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Gender parity in politics — Social capital

Name: Gender parity in politics — Social capital
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Keywords: trend-research-500, oecd, health-systems-mental-health, gender, parity, politics, social, capital

Compare gender parity in politics — social capital across 44 countries or territories using one fixed 2026 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•44 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

33.7Percentage of members of parliament

Median: 34.2Percentage of members of parliament

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

Mexico

50.4Percentage of members of parliament

Lowest

Japan

15.5Percentage of members of parliament

Top 5 Countries

1Mexico50.4Percentage of members of parliament

2Costa Rica49.1Percentage of members of parliament

3Iceland46.0Percentage of members of parliament

4Australia46.0Percentage of members of parliament

5Finland45.5Percentage of members of parliament

By Region

Oceania45.8Percentage of members of parliament(2 countries)

North America36.5Percentage of members of parliament(3 countries)

Europe34.6Percentage of members of parliament(29 countries)

Other34.5Percentage of members of parliament(2 countries)

South America30.7Percentage of members of parliament(4 countries)

Key Findings

•44 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of members of parliament observation in the fixed 2026 slice.
•Mexico has the highest published value (50.4 Percentage of members of parliament).
•Japan has the lowest published value (15.5 Percentage of members of parliament).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (15.5Percentage of members of parliament)High (50.4Percentage of members of parliament)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 33.7Percentage of members of parliament)

Oceania (2)

North America (3)

Europe (29)

Other (2)

South America (4)

Asia (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Future well-being: Gender parity in politics — Social capital. Unit: Percentage of members of parliament. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2026 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Future well-being: Gender parity in politics — Social capital. Unit: Percentage of members of parliament. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Mexico	50.4Percentage of members of parliament
2	Costa Rica	49.1Percentage of members of parliament
3	Iceland	46.0Percentage of members of parliament
4	Australia	46.0Percentage of members of parliament
5	Finland	45.5Percentage of members of parliament
6	New Zealand	45.5Percentage of members of parliament
7	Sweden	44.7Percentage of members of parliament
8	Denmark	44.1Percentage of members of parliament
9	Spain	44.0Percentage of members of parliament
10	Netherlands	43.3Percentage of members of parliament
11	Norway	42.6Percentage of members of parliament
12	Peru	41.5Percentage of members of parliament
13	Belgium	40.7Percentage of members of parliament
14	United Kingdom	40.6Percentage of members of parliament
15	Switzerland	39.7Percentage of members of parliament
16	Slovenia	37.8Percentage of members of parliament
17	Latvia	37.0Percentage of members of parliament
18	Portugal	36.5Percentage of members of parliament
19	France	36.2Percentage of members of parliament
20	Austria	35.5Percentage of members of parliament
21	Luxembourg	35.0Percentage of members of parliament
22	Chile	34.8Percentage of members of parliament
23	Czech Republic	33.5Percentage of members of parliament
24	Italy	32.8Percentage of members of parliament
25	Croatia	32.7Percentage of members of parliament
26	Germany	32.5Percentage of members of parliament
27	Poland	31.5Percentage of members of parliament
28	Canada	30.3Percentage of members of parliament
29	Estonia	29.7Percentage of members of parliament
30	Colombia	29.4Percentage of members of parliament
31	United States of America	28.8Percentage of members of parliament
32	Lithuania	28.4Percentage of members of parliament
33	Israel	25.8Percentage of members of parliament
34	Bulgaria	25.0Percentage of members of parliament
35	Ireland	25.0Percentage of members of parliament
36	Greece	23.9Percentage of members of parliament
37	Romania	22.7Percentage of members of parliament
38	Indonesia	22.2Percentage of members of parliament
39	Slovakia	22.0Percentage of members of parliament
40	South Korea	20.8Percentage of members of parliament
41	Türkiye	19.9Percentage of members of parliament
42	Brazil	17.2Percentage of members of parliament
43	Hungary	15.6Percentage of members of parliament
44	Japan	15.5Percentage of members of parliament

Showing 44 of 44 countries

Topics

#trend-research-500 #oecd #health-systems-mental-health #gender #parity #politics #social #capital

Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2026).

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