Society

5 metrics in Society. Each one has a world map, a chart over time and a free download.

Life satisfaction

Where are people happiest with their lives?

Finland 7.76
Iceland 7.54

World 5.44 · 2025 147 countries

Homicide rate

Where are homicide rates highest?

Turks and Caicos Islands 51.8
Jamaica 47.1

World 5.3 · 2020 129 countries

Gender wage gap

Where is the gap between men's and women's pay widest?

Sudan 62.5%
Ghana 38.4%

2022 53 countries

Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)

Where do women have the most political power?

Denmark 0.954
Belgium 0.952

World 0.714 · 2025 175 countries

Share of women in parliament

Where do women hold the most seats in parliament?

Rwanda 63.8%
Cuba 55.7%

World 27.0% · 2025 166 countries

About the author

Hello there, I’m Klaus Jürgen Folz. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and I work in Austria as a lead Python and Power BI developer. I built Data Mechanics because good decisions start with facts. Public data is often scattered, hard to find or locked behind paywalls, and too much of what we read about the world is biased. Here, every number is shown as it was published, next to its source, so anyone can check it, compare countries and leaders, and draw their own conclusions.

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