Vatican vs Yemen: Equal Access to Power Index
Vatican
0.034
in 1870
Yemen
0.086
in 2025
Vatican rank
175th
Yemen rank
172nd
Equal Access to Power Index over time
- Vatican
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.086 against 0.034 in Vatican, a difference of 0.052.
That makes Yemen's figure about 2.5 times Vatican's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Yemen ahead.
Vatican ranks 175th and Yemen ranks 172nd of 176 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Vatican averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Vatican | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.032 | 0.054 | 0.022 | Yemen |
| 1790s | 0.0468 | 0.054 | 0.0072 | Yemen |
| 1800s | 0.067 | 0.054 | 0.013 | Vatican |
| 1810s | 0.033 | 0.054 | 0.021 | Yemen |
| 1820s | 0.033 | 0.054 | 0.021 | Yemen |
| 1830s | 0.033 | 0.054 | 0.021 | Yemen |
| 1840s | 0.0702 | 0.054 | 0.0162 | Vatican |
| 1850s | 0.034 | 0.1746 | 0.1406 | Yemen |
| 1860s | 0.034 | 0.213 | 0.179 | Yemen |
| 1870s | 0.034 | 0.213 | 0.179 | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher equal access to power index, Vatican or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.086 against 0.034 in Vatican as of 2025.
- What is the difference in equal access to power index between Vatican and Yemen?
- 0.052, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Vatican and Yemen?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 1870.
- How do Vatican and Yemen rank globally for equal access to power index?
- Vatican ranks 175th and Yemen ranks 172nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.