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Countries by women's political empowerment

Women's civil liberties, civil-society participation and political participation (V-Dem, 0–1). 175 countries ranked for 2025 (index).

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1Belgium0.95 index

2Denmark0.95 index

3Latvia0.95 index

		Value
1	Belgium	0.95 index	+0.0%	▲ 1
2	Denmark	0.95 index	-1.0%	▼ 1
3	Latvia	0.95 index	+2.2%	▲ 12
4	Germany	0.94 index	-1.1%	▼ 1
5	Spain	0.94 index	+1.1%	▲ 8
6	Estonia	0.94 index	+1.1%	▲ 8
7	New Zealand	0.94 index	+0.0%	▲ 2
8	Slovenia	0.94 index	+0.0%	▲ 2
9	Switzerland	0.93 index	-1.1%	▼ 2
10	Czechia	0.93 index	+2.2%	▲ 12
11	Finland	0.93 index	-2.1%	▼ 7
12	France	0.93 index	-1.1%	▼ 4
13	Ireland	0.93 index	+3.3%	▲ 14
14	Italy	0.93 index	+1.1%	▲ 7
15	Jamaica	0.93 index	+4.5%	▲ 19
16	Lithuania	0.93 index	+3.3%	▲ 12
17	Norway	0.93 index	-2.1%	▼ 12
18	Malta	0.92 index	+9.5%	▲ 35
19	Sweden	0.92 index	-3.2%	▼ 13
20	Australia	0.91 index	-2.2%	▼ 9
21	Austria	0.91 index	-2.2%	▼ 9
22	Bulgaria	0.91 index	+1.1%	▲ 2
23	Chile	0.91 index	+7.1%	▲ 22
24	Costa Rica	0.91 index	-1.1%	▼ 6
25	Croatia	0.91 index	+2.2%	▲ 8
26	Seychelles	0.91 index	+4.6%	▲ 15
27	Barbados	0.9 index	+2.3%	▲ 9
28	Greece	0.9 index	-2.2%	▼ 9
29	Luxembourg	0.9 index	+2.3%	▲ 9
30	Moldova	0.9 index	+5.9%	▲ 17
31	Netherlands	0.9 index	+0.0%	▼ 2
32	Taiwan	0.9 index	+1.1%	▲ 3
33	Albania	0.89 index	+8.5%	▲ 33
34	Ukraine	0.89 index	+9.9%	▲ 40
35	Armenia	0.88 index	+18.9%	▲ 64
36	Benin	0.88 index	+6.0%	▲ 23
37	Iceland	0.88 index	-4.3%	▼ 17
38	South Korea	0.88 index	+2.3%	▲ 4
39	Poland	0.88 index	-5.4%	▼ 23
40	Suriname	0.88 index	+4.8%	▲ 17
41	Slovakia	0.88 index	+0.0%	▼ 2
42	Uruguay	0.88 index	-2.2%	▼ 11
43	Canada	0.87 index	-3.3%	▼ 18
44	Montenegro	0.87 index	+4.8%	▲ 19
45	Romania	0.87 index	+3.6%	▲ 10
46	Trinidad and Tobago	0.87 index	-3.3%	▼ 16
47	Cabo Verde	0.86 index	+6.2%	▲ 23
48	Cyprus	0.86 index	+3.6%	▲ 13
49	Israel	0.86 index	-2.3%	▼ 12
50	Namibia	0.86 index	+3.6%	▲ 14
51	Senegal	0.86 index	+3.6%	▲ 14
52	Republic of Serbia	0.86 index	+1.2%	▼ 4
53	Bolivia	0.84 index	+10.5%	▲ 41
54	United Kingdom	0.84 index	-7.7%	▼ 31
55	Japan	0.84 index	+7.7%	▲ 32
56	São Tomé and Principe	0.84 index	+3.7%	▲ 16
57	Argentina	0.83 index	-1.2%	▼ 8
58	Dominican Republic	0.83 index	+5.1%	▲ 21
59	United Republic of Tanzania	0.83 index	+2.5%	▲ 14
60	United States	0.83 index	-7.8%	▼ 28
61	South Africa	0.83 index	-3.5%	▼ 17
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.82 index	-2.4%	▼ 12
63	Brazil	0.82 index	+1.2%	▲ 6
64	Georgia	0.82 index	+0.0%	▲ 3
65	Hungary	0.82 index	-3.5%	▼ 19
66	Liberia	0.82 index	-1.2%	▼ 4
67	North Macedonia	0.82 index	-2.4%	▼ 15
68	Gambia	0.81 index	+47.3%	▲ 72
69	Guyana	0.81 index	-6.9%	▼ 29
70	Lesotho	0.81 index	+0.0%	▲ 1
71	Mongolia	0.81 index	-5.8%	▼ 28
72	Mauritius	0.81 index	-1.2%	▼ 4
73	Philippines	0.81 index	-3.6%	▼ 19
74	Portugal	0.81 index	-12.9%	▼ 57
75	Vietnam	0.81 index	+11.0%	▲ 32
76	Gabon	0.8 index	+8.1%	▲ 25
77	Hong Kong S.A.R.	0.8 index	-11.1%	▼ 51
78	Kenya	0.8 index	+8.1%	▲ 24
79	Mexico	0.8 index	+6.7%	▲ 18
80	Sierra Leone	0.8 index	+2.6%	▲ 10
81	Ecuador	0.79 index	-6.0%	▼ 30
82	Honduras	0.79 index	+9.7%	▲ 26
83	Nepal	0.79 index	+1.3%	▲ 6
84	Singapore	0.79 index	-1.3%	▼ 9
85	Zambia	0.79 index	+11.3%	▲ 28
86	Colombia	0.78 index	-1.3%	▼ 8
87	Peru	0.78 index	+1.3%	▲ 6
88	Angola	0.77 index	+11.6%	▲ 27
89	Ghana	0.77 index	-1.3%	▼ 3
90	Malaysia	0.77 index	+16.7%	▲ 39
91	Timor-Leste	0.77 index	+4.1%	▲ 13
92	Tunisia	0.77 index	-8.3%	▼ 34
93	Kosovo	0.77 index	+11.6%	▲ 29
94	Cameroon	0.76 index	-3.8%	▼ 17
95	Malawi	0.76 index	-1.3%	▼ 3
96	Venezuela	0.75 index	-5.1%	▼ 12
97	Sri Lanka	0.74 index	+2.8%	▲ 13
98	Panama	0.74 index	-6.3%	▼ 16
99	Indonesia	0.73 index	+1.4%	▲ 10
100	Kyrgyzstan	0.73 index	-7.6%	▼ 20
101	Mozambique	0.73 index	+0.0%	▲ 5
102	Nigeria	0.73 index	+1.4%	▲ 9
103	Zimbabwe	0.73 index	-8.8%	▼ 27
104	Guatemala	0.72 index	+7.5%	▲ 22
105	Vanuatu	0.72 index	+7.5%	▲ 22
106	Cuba	0.71 index	+4.4%	▲ 18
107	Morocco	0.71 index	+2.9%	▲ 11
108	Mali	0.71 index	+1.4%	▲ 6
109	Niger	0.71 index	-4.1%	▼ 6
110	Botswana	0.7 index	-5.4%	▼ 10
111	Ivory Coast	0.7 index	+2.9%	▲ 12
112	Madagascar	0.7 index	-11.4%	▼ 31
113	Ethiopia	0.69 index	+3.0%	▲ 12
114	Togo	0.69 index	-12.7%	▼ 31
115	Thailand	0.69 index	+0.0%	▲ 6
116	Bhutan	0.68 index	-9.3%	▼ 20
117	Kazakhstan	0.68 index	-12.8%	▼ 29
118	Solomon Islands	0.68 index	+47.8%	▲ 37
119	Jordan	0.67 index	+8.1%	▲ 14
120	Paraguay	0.67 index	-2.9%	▼ 1
121	Belarus	0.66 index	-20.5%	▼ 61
122	India	0.66 index	+1.5%	▲ 8
123	Azerbaijan	0.65 index	-1.5%	▲ 5
124	Burundi	0.65 index	+10.2%	▲ 12
125	Fiji	0.64 index	-7.2%	▼ 8
126	Uganda	0.64 index	-17.9%	▼ 35
127	Uzbekistan	0.64 index	+30.6%	▲ 23
128	Algeria	0.63 index	-19.2%	▼ 43
129	Rwanda	0.63 index	-25.0%	▼ 73
130	Chad	0.63 index	+14.5%	▲ 12
131	United Arab Emirates	0.61 index	+38.6%	▲ 26
132	Lebanon	0.61 index	+10.9%	▲ 9
133	Burkina Faso	0.6 index	-17.8%	▼ 28
134	China	0.59 index	-6.3%	▼ 2
135	El Salvador	0.59 index	-22.4%	▼ 40
136	Djibouti	0.58 index	+13.7%	▲ 8
137	Bahrain	0.57 index	+35.7%	▲ 21
138	Central African Republic	0.56 index	-8.2%	▼ 3
139	Comoros	0.56 index	+14.3%	▲ 8
140	Iraq	0.56 index	+3.7%	▲ 3
141	Turkey	0.56 index	-9.7%	▼ 7
142	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.55 index	+12.2%	▲ 4
143	Egypt	0.55 index	+83.3%	▲ 26
144	Russia	0.55 index	-20.3%	▼ 24
145	Bangladesh	0.54 index	-21.7%	▼ 29
146	Mauritania	0.54 index	-15.6%	▼ 15
147	Guinea	0.53 index	+8.2%	▲ 1
148	Cambodia	0.53 index	-8.6%	▼ 10
149	Maldives	0.53 index	+3.9%	▼ 4
150	Nicaragua	0.53 index	-29.3%	▼ 52
151	Pakistan	0.52 index	-11.9%	▼ 14
152	Laos	0.51 index	+10.9%	▲ 2
153	Guinea-Bissau	0.5 index	-29.6%	▼ 41
154	Papua New Guinea	0.48 index	+2.1%	▼ 1
155	South Sudan	0.48 index	+14.3%	▲ 4
156	Republic of the Congo	0.47 index	+34.3%	▲ 9
157	Equatorial Guinea	0.45 index	-4.3%	▼ 5
158	Turkmenistan	0.44 index	+22.2%	▲ 6
159	Tajikistan	0.43 index	-6.5%	▼ 3
160	Libya	0.41 index	+5.1%	▲ 1
161	Haiti	0.4 index	-18.4%	▼ 12
162	Qatar	0.39 index	+30.0%	▲ 8
163	Eswatini	0.39 index	+21.9%	▲ 5
164	Kuwait	0.36 index	-2.7%	▼ 2
165	Oman	0.36 index	-2.7%	▼ 2
166	Saudi Arabia	0.35 index	+45.8%	▲ 7
167	Somalia	0.34 index	+36.0%	▲ 5
168	Myanmar	0.33 index	-41.1%	▼ 29
169	Iran	0.32 index	-3.0%	▼ 3
170	North Korea	0.29 index	+7.4%	▲ 1
171	Syria	0.29 index	-12.1%	▼ 4
172	Sudan	0.22 index	-45.0%	▼ 12
173	Yemen	0.16 index	+0.0%	▲ 2
174	Eritrea	0.15 index	-6.3%	=
175	Afghanistan	0.03 index	-93.7%	▼ 24

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Value

Belgium

0.95 index

+0.0%

Denmark

0.95 index

-1.0%

Latvia

0.95 index

+2.2%

Germany

0.94 index

-1.1%

Spain

0.94 index

+1.1%

Estonia

0.94 index

+1.1%

New Zealand

0.94 index

+0.0%

Slovenia

0.94 index

+0.0%

Switzerland

0.93 index

-1.1%

Czechia

0.93 index

+2.2%

Finland

0.93 index

-2.1%

France

0.93 index

-1.1%

Ireland

0.93 index

+3.3%

Italy

0.93 index

+1.1%

Jamaica

0.93 index

+4.5%

Lithuania

0.93 index

+3.3%

Norway

0.93 index

-2.1%

Malta

0.92 index

+9.5%

Sweden

0.92 index

-3.2%

Australia

0.91 index

-2.2%

Austria

0.91 index

-2.2%

Bulgaria

0.91 index

+1.1%

Chile

0.91 index

+7.1%

Costa Rica

0.91 index

-1.1%

Croatia

0.91 index

+2.2%

Seychelles

0.91 index

+4.6%

Barbados

0.9 index

+2.3%

Greece

0.9 index

-2.2%

Luxembourg

0.9 index

+2.3%

Moldova

0.9 index

+5.9%

Netherlands

0.9 index

+0.0%

Taiwan

0.9 index

+1.1%

Albania

0.89 index

+8.5%

Ukraine

0.89 index

+9.9%

Armenia

0.88 index

+18.9%

Benin

0.88 index

+6.0%

Iceland

0.88 index

-4.3%

South Korea

0.88 index

+2.3%

Poland

0.88 index

-5.4%

Suriname

0.88 index

+4.8%

Slovakia

0.88 index

+0.0%

Uruguay

0.88 index

-2.2%

Canada

0.87 index

-3.3%

Montenegro

0.87 index

+4.8%

Romania

0.87 index

+3.6%

Trinidad and Tobago

0.87 index

-3.3%

Cabo Verde

0.86 index

+6.2%

Cyprus

0.86 index

+3.6%

Israel

0.86 index

-2.3%

Namibia

0.86 index

+3.6%

Senegal

0.86 index

+3.6%

Republic of Serbia

0.86 index

+1.2%

Bolivia

0.84 index

+10.5%

United Kingdom

0.84 index

-7.7%

Japan

0.84 index

+7.7%

São Tomé and Principe

0.84 index

+3.7%

Argentina

0.83 index

-1.2%

Dominican Republic

0.83 index

+5.1%

United Republic of Tanzania

0.83 index

+2.5%

United States

0.83 index

-7.8%

South Africa

0.83 index

-3.5%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.82 index

-2.4%

Brazil

0.82 index

+1.2%

Georgia

0.82 index

+0.0%

Hungary

0.82 index

-3.5%

Liberia

0.82 index

-1.2%

North Macedonia

0.82 index

-2.4%

Gambia

0.81 index

+47.3%

Guyana

0.81 index

-6.9%

Lesotho

0.81 index

+0.0%

Mongolia

0.81 index

-5.8%

Mauritius

0.81 index

-1.2%

Philippines

0.81 index

-3.6%

Portugal

0.81 index

-12.9%

Vietnam

0.81 index

+11.0%

Gabon

0.8 index

+8.1%

Hong Kong S.A.R.

0.8 index

-11.1%

Kenya

0.8 index

+8.1%

Mexico

0.8 index

+6.7%

Sierra Leone

0.8 index

+2.6%

Ecuador

0.79 index

-6.0%

Honduras

0.79 index

+9.7%

Nepal

0.79 index

+1.3%

Singapore

0.79 index

-1.3%

Zambia

0.79 index

+11.3%

Colombia

0.78 index

-1.3%

Peru

0.78 index

+1.3%

Angola

0.77 index

+11.6%

Ghana

0.77 index

-1.3%

Malaysia

0.77 index

+16.7%

Timor-Leste

0.77 index

+4.1%

Tunisia

0.77 index

-8.3%

Kosovo

0.77 index

+11.6%

Cameroon

0.76 index

-3.8%

Malawi

0.76 index

-1.3%

Venezuela

0.75 index

-5.1%

Sri Lanka

0.74 index

+2.8%

Panama

0.74 index

-6.3%

Indonesia

0.73 index

+1.4%

100

Kyrgyzstan

0.73 index

-7.6%

101

Mozambique

0.73 index

+0.0%

102

Nigeria

0.73 index

+1.4%

103

Zimbabwe

0.73 index

-8.8%

104

Guatemala

0.72 index

+7.5%

105

Vanuatu

0.72 index

+7.5%

106

Cuba

0.71 index

+4.4%

107

Morocco

0.71 index

+2.9%

108

Mali

0.71 index

+1.4%

109

Niger

0.71 index

-4.1%

110

Botswana

0.7 index

-5.4%

111

Ivory Coast

0.7 index

+2.9%

112

Madagascar

0.7 index

-11.4%

113

Ethiopia

0.69 index

+3.0%

114

Togo

0.69 index

-12.7%

115

Thailand

0.69 index

+0.0%

116

Bhutan

0.68 index

-9.3%

117

Kazakhstan

0.68 index

-12.8%

118

Solomon Islands

0.68 index

+47.8%

119

Jordan

0.67 index

+8.1%

120

Paraguay

0.67 index

-2.9%

121

Belarus

0.66 index

-20.5%

122

India

0.66 index

+1.5%

123

Azerbaijan

0.65 index

-1.5%

124

Burundi

0.65 index

+10.2%

125

Fiji

0.64 index

-7.2%

126

Uganda

0.64 index

-17.9%

127

Uzbekistan

0.64 index

+30.6%

128

Algeria

0.63 index

-19.2%

129

Rwanda

0.63 index

-25.0%

130

Chad

0.63 index

+14.5%

131

United Arab Emirates

0.61 index

+38.6%

132

Lebanon

0.61 index

+10.9%

133

Burkina Faso

0.6 index

-17.8%

134

China

0.59 index

-6.3%

135

El Salvador

0.59 index

-22.4%

136

Djibouti

0.58 index

+13.7%

137

Bahrain

0.57 index

+35.7%

138

Central African Republic

0.56 index

-8.2%

139

Comoros

0.56 index

+14.3%

140

Iraq

0.56 index

+3.7%

141

Turkey

0.56 index

-9.7%

142

Democratic Republic of the Congo

0.55 index

+12.2%

143

Egypt

0.55 index

+83.3%

144

Russia

0.55 index

-20.3%

145

Bangladesh

0.54 index

-21.7%

146

Mauritania

0.54 index

-15.6%

147

Guinea

0.53 index

+8.2%

148

Cambodia

0.53 index

-8.6%

149

Maldives

0.53 index

+3.9%

150

Nicaragua

0.53 index

-29.3%

151

Pakistan

0.52 index

-11.9%

152

Laos

0.51 index

+10.9%

153

Guinea-Bissau

0.5 index

-29.6%

154

Papua New Guinea

0.48 index

+2.1%

155

South Sudan

0.48 index

+14.3%

156

Republic of the Congo

0.47 index

+34.3%

157

Equatorial Guinea

0.45 index

-4.3%

158

Turkmenistan

0.44 index

+22.2%

159

Tajikistan

0.43 index

-6.5%

160

Libya

0.41 index

+5.1%

161

Haiti

0.4 index

-18.4%

162

Qatar

0.39 index

+30.0%

163

Eswatini

0.39 index

+21.9%

164

Kuwait

0.36 index

-2.7%

165

Oman

0.36 index

-2.7%

166

Saudi Arabia

0.35 index

+45.8%

167

Somalia

0.34 index

+36.0%

168

Myanmar

0.33 index

-41.1%

169

Iran

0.32 index

-3.0%

170

North Korea

0.29 index

+7.4%

171

Syria

0.29 index

-12.1%

172

Sudan

0.22 index

-45.0%

173

Yemen

0.16 index

+0.0%

174

Eritrea

0.15 index

-6.3%

175

Afghanistan

0.03 index

-93.7%