Women Peace and Security Index
Trends in the WPS Index show that the global advance of women’s status has slowed and disparities have widened across countries.
The WPS Index is published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2021 WPS Index Highlights
Measuring Disadvantages of Displaced Women
With forced displacement approaching 90 million and at all-time highs, the WPS Index has now been adapted and applied to measure the situation of forcibly displaced women. The results for five African countries—Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan—show that displaced women and girls face a higher risk of intimate partner violence, economic marginalization and financial exclusion, and often felt less free to move about. Displaced women experienced an average disadvantage of about 24 percent compared to host community women.
Going Behind Borders
We conducted localized analysis for three very different countries—Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States. Each country reveals wide regional disparities, demonstrating the value of this type of analysis.
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Index Score
Index Rankings
Arrows indicate advance or decline in global rankings since 2017
Highest Ranked
Norway
Ranking: 1 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.922
Finland
Ranking: 2 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.909
Iceland
Ranking: 3 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.907
Denmark
Ranking: 4 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.903
Luxembourg
Ranking: 5 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.899
Switzerland
Ranking: 6 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.898
Sweden
Ranking: 7 / 170
National Index Score: 0.895
Austria
Ranking: 8 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.891
United Kingdom
Ranking: 9 / 170
Increase
National Index Score: 0.888
Netherlands
Ranking: 10 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.885
Lowest Ranked
Afghanistan
Ranking: 170 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.278
Syria
Ranking: 169 / 170
National Index Score: 0.375
Yemen
Ranking: 168 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.388
Pakistan
Ranking: 167 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.476
Iraq
Ranking: 166 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.516
South Sudan
Ranking: 165 / 170
National Index Score: 0.541
Chad
Ranking: 163 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.547
DR Congo
Ranking: 163 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.547
Sudan
Ranking: 162 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.556
Sierra Leone
Ranking: 161 / 170
Decrease
National Index Score: 0.563
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