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demographic2025

Proportions of positions in the judiciary compared to national distributions (ratio) - All age ranges or no breaks by age - No breakdown by disability - TOTAL - Female - JUDGES

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•104 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.9ratio
Median: 1.0ratio
Countries Covered
104
with available data
Highest
Slovenia
1.6ratio
Lowest
United Arab Emirates
0.0ratio
Top 5 Countries
1Slovenia1.6ratio
2Latvia1.6ratio
3Greece1.5ratio
4Croatia1.5ratio
5Serbia1.5ratio
By Region
Europe1.2ratio(32 countries)
South America1.0ratio(4 countries)
Oceania0.9ratio(2 countries)
North America0.9ratio(2 countries)
Africa0.8ratio(3 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0ratio)High (1.6ratio)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.9ratio)

Europe (32)
South America (4)
Oceania (2)
North America (2)
Africa (3)
Other (48)
Asia (13)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Slovenia1.6ratio
2Latvia1.6ratio
3Greece1.5ratio
4Croatia1.5ratio
5Serbia1.5ratio
6Luxembourg1.4ratio
7Romania1.4ratio
8Mauritius1.4ratio
9Bahamas1.4ratio
10Guyana1.4ratio
11France1.4ratio
12Estonia1.4ratio
13Hungary1.4ratio
14Lithuania1.3ratio
15Bulgaria1.3ratio
16Northern Mariana Islands1.3ratio
17Finland1.3ratio
18Portugal1.3ratio
19Bosnia and Herzegovina1.3ratio
20Uruguay1.3ratio
21Panama1.3ratio
22Slovakia1.3ratio
23The Republic of North Macedonia1.3ratio
24Poland1.2ratio
25Belarus1.2ratio
26Virgin Islands, U.S.1.2ratio
27Czech Republic1.2ratio
28Netherlands1.2ratio
29Russian Federation1.2ratio
30Belgium1.2ratio
31Denmark1.2ratio
32Austria1.2ratio
33Montenegro1.2ratio
34Andorra1.2ratio
35Lesotho1.1ratio
36Italy1.1ratio
37Sweden1.1ratio
38Spain1.1ratio
39Cyprus1.1ratio
40Myanmar1.1ratio
41Kenya1.1ratio
42Malta1.1ratio
43Switzerland1.1ratio
44Ukraine1.1ratio
45Georgia1.1ratio
46United Kingdom1.1ratio
47Israel1.1ratio
48Kazakhstan1.1ratio
49Tunisia1.1ratio
50Botswana1.0ratio
51Moldova, Republic of1.0ratio
52Germany1.0ratio
53Lebanon1.0ratio
54Norway1.0ratio
55Singapore0.9ratio
56Canada0.9ratio
57Türkiye0.9ratio
58Australia0.9ratio
59Seychelles0.9ratio
60New Zealand0.9ratio
61Argentina0.9ratio
62Monaco0.9ratio
63Zimbabwe0.9ratio
64South Africa0.9ratio
65Iceland0.9ratio
66Ireland0.9ratio
67Timor-Leste0.9ratio
68Ecuador0.8ratio
69Cape Verde0.8ratio
70Mexico0.8ratio
71Malaysia0.8ratio
72Hong Kong0.8ratio
73Palau0.8ratio
74Peru0.8ratio
75Zambia0.7ratio
76Namibia0.7ratio
77San Marino0.7ratio
78Samoa0.7ratio
79Kyrgyzstan0.7ratio
80Sri Lanka0.6ratio
81Armenia0.6ratio
82Liechtenstein0.6ratio
83Morocco0.6ratio
84Bangladesh0.5ratio
85Japan0.5ratio
86State of Palestine0.4ratio
87Azerbaijan0.4ratio
88Fiji0.3ratio
89Vanuatu0.3ratio
90Sudan0.3ratio
91Libya0.3ratio
92Uzbekistan0.3ratio
93Marshall Islands0.2ratio
94Tuvalu0.2ratio
95Bahrain0.2ratio
96Guinea0.1ratio
97Tonga0.1ratio
98Maldives0.1ratio
99Qatar0.1ratio
100Iraq0.1ratio
101Oman0.0ratio
102Pakistan0.0ratio
103Somalia0.0ratio
104United Arab Emirates0.0ratio
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Topics

#demographic#ratio#proportions#positions#the#judiciary#compared#national#distributions#all#age#ranges#breaks#breakdown#disability#total#female#judges

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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