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Women's political participation index

· higher is better · 175 countries

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League table

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  1. 1Netherlands1
  2. 1Moldova1
  3. 1Rwanda1
  4. 1Norway1
  5. 1Sweden1
  6. 1Finland1
  7. 1Denmark1
  8. 1Iceland1
  9. 1Costa Rica1
  10. 1Cuba1
  11. 1Australia1
  12. 2Belgium1
  13. 2France1
  14. 2Switzerland1
  15. 2New Zealand1
  16. 2Slovenia1
  17. 2Mexico1
  18. 3Suriname1
  19. 3Nicaragua1
  20. 3Namibia1
  21. 3Spain1
  22. 3Bolivia1
  23. 4United Kingdom1
  24. 4Chile1
  25. 4South Africa1
  26. 5Peru1
  27. 5Tanzania1
  28. 5Germany1
  29. 6Jamaica1
  30. 6Senegal1
  31. 6Taiwan1
  32. 7Latvia0.99
  33. 7Luxembourg0.99
  34. 7Canada0.99
  35. 7Italy0.99
  36. 7Estonia0.99
  37. 8Ethiopia0.99
  38. 9Croatia0.99
  39. 9Barbados0.99
  40. 10Serbia0.99
  41. 11Angola0.99
  42. 11Argentina0.99
  43. 12Austria0.99
  44. 12Albania0.99
  45. 12Mozambique0.99
  46. 13Portugal0.99
  47. 13Lithuania0.99
  48. 13Venezuela, RB0.99
  49. 14Malta0.99
  50. 14Cabo Verde0.99
  51. 15Poland0.99
  52. 16Uruguay0.99
  53. 16Ecuador0.99
  54. 17Guyana0.98
  55. 17Armenia0.98
  56. 17North Macedonia0.98
  57. 18Cameroon0.98
  58. 18Dominican Republic0.98
  59. 19Burundi0.98
  60. 20Uzbekistan0.98
  61. 21Czechia0.98
  62. 22Uganda0.98
  63. 23Nepal0.98
  64. 23Djibouti0.98
  65. 24Ukraine0.98
  66. 24Lesotho0.98
  67. 25Thailand0.97
  68. 26Greece0.97
  69. 27Trinidad and Tobago0.97
  70. 28Viet Nam0.97
  71. 29Philippines0.97
  72. 29Belarus0.97
  73. 29Ireland0.97
  74. 29Benin0.97
  75. 30Bulgaria0.96
  76. 30United Arab Emirates0.96
  77. 30Timor-Leste0.96
  78. 31Singapore0.96
  79. 32Romania0.96
  80. 32United States0.96
  81. 33Israel0.96
  82. 34Sierra Leone0.95
  83. 35Honduras0.95
  84. 36Hong Kong SAR, China0.95
  85. 37Mongolia0.94
  86. 38Gabon0.94
  87. 39Seychelles0.94
  88. 40Montenegro0.93
  89. 41Cyprus0.93
  90. 42Slovak Republic0.93
  91. 43Colombia0.92
  92. 44Comoros0.92
  93. 44Mali0.92
  94. 45Kenya0.92
  95. 45Brazil0.92
  96. 46Guatemala0.92
  97. 46Korea, Rep.0.92
  98. 47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.92
  99. 48Japan0.91
  100. 49Guinea0.91
  101. 50Togo0.91
  102. 51Mauritius0.91
  103. 52Paraguay0.91
  104. 53Chad0.9
  105. 54Malawi0.9
  106. 54Azerbaijan0.9
  107. 55Indonesia0.9
  108. 56Panama0.89
  109. 57Sao Tome and Principe0.89
  110. 58Equatorial Guinea0.89
  111. 59Kyrgyz Republic0.88
  112. 60Zimbabwe0.88
  113. 61Morocco0.87
  114. 62Zambia0.87
  115. 63Lao PDR0.87
  116. 64Central African Republic0.86
  117. 65Pakistan0.86
  118. 66Liberia0.86
  119. 67Kazakhstan0.86
  120. 68El Salvador0.84
  121. 68Egypt, Arab Rep.0.84
  122. 69Georgia0.84
  123. 69Turkmenistan0.84
  124. 70Ghana0.84
  125. 71Gambia, The0.83
  126. 72Hungary0.82
  127. 73Sri Lanka0.82
  128. 74China0.81
  129. 75Tunisia0.8
  130. 76Malaysia0.79
  131. 77Cote d'Ivoire0.78
  132. 78Madagascar0.78
  133. 79Mauritania0.77
  134. 79Iraq0.77
  135. 80Turkiye0.76
  136. 81Cambodia0.75
  137. 82Bahrain0.75
  138. 83Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.74
  139. 84Eswatini0.73
  140. 85Congo, Dem. Rep.0.73
  141. 86Fiji0.73
  142. 87India0.71
  143. 88Libya0.7
  144. 89Niger0.7
  145. 90Russian Federation0.69
  146. 91Algeria0.66
  147. 92Saudi Arabia0.65
  148. 93Nigeria0.65
  149. 94Tajikistan0.65
  150. 95Qatar0.64
  151. 96South Sudan0.64
  152. 97Jordan0.63
  153. 98Congo, Rep.0.6
  154. 99Vanuatu0.6
  155. 100Bhutan0.6
  156. 101Botswana0.59
  157. 102Solomon Islands0.59
  158. 103Burkina Faso0.59
  159. 104Maldives0.56
  160. 105Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.49
  161. 106Guinea-Bissau0.48
  162. 107Lebanon0.46
  163. 108Bangladesh0.45
  164. 109Myanmar0.43
  165. 110Papua New Guinea0.36
  166. 111Eritrea0.33
  167. 112Iran, Islamic Rep.0.31
  168. 113Oman0.29
  169. 114Haiti0.28
  170. 115Kuwait0.19
  171. 116Sudan0.18
  172. 117Syrian Arab Republic0.08
  173. 118Yemen, Rep.0.06
  174. 119Afghanistan0.06

Women's political participation index