Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) seeks to promote a more stable, peaceful, and just world by focusing on the important role women play in preventing conflict and building peace, growing economies, and addressing global threats like climate change and violent extremism.
This fourth edition of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index ranks and scores 177 countries on women’s status. The results show that countries where women are doing well are also more peaceful, democratic, prosperous, and better
prepared to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
This year, nine of the top ten best countries to be women are European, with Scandinavian countries leading the rankings. Denmark leads the 2023 rankings, scoring more than three times higher than Afghanistan.
1 Denmark
2 Switzerland
3 Sweden
4 Finland
4 Iceland
4 Luxembourg
7 Norway
8 Austria
9 Netherlands
10 New Zealand
11 Australia
11 Belgium
13 Estonia
13 Ireland
15 Singapore
16 Lithuania
17 Canada
18 Czechia
19 Portugal
20 Latvia
21 Germany
22 United Arab Emirates
23 Japan
24 France
25 Croatia
26 United Kingdom
27 Poland
27 Spain
29 Slovakia
30 South Korea
31 Malta
32 Hungary
32 Serbia
34 Italy
35 Bulgaria
36 Slovenia
37 United States
38 Taiwan
39 Georgia
39 Hong Kong
41 Montenegro
42 Romania
43 Seychelles
44 North Macedonia
45 Albania
46 Mongolia
47 Barbados
48 Armenia
49 Guyana
50 Argentina
51 Greece
56 Russian Federation
59 Uruguay
80 Israel
82 China
91 South Africa
99 Türkiye
140 Iran
142 Mexico
156 Palestine
168 Iraq
169 Somalia
170 Eswatini
171 Syrian Arab Republic
172 Burundi
173 South Sudan
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo
175 Central African Republic
176 Yemen
177 Afghanistan
More » Download the WPS Index Executive Summary (.pdf)