Equality of political power across social groups score by country
Countries reporting
174
Highest
3.28
Denmark
Lowest
-2.74
Afghanistan
Median
0.911
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,486
What the numbers show
Equality of political power across social groups score is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 3.28 in Denmark; the lowest is -2.74 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.911, and the mean is 0.6568.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 1,491.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 6,560.0%).
Equality of political power across social groups score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 3.28 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Lithuania | 3.1 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 3 | South Korea | 3.05 | 2025 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Japan | 2.9 | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 2.65 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Cape Verde | 2.49 | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 2.29 | 2025 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Switzerland | 2.29 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Czechia | 2.28 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Senegal | 2.19 | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Benin | 2.18 | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Greece | 2.15 | 2025 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 2.12 | 2025 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 2.11 | 2025 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Belgium | 2.03 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 15 | Iceland | 2.03 | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 2.02 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 2.02 | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Norway | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 2 | 2025 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Malta | 1.96 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bhutan | 1.92 | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Ireland | 1.91 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Suriname | 1.9 | 2025 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Liberia | 1.85 | 2025 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Uruguay | 1.8 | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Lesotho | 1.77 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1.77 | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Barbados | 1.75 | 2025 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Austria | 1.74 | 2025 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 1.74 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 32 | Australia | 1.73 | 2025 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 33 | Sweden | 1.72 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 1.71 | 2025 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Spain | 1.68 | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 1.65 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Taiwan | 1.6 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 1.59 | 2025 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 39 | Vanuatu | 1.58 | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Botswana | 1.57 | 2025 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Montenegro | 1.55 | 2025 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Albania | 1.53 | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.53 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Romania | 1.52 | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 1.52 | 2025 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Niger | 1.5 | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 1.48 | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1.47 | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 49 | Argentina | 1.46 | 2025 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Belarus | 1.44 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 1.42 | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 1.4 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 1.39 | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Somalia | 1.39 | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Tunisia | 1.34 | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 1.34 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Mozambique | 1.34 | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Latvia | 1.32 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 1.31 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Guinea | 1.3 | 2025 | up 299.4% | volatile |
| 61 | East Timor | 1.29 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Brazil | 1.28 | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Portugal | 1.26 | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Estonia | 1.25 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Comoros | 1.24 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Canada | 1.21 | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 1.2 | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Guatemala | 1.19 | 2025 | up 831.9% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 1.19 | 2025 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Slovenia | 1.18 | 2025 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Guyana | 1.18 | 2025 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 1.17 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Mexico | 1.16 | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Gambia | 1.13 | 2025 | up 1,491.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovakia | 1.12 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Chile | 1.12 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Netherlands | 1.12 | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Togo | 1.11 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 79 | New Zealand | 1.07 | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 1.07 | 2025 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Panama | 1.06 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Cuba | 1.03 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Israel | 1.02 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Moldova | 1 | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 0.942 | 2025 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.94 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 0.926 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.896 | 2025 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 89 | Cyprus | 0.871 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 0.869 | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 0.863 | 2025 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Serbia | 0.856 | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Bolivia | 0.81 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 0.808 | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Peru | 0.799 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.789 | 2025 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.784 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Colombia | 0.763 | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.743 | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Djibouti | 0.733 | 2025 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Pakistan | 0.689 | 2025 | up 928.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Croatia | 0.678 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Madagascar | 0.663 | 2025 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Malawi | 0.637 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.596 | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 106 | United States | 0.591 | 2025 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 107 | India | 0.521 | 2025 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Indonesia | 0.463 | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Oman | 0.456 | 2025 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.428 | 2025 | down 59.0% | rising |
| 112 | Turkey | 0.406 | 2025 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Egypt | 0.387 | 2025 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Mauritius | 0.375 | 2025 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 0.362 | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.36 | 2025 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 0.336 | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Libya | 0.332 | 2025 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Maldives | 0.328 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Ecuador | 0.318 | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mali | 0.318 | 2025 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.297 | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Russia | 0.266 | 2025 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Malaysia | 0.256 | 2025 | up 171.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Kuwait | 0.217 | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Singapore | 0.204 | 2025 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Iraq | 0.166 | 2025 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan | 0.145 | 2025 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 130 | North Korea | 0.137 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.125 | 2025 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Lebanon | 0.111 | 2025 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 0.087 | 2025 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Thailand | -0.077 | 2025 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Congo | -0.097 | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Angola | -0.134 | 2025 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | -0.18 | 2025 | down 111.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.282 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Paraguay | -0.384 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 140 | Cambodia | -0.418 | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Haiti | -0.426 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Gabon | -0.435 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Burundi | -0.457 | 2025 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Syria | -0.491 | 2025 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Iran | -0.534 | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | -0.587 | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | -0.6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | -0.601 | 2025 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | -0.617 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Laos | -0.676 | 2025 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 151 | Uganda | -0.684 | 2025 | down 153.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Cameroon | -0.759 | 2025 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | -0.875 | 2025 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 154 | Eritrea | -0.897 | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 155 | Yemen | -1.01 | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Mauritania | -1.08 | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | -1.12 | 2025 | down 686.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | -1.2 | 2025 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | -1.21 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Tajikistan | -1.27 | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Rwanda | -1.44 | 2025 | down 1,589.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Myanmar | -1.48 | 2025 | down 884.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Vietnam | -1.55 | 2025 | down 348.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Palestine | -1.59 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.64 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 166 | Chad | -1.65 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Eswatini | -1.84 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 168 | Venezuela | -1.94 | 2025 | down 6,560.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahrain | -1.97 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Nicaragua | -2.19 | 2025 | down 546.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Vatican | -2.2 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | China | -2.24 | 2025 | down 59.3% | rising |
| 173 | Azerbaijan | -2.25 | 2025 | down 1,445.5% | volatile |
| 174 | South Sudan | -2.43 | 2025 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Qatar | -2.44 | 2025 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | -2.74 | 2025 | down 426.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 0.423
- Central African Republic 0.254