Equal Access to Power Index by country

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.

Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.975
Norway
Lowest
0.011
Afghanistan
Median
0.64
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,486

What the numbers show

Equal Access to Power Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.975 in Norway; the lowest is 0.011 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.64, and the mean is 0.6018.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 97.7%).

Equal Access to Power Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 0.975 2025 up 3.1% volatile
2 Denmark 0.969 2025 unchanged rising
3 Lithuania 0.945 2025 up 5.7% volatile
4 Iceland 0.941 2025 down 0.4% rising
5 Germany 0.931 2025 down 1.5% volatile
6 Belgium 0.926 2025 up 1.2% rising
7 Sweden 0.924 2025 down 0.6% rising
8 Switzerland 0.923 2025 up 1.4% rising
9 Greece 0.921 2025 up 1.9% rising
10 Poland 0.92 2025 up 3.6% volatile
11 Japan 0.918 2025 up 10.7% volatile
13 Slovenia 0.912 2025 up 1.3% rising
14 Finland 0.911 2025 down 2.8% rising
14 Italy 0.911 2025 down 1.0% volatile
16 Estonia 0.905 2025 up 9.3% volatile
17 France 0.902 2025 up 0.6% rising
18 Costa Rica 0.9 2025 up 1.6% volatile
19 Jamaica 0.891 2025 down 1.1% rising
19 Moldova 0.891 2025 up 29.9% volatile
21 Netherlands 0.89 2025 down 1.1% volatile
21 Tanzania 0.89 2025 up 7.0% volatile
23 South Korea 0.889 2025 up 9.9% volatile
24 Suriname 0.883 2025 up 20.6% volatile
26 Australia 0.877 2025 up 3.1% rising
27 Latvia 0.876 2025 up 15.4% volatile
29 Czechia 0.863 2025 down 1.1% rising
30 Cyprus 0.86 2025 up 6.0% volatile
31 Barbados 0.857 2025 up 8.5% rising
32 Senegal 0.851 2025 up 5.3% volatile
33 Spain 0.844 2025 down 2.9% volatile
34 Canada 0.839 2025 down 1.6% rising
34 Liberia 0.839 2025 up 5.4% volatile
36 Lesotho 0.838 2025 down 0.5% rising
36 Uruguay 0.838 2025 down 9.6% volatile
38 Chile 0.833 2025 up 10.8% volatile
39 Cuba 0.826 2025 up 1.2% volatile
39 Trinidad and Tobago 0.826 2025 up 5.4% volatile
41 Niger 0.825 2025 up 3.1% volatile
42 Armenia 0.82 2025 up 59.8% falling
43 Benin 0.817 2025 up 5.7% rising
43 United Kingdom 0.817 2025 up 0.1% volatile
45 Tunisia 0.814 2025 down 7.8% volatile
46 Austria 0.806 2025 up 1.8% rising
47 Romania 0.805 2025 up 9.2% volatile
48 New Zealand 0.804 2025 down 6.2% rising
48 Vanuatu 0.804 2025 down 12.9% rising
50 Taiwan 0.801 2025 down 4.5% volatile
51 Comoros 0.797 2025 up 11.0% volatile
52 Montenegro 0.794 2025 up 18.9% volatile
53 Cape Verde 0.789 2025 down 5.6% volatile
54 Sri Lanka 0.784 2025 up 39.0% volatile
55 Bulgaria 0.781 2025 down 2.5% rising
56 Brazil 0.779 2025 down 3.1% volatile
56 Mozambique 0.779 2025 up 10.3% volatile
58 Bhutan 0.778 2025 up 0.8% volatile
58 Nepal 0.778 2025 up 0.1% volatile
60 Argentina 0.77 2025 down 12.2% volatile
61 Croatia 0.766 2025 up 5.7% rising
62 Bolivia 0.761 2025 down 8.0% volatile
62 Mexico 0.761 2025 up 32.3% volatile
64 Guyana 0.752 2025 up 8.4% volatile
65 Sierra Leone 0.75 2025 up 7.6% rising
66 Israel 0.747 2025 up 0.1% volatile
67 Algeria 0.74 2025 up 27.1% volatile
67 Sao Tome and Principe 0.74 2025 down 0.1% volatile
69 Belarus 0.738 2025 down 9.9% volatile
69 Portugal 0.738 2025 down 17.8% volatile
71 South Africa 0.736 2025 down 3.9% volatile
72 Guatemala 0.727 2025 up 59.8% volatile
73 Slovakia 0.72 2025 down 0.7% volatile
74 Gambia 0.718 2025 up 88.5% volatile
74 Seychelles 0.718 2025 up 12.4% volatile
76 Ghana 0.716 2025 down 5.2% rising
77 Peru 0.708 2025 up 4.6% volatile
78 Solomon Islands 0.704 2025 up 16.4% volatile
78 Serbia 0.704 2025 up 2.5% rising
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.701 2025 up 0.6% rising
81 Zambia 0.693 2025 up 7.1% volatile
82 East Timor 0.686 2025 up 4.3% volatile
83 Botswana 0.683 2025 up 11.4% volatile
84 Namibia 0.679 2025 down 2.9% volatile
85 Albania 0.669 2025 up 1.8% rising
85 Ukraine 0.669 2025 up 49.0% falling
87 Burkina Faso 0.663 2025 down 0.7% rising
88 Mali 0.662 2025 down 8.4% volatile
89 Hong Kong 0.651 2025 up 0.5% volatile
90 Kenya 0.64 2025 down 4.8% volatile
91 Fiji 0.638 2025 up 8.1% volatile
91 Malaysia 0.638 2025 up 28.1% rising
93 Mauritius 0.634 2025 down 15.0% volatile
94 Djibouti 0.629 2025 up 54.9% volatile
95 Thailand 0.622 2025 up 11.5% volatile
96 Hungary 0.62 2025 down 15.8% volatile
97 Colombia 0.618 2025 down 7.1% volatile
98 Guinea 0.616 2025 up 38.1% volatile
99 Dominican Republic 0.615 2025 down 1.6% rising
100 Singapore 0.613 2025 down 14.3% volatile
100 United States 0.613 2025 down 27.8% volatile
102 Honduras 0.605 2025 up 49.4% volatile
103 Malawi 0.602 2025 down 1.1% volatile
104 Georgia 0.589 2025 down 11.3% volatile
105 Gabon 0.585 2025 up 6.0% volatile
106 Kyrgyzstan 0.583 2025 up 15.0% volatile
107 Togo 0.581 2025 down 14.2% volatile
108 Papua New Guinea 0.571 2025 down 5.1% volatile
109 Turkey 0.568 2025 down 12.6% rising
110 Nigeria 0.566 2025 up 2.4% rising
111 Madagascar 0.563 2025 down 9.0% volatile
112 Mongolia 0.553 2025 down 26.5% rising
113 Panama 0.539 2025 down 6.6% rising
114 North Macedonia 0.528 2025 up 16.6% volatile
115 Burundi 0.518 2025 down 3.7% volatile
116 Indonesia 0.514 2025 down 15.5% volatile
117 India 0.511 2025 down 13.7% rising
118 Central African Republic 0.507 2025 down 32.7% volatile
119 Cote d'Ivoire 0.501 2025 down 28.9% volatile
120 Morocco 0.493 2025 up 3.6% volatile
121 Ethiopia 0.491 2025 up 16.9% volatile
122 Vietnam 0.49 2025 down 11.6% falling
123 Somalia 0.489 2025 up 63.0% volatile
124 Pakistan 0.477 2025 up 37.5% flat
125 Maldives 0.462 2025 up 20.9% volatile
126 Bangladesh 0.44 2025 down 3.9% rising
127 Paraguay 0.433 2025 up 9.6% volatile
128 Uganda 0.427 2025 down 24.2% volatile
129 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.426 2025 down 24.5% volatile
130 Angola 0.422 2025 up 27.9% volatile
130 Cameroon 0.422 2025 up 15.9% rising
132 Egypt 0.416 2025 up 37.7% volatile
133 Lebanon 0.409 2025 up 6.2% rising
134 Guinea-Bissau 0.408 2025 down 5.3% volatile
135 Venezuela 0.399 2025 down 46.9% volatile
136 Laos 0.394 2025 up 6.8% volatile
137 Ecuador 0.393 2025 down 49.4% volatile
138 Kazakhstan 0.392 2025 up 49.0% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.375 2025 down 28.6% volatile
140 Libya 0.373 2025 down 45.9% volatile
141 Eritrea 0.362 2025 down 20.1% rising
141 Iran 0.362 2025 down 4.0% volatile
143 Philippines 0.361 2025 down 24.3% volatile
144 Jordan 0.358 2025 down 17.3% rising
145 Syria 0.357 2025 up 466.7% flat
146 Sudan 0.356 2025 up 191.8% rising
147 Uzbekistan 0.347 2025 up 4.5% volatile
148 North Korea 0.345 2025 up 17.7% volatile
149 Cambodia 0.344 2025 down 4.7% volatile
150 Congo 0.342 2025 up 29.5% volatile
151 El Salvador 0.337 2025 down 41.0% volatile
152 Oman 0.329 2025 up 2.8% volatile
153 Iraq 0.306 2025 down 15.9% falling
154 Russia 0.291 2025 down 33.3% volatile
155 Kuwait 0.267 2025 down 31.4% rising
156 Haiti 0.25 2025 down 19.4% volatile
157 Eswatini 0.228 2025 down 18.3% volatile
158 United Arab Emirates 0.211 2025 down 1.4% rising
159 Mauritania 0.198 2025 up 23.8% volatile
160 Saudi Arabia 0.195 2025 up 66.7% volatile
161 Myanmar 0.191 2025 down 70.1% volatile
162 Equatorial Guinea 0.177 2025 up 12.7% volatile
163 China 0.172 2025 down 35.6% volatile
164 Palestine 0.171 1948 unchanged flat
165 Bahrain 0.153 2025 up 43.0% volatile
166 Zimbabwe 0.151 2025 down 46.6% volatile
167 Azerbaijan 0.144 2025 down 55.0% volatile
168 Turkmenistan 0.141 2025 up 28.2% volatile
169 Nicaragua 0.132 2025 down 65.5% volatile
170 Chad 0.111 2025 down 37.3% falling
171 Qatar 0.098 2025 up 25.6% volatile
172 Yemen 0.086 2025 down 29.5% volatile
173 Tajikistan 0.061 2025 down 46.0% volatile
174 South Sudan 0.05 2025 down 59.0% rising
175 Vatican 0.034 1870 unchanged volatile
176 Afghanistan 0.011 2025 down 97.7% rising

About this data

Indicator
Equal Access to Power Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.