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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
Equality of political power across social groups score
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
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