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Gender Equality (V-Dem)

Gender Equality. V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy, 2018–2025.

Source: V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
0.7
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

Gender Equality

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.50.60.70.80.9 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇻🇳 Vietnam 0.8 +0.07pp
🇸🇾 Syria 0.3 +0.06pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.7 +0.05pp
🇯🇵 Japan 0.8 +0.05pp
🇳🇬 Nigeria 0.7 +0.04pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 0.5 -0.08pp
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 0.5 -0.07pp
🇺🇬 Uganda 0.6 -0.07pp
🇹🇭 Thailand 0.7 -0.06pp
🇵🇹 Portugal 0.8 -0.05pp

By group

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Americas 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 27 0.8 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.8 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.7 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.7 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.6 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.6 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.5 0.00pp

Gender Equality (V-Dem) — full ranking

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179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityGender EqualityChange
1🇩🇰 Denmark1-0.01pp
2🇧🇪 Belgium10.00pp
3🇱🇻 Latvia1-0.00pp
4🇪🇸 Spain0.9+0.02pp
5🇩🇪 Germany0.9-0.00pp
6🇪🇪 Estonia0.9-0.00pp
7🇸🇮 Slovenia0.9+0.00pp
8🇳🇿 New Zealand0.90.00pp
9🇫🇮 Finland0.9-0.00pp
10🇨🇭 Switzerland0.9-0.01pp
11🇨🇿 Czechia0.9+0.01pp
12🇫🇷 France0.90.00pp
13🇮🇹 Italy0.9+0.01pp
14🇯🇲 Jamaica0.9-0.01pp
15🇮🇪 Ireland0.9+0.01pp
16🇱🇹 Lithuania0.9+0.00pp
17🇳🇴 Norway0.9-0.00pp
18🇸🇪 Sweden0.9-0.00pp
19🇲🇹 Malta0.9+0.00pp
20🇨🇱 Chile0.9+0.00pp
21🇭🇷 Croatia0.9-0.00pp
22🇸🇨 Seychelles0.9+0.02pp
23🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.9-0.01pp
24🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.9-0.00pp
25🇦🇺 Australia0.9-0.00pp
26🇦🇹 Austria0.9+0.00pp
27🇹🇼 Taiwan0.9+0.00pp
28🇳🇱 Netherlands0.9+0.00pp
29🇲🇩 Moldova0.9+0.00pp
30🇬🇷 Greece0.9-0.02pp
31🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.9-0.01pp
32🇧🇧 Barbados0.90.00pp
33🇦🇱 Albania0.9-0.01pp
34🇺🇦 Ukraine0.9+0.02pp
35🇮🇸 Iceland0.9-0.01pp
36🇧🇯 Benin0.9-0.01pp
37🇵🇱 Poland0.9+0.00pp
38🇰🇷 South Korea0.9+0.02pp
39🇸🇰 Slovakia0.9-0.00pp
40🇸🇷 Suriname0.9-0.02pp
41🇺🇾 Uruguay0.9+0.00pp
42🇦🇲 Armenia0.9-0.01pp
43🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.9-0.01pp
44🇨🇦 Canada0.9+0.00pp
45🇷🇴 Romania0.9+0.01pp
46🇲🇪 Montenegro0.9+0.01pp
47🇷🇸 Serbia0.9-0.02pp
48🇮🇱 Israel0.9-0.01pp
49🇨🇾 Cyprus0.9+0.01pp
50🇸🇳 Senegal0.9-0.00pp
51🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.9+0.02pp
52🇳🇦 Namibia0.9+0.00pp
53🇯🇵 Japan0.8+0.05pp
54🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.8-0.00pp
55🇧🇴 Bolivia0.8+0.04pp
56🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.8-0.02pp
57🇹🇿 Tanzania0.8-0.01pp
58🇦🇷 Argentina0.8-0.01pp
59🇿🇦 South Africa0.8-0.01pp
60🇺🇸 United States of America0.8-0.04pp
61🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.80.00pp
62🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.8-0.01pp
63🇱🇷 Liberia0.8-0.01pp
64🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8+0.00pp
65🇧🇷 Brazil0.8-0.01pp
66🇭🇺 Hungary0.8-0.01pp
67🇬🇪 Georgia0.8-0.01pp
68🇲🇺 Mauritius0.8+0.03pp
69🇬🇲 The Gambia0.8+0.02pp
70🇵🇹 Portugal0.8-0.05pp
71🇵🇭 Philippines0.8+0.01pp
72🇬🇾 Guyana0.8-0.01pp
73🇱🇸 Lesotho0.8+0.03pp
74🇻🇳 Vietnam0.8+0.07pp
75🇲🇳 Mongolia0.8-0.00pp
76🇰🇪 Kenya0.8+0.00pp
77🇲🇽 Mexico0.8+0.00pp
78🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.8-0.03pp
79🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.8+0.00pp
80🇬🇦 Gabon0.8-0.01pp
81🇳🇵 Nepal0.8+0.02pp
82🇿🇲 Zambia0.8-0.02pp
83🇪🇨 Ecuador0.8-0.00pp
84🇭🇳 Honduras0.8-0.01pp
85🇸🇬 Singapore0.8+0.01pp
86🇨🇴 Colombia0.8-0.03pp
87🇵🇪 Peru0.8-0.01pp
88🇲🇾 Malaysia0.80.00pp
89🇽🇰 Kosovo0.8+0.02pp
90🇦🇴 Angola0.8+0.01pp
91🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.80.00pp
92🇬🇭 Ghana0.8-0.03pp
93🇹🇳 Tunisia0.8-0.01pp
94🇨🇲 Cameroon0.8-0.03pp
95🇲🇼 Malawi0.8-0.01pp
96🇻🇪 Venezuela0.7-0.01pp
97🇵🇦 Panama0.7-0.03pp
98🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.7+0.05pp
99🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.7-0.02pp
100🇳🇬 Nigeria0.7+0.04pp
101🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.7+0.01pp
102🇮🇩 Indonesia0.7-0.00pp
103🇲🇿 Mozambique0.7+0.03pp
104🇬🇹 Guatemala0.7-0.00pp
105🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.7+0.02pp
106🇲🇦 Morocco0.7-0.01pp
107🇨🇺 Cuba0.7+0.00pp
108🇳🇪 Niger0.7+0.01pp
109🇲🇱 Mali0.7-0.02pp
110🇲🇬 Madagascar0.7-0.01pp
111🇧🇼 Botswana0.7-0.01pp
112Zanzibar0.7+0.01pp
113🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.7+0.00pp
114🇹🇬 Togo0.7-0.01pp
115🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.7+0.01pp
116🇹🇭 Thailand0.7-0.06pp
117🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.7-0.05pp
118🇧🇹 Bhutan0.7-0.03pp
119🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.70.00pp
120🇯🇴 Jordan0.7+0.04pp
121🇵🇾 Paraguay0.7-0.02pp
122🇮🇳 India0.7+0.03pp
123🇧🇾 Belarus0.7-0.03pp
124🇧🇮 Burundi0.7-0.01pp
125🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.6+0.03pp
126🇫🇯 Fiji0.6-0.01pp
127🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.6+0.01pp
128🇺🇬 Uganda0.6-0.07pp
129🇷🇼 Rwanda0.6+0.01pp
130🇩🇿 Algeria0.60.00pp
131🇹🇩 Chad0.6+0.03pp
132🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.6+0.01pp
133🇱🇧 Lebanon0.6+0.00pp
134🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.6-0.01pp
135🇸🇻 El Salvador0.6-0.02pp
136🇨🇳 China0.60.00pp
137🇩🇯 Djibouti0.6-0.00pp
138🇧🇭 Bahrain0.6+0.00pp
139🇹🇷 Türkiye0.6-0.01pp
140🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.6-0.02pp
141🇰🇲 Comoros0.6+0.00pp
142🇮🇶 Iraq0.6-0.03pp
143🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6-0.01pp
144🇪🇬 Egypt0.5-0.02pp
145🇷🇺 Russia0.5+0.01pp
146🇲🇷 Mauritania0.5-0.04pp
147🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.5-0.07pp
148🇰🇭 Cambodia0.5+0.03pp
149🇬🇳 Guinea0.5-0.00pp
150🇲🇻 Maldives0.5-0.01pp
151🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.5+0.01pp
152🇵🇰 Pakistan0.5+0.02pp
153🇱🇦 Laos0.5+0.01pp
154🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.5-0.08pp
155🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.50.00pp
156🇸🇸 South Sudan0.5-0.04pp
157🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.50.00pp
158Somaliland0.5-0.01pp
159🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.5+0.02pp
160🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.4-0.02pp
161🇹🇲 Turkmenistan0.4+0.00pp
162🇹🇯 Tajikistan0.4-0.02pp
163🇱🇾 Libya0.4-0.02pp
164🇭🇹 Haiti0.4+0.00pp
165🇸🇿 Eswatini0.4+0.01pp
166🇶🇦 Qatar0.4+0.00pp
167🇰🇼 Kuwait0.4-0.01pp
168🇴🇲 Oman0.4-0.01pp
169🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0.3-0.01pp
170🇸🇴 Somalia0.3-0.00pp
171🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar0.3-0.00pp
172🇮🇷 Iran0.3-0.01pp
173🇰🇵 North Korea0.30.00pp
174🇸🇾 Syria0.3+0.06pp
175Palestine/Gaza0.3+0.04pp
176🇸🇩 Sudan0.2+0.02pp
177🇾🇪 Yemen0.2-0.01pp
178🇪🇷 Eritrea0.2-0.01pp
179🇦🇫 Afghanistan0-0.02pp

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