji0.7value
142India0.7value
143Libya0.7value
144Niger0.7value
145Russian Federation0.7value
146Algeria0.7value
147Saudi Arabia0.7value
148Nigeria0.6value
149Tajikistan0.6value
150Qatar0.6value
151South Sudan0.6value
152Jordan0.6value
153Republic of the Congo0.6value
154Vanuatu0.6value
155Bhutan0.6value
156Botswana0.6value
157Solomon Islands0.6value
158Burkina Faso0.6value
159Maldives0.6value
160Somalia0.5value
161Guinea-Bissau0.5value
162Lebanon0.5value
163Bangladesh0.4value
164Myanmar0.4value
165Papua New Guinea0.4value
166Eritrea0.3value
167Islamic Republic of Iran0.3value
168Oman0.3value
169Haiti0.3value
170Kuwait0.2value
171Sudan0.2value
172Holy See (Vatican City State)0.1value
173Syrian Arab Republic0.1value
174State of Palestine0.1value
175Yemen0.1value
176Afghanistan0.1value
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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