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demographic2025

Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Upper Chamber

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•79 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5ratio
Median: 0.6ratio
Countries Covered
79
with available data
Highest
Australia
1.1ratio
Lowest
Haiti
0.0ratio
Top 5 Countries
1Australia1.1ratio
2Bolivia1.1ratio
3Saint Lucia1.1ratio
4Canada1.1ratio
5Rwanda1.0ratio
By Region
Oceania1.1ratio(1 countries)
North America0.8ratio(3 countries)
Europe0.6ratio(14 countries)
South America0.6ratio(5 countries)
Other0.5ratio(42 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 (1.1ratio)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5ratio)

Oceania (1)
North America (3)
Europe (14)
South America (5)
Other (42)
Asia (9)
Africa (5)

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 ↕
1Australia1.1ratio
2Bolivia1.1ratio
3Saint Lucia1.1ratio
4Canada1.1ratio
5Rwanda1.0ratio
6Mexico0.9ratio
7Belgium0.9ratio
8Austria0.9ratio
9Eswatini0.9ratio
10Argentina0.9ratio
11Spain0.8ratio
12Burundi0.8ratio
13Netherlands0.8ratio
14Jamaica0.8ratio
15Antigua and Barbuda0.8ratio
16Zimbabwe0.8ratio
17Ireland0.7ratio
18Bahrain0.7ratio
19France0.7ratio
20Italy0.7ratio
21Nepal0.7ratio
22Switzerland0.7ratio
23Germany0.7ratio
24Cameroon0.6ratio
25Trinidad and Tobago0.6ratio
26Barbados0.6ratio
27Republic of the Congo0.6ratio
28Kenya0.6ratio
29Colombia0.6ratio
30Grenada0.6ratio
31South Sudan0.6ratio
32Uruguay0.6ratio
33Oman0.6ratio
34Philippines0.6ratio
35Ethiopia0.6ratio
36Bahamas0.6ratio
37United Kingdom0.6ratio
38Afghanistan0.6ratio
39Belize0.6ratio
40Equatorial Guinea0.6ratio
41Belarus0.6ratio
42Chile0.5ratio
43Cote d'Ivoire0.5ratio
44Somalia0.5ratio
45United States of America0.5ratio
46Gabon0.5ratio
47Japan0.5ratio
48Tajikistan0.5ratio
49Uzbekistan0.5ratio
50Turkmenistan0.5ratio
51Paraguay0.4ratio
52Thailand0.4ratio
53Czech Republic0.4ratio
54Lesotho0.4ratio
55Pakistan0.4ratio
56Romania0.4ratio
57Brazil0.4ratio
58Kazakhstan0.4ratio
59Cambodia0.4ratio
60Poland0.4ratio
61Slovenia0.4ratio
62India0.3ratio
63Malaysia0.3ratio
64Russian Federation0.3ratio
65Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3ratio
66Jordan0.3ratio
67Palau0.3ratio
68Myanmar0.3ratio
69Namibia0.3ratio
70Egypt0.3ratio
71Bhutan0.3ratio
72Tunisia0.3ratio
73Dominican Republic0.2ratio
74Madagascar0.2ratio
75Liberia0.2ratio
76Bosnia and Herzegovina0.1ratio
77Algeria0.1ratio
78Nigeria0.1ratio
79Haiti0.0ratio
Showing 79 of 79 countries

Topics

#demographic#ratio#for#female#members#parliaments#the#proportion#women#parliament#national#population#with#age#eligibility#lower#bound#boundary#upper#chamber

Data Source

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

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