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Women Peace and Security Index
The 2023 edition of the global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index) scores and ranks 177 countries in terms of women’s inclusion, justice, and security.
No country performs perfectly on the WPS Index and the results reveal wide disparities across countries, regions, and indicators. The WPS Index offers a tool for identifying where resources and accountability are needed most to advance women’s status - which benefits us all.
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.
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Index Score
0 - 0.43
0.43 - 0.57
0.57 - 0.71
0.71 - 0.86
0.86 - 1
Index Rankings
Highest Ranked
Denmark
Ranking: 1 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.932
Switzerland
Ranking: 2 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.928
Sweden
Ranking: 3 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.926
Finland
Ranking: 4 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.924
Luxembourg
Ranking: 4 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.924
Iceland
Ranking: 4 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.924
Norway
Ranking: 7 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.92
Austria
Ranking: 8 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.911
Netherlands
Ranking: 9 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.908
New Zealand
Ranking: 10 / 177
Increase
WPS Index Score: 0.904
Lowest Ranked
Afghanistan
Ranking: 177 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.286
Yemen
Ranking: 176 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.287
Central African Republic
Ranking: 175 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.378
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ranking: 174 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.384
South Sudan
Ranking: 173 / 177
WPS Index Score: 0.388
Burundi
Ranking: 172 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.394
Syrian Arab Republic
Ranking: 171 / 177
WPS Index Score: 0.407
Eswatini
Ranking: 170 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.415
Somalia
Ranking: 169 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.417
Iraq
Ranking: 168 / 177
Decrease
WPS Index Score: 0.424
Going Behind Borders
The WPS Index relies on national averages, which paint a broad picture of women's status across countries. But national averages conceal variation within country borders. This year, we explored the findings of subnational analyses for Colombia and Ethiopia, with subnational index scores that capture how women's inclusion, justice, and security vary by location within each country (33 departments in Colombia and 11 regions in Ethiopia).
Is Women’s Status Improving Over Time?
Check out our latest research brief assessing trends in women’s status over time, as well as a new paper exploring the links between women’s status and countries’ resilience to climate change.
Meet The Index Team
Elena Ortiz
Research Manager and Lead Author
Milorad Kovacevic
Lead Statistician
Michael Gottschalk
Statistician
Siri Aas Rustad
Research Professor and Research Director, PRIO
Lexah Caraluzzi
Research Assistant, GIWPS
Ava Kawamura
Research Assistant, GIWPS
Anna Marie Obermeier
Research Assistant, PRIO
Ziwen Lu
Research Assistant, GIWPS