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Women political participation index
0-1 index · higher is better · 176 countries
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176 shown- 1Rwanda1
- 1Sweden1
- 1Australia1
- 1Denmark1
- 1Costa Rica1
- 1Cuba1
- 1Iceland1
- 1Moldova1
- 1Finland1
- 1Netherlands1
- 1Norway1
- 2New Zealand1
- 2Switzerland1
- 2France1
- 2Belgium1
- 2Mexico1
- 2Slovenia1
- 3Suriname1
- 3Spain1
- 3Bolivia1
- 3Nicaragua1
- 3Namibia1
- 4United Kingdom1
- 4Chile1
- 4South Africa1
- 5Tanzania1
- 5Germany1
- 5Peru1
- 6Jamaica1
- 6Taiwan1
- 6Senegal1
- 7Luxembourg0.99
- 7Canada0.99
- 7Italy0.99
- 7Estonia0.99
- 7Latvia0.99
- 8Ethiopia0.99
- 9Croatia0.99
- 9Barbados0.99
- 10Serbia0.99
- 11Angola0.99
- 11Argentina0.99
- 12Austria0.99
- 12Albania0.99
- 12Mozambique0.99
- 13Portugal0.99
- 13Lithuania0.99
- 13Venezuela, RB0.99
- 14Cabo Verde0.99
- 14Malta0.99
- 15Poland0.99
- 16Ecuador0.99
- 16Uruguay0.99
- 17Armenia0.98
- 17Guyana0.98
- 17North Macedonia0.98
- 18Cameroon0.98
- 18Dominican Republic0.98
- 19Burundi0.98
- 20Uzbekistan0.98
- 21Czechia0.98
- 22Uganda0.98
- 23Djibouti0.98
- 23Nepal0.98
- 24Lesotho0.98
- 24Ukraine0.98
- 25Thailand0.97
- 26Greece0.97
- 27Trinidad and Tobago0.97
- 28Viet Nam0.97
- 29Ireland0.97
- 29Benin0.97
- 29Belarus0.97
- 29Philippines0.97
- 30Bulgaria0.96
- 30United Arab Emirates0.96
- 30Timor-Leste0.96
- 31Singapore0.96
- 32United States0.96
- 32Romania0.96
- 33Israel0.96
- 34Sierra Leone0.95
- 34Kosovo0.95
- 35Honduras0.95
- 36Hong Kong SAR, China0.95
- 37Mongolia0.94
- 38Gabon0.94
- 39Seychelles0.94
- 40Montenegro0.93
- 41Cyprus0.93
- 42Slovak Republic0.93
- 43Colombia0.92
- 44Mali0.92
- 44Comoros0.92
- 45Brazil0.92
- 45Kenya0.92
- 46Korea, Rep.0.92
- 46Guatemala0.92
- 47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.92
- 48Japan0.91
- 49Guinea0.91
- 50Togo0.91
- 51Mauritius0.91
- 52Paraguay0.91
- 53Chad0.9
- 54Malawi0.9
- 54Azerbaijan0.9
- 55Indonesia0.9
- 56Panama0.89
- 57Sao Tome and Principe0.89
- 58Equatorial Guinea0.89
- 59Kyrgyz Republic0.88
- 60Zimbabwe0.88
- 61Morocco0.87
- 62Zambia0.87
- 63Lao PDR0.87
- 64Central African Republic0.86
- 65Pakistan0.86
- 66Liberia0.86
- 67Kazakhstan0.86
- 68Egypt, Arab Rep.0.84
- 68El Salvador0.84
- 69Turkmenistan0.84
- 69Georgia0.84
- 70Ghana0.84
- 71Gambia, The0.83
- 72Hungary0.82
- 73Sri Lanka0.82
- 74China0.81
- 75Tunisia0.8
- 76Malaysia0.79
- 77Cote d'Ivoire0.78
- 78Madagascar0.78
- 79Iraq0.77
- 79Mauritania0.77
- 80Turkiye0.76
- 81Cambodia0.75
- 82Bahrain0.75
- 83Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.74
- 84Eswatini0.73
- 85Congo, Dem. Rep.0.73
- 86Fiji0.73
- 87India0.71
- 88Libya0.7
- 89Niger0.7
- 90Russian Federation0.69
- 91Algeria0.66
- 92Saudi Arabia0.65
- 93Nigeria0.65
- 94Tajikistan0.65
- 95Qatar0.64
- 96South Sudan0.64
- 97Jordan0.63
- 98Congo, Rep.0.6
- 99Vanuatu0.6
- 100Bhutan0.6
- 101Botswana0.59
- 102Solomon Islands0.59
- 103Burkina Faso0.59
- 104Maldives0.56
- 105Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.49
- 106Guinea-Bissau0.48
- 107Lebanon0.46
- 108Bangladesh0.45
- 109Myanmar0.43
- 110Papua New Guinea0.36
- 111Eritrea0.33
- 112Iran, Islamic Rep.0.31
- 113Oman0.29
- 114Haiti0.28
- 115Kuwait0.19
- 116Sudan0.18
- 117West Bank and Gaza0.16
- 118Syrian Arab Republic0.08
- 119Yemen, Rep.0.06
- 120Afghanistan0.06
Women political participation index