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Proportion of youth in parliament, Lower Chamber or Unicameral — under 46 years old

Name: Proportion of youth in parliament, Lower Chamber or Unicameral — under 46 years old
Creator: United Nations SDG Global Database
Keywords: trend-research-200, un-sdg, governance-elections-justice-corruption, proportion, youth, parliament, lower, chamber, unicameral, under

Compare proportion of youth in parliament, lower chamber or unicameral — under 46 years old across 144 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2025.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•144 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

35.7%

Median: 36.9%

Countries Covered

144

with available data

Highest

Ethiopia

71.1%

Lowest

Qatar

2.2%

Top 5 Countries

1Ethiopia71.1%

2Armenia71.0%

3Turkmenistan66.9%

4Colombia63.5%

5Ukraine63.4%

By Region

South America41.3%(6 countries)

Europe40.2%(31 countries)

Africa38.6%(7 countries)

North America37.2%(4 countries)

Other35.7%(75 countries)

Key Findings

•144 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Ethiopia has the highest published value (71.1 %).
•Qatar has the lowest published value (2.2 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.2%)High (71.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.7%)

South America (6)

Europe (31)

Africa (7)

North America (4)

Other (75)

Oceania (2)

Asia (19)

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

Proportion of youth in parliament, Lower Chamber or Unicameral (%).

Values use UN SDG series SG_DMK_PARLYTHP_LC, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2025 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection Age: under 46 years old; Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SG_DMK_PARLYTHP_LC; year 2025; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"Age": "<=45Y", "Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 16.7.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Ethiopia	71.1%
2	Armenia	71.0%
3	Turkmenistan	66.9%
4	Colombia	63.5%
5	Ukraine	63.4%
6	Republic of The Gambia	60.3%
7	Bolivia	60.0%
8	Guatemala	57.5%
9	Netherlands	52.7%
10	Malawi	52.2%
11	Maldives	51.6%
12	Malta	51.4%
13	Suriname	51.0%
14	Norway	49.7%
15	Cuba	49.6%
16	Panama	49.3%
17	The Republic of North Macedonia	49.2%
18	Kyrgyzstan	48.9%
19	Uganda	48.5%
20	Romania	48.0%
21	Denmark	47.5%
22	Moldova, Republic of	47.5%
23	Nauru	47.4%
24	Zimbabwe	47.1%
25	Burkina Faso	46.5%
26	Algeria	46.4%
27	Andorra	46.4%
28	Guyana	46.3%
29	Paraguay	46.3%
30	Sierra Leone	46.3%
31	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46.2%
32	Georgia	46.0%
33	Guinea	46.0%
34	Chile	45.2%
35	Serbia	45.2%
36	United Republic of Tanzania	45.1%
37	Bulgaria	44.6%
38	Finland	44.5%
39	Tunisia	44.4%
40	Costa Rica	43.9%
41	Sweden	43.8%
42	Latvia	43.0%
43	Thailand	43.0%
44	Seychelles	42.9%
45	Mexico	42.8%
46	United Kingdom	42.6%
47	Bahrain	42.5%
48	Germany	42.0%
49	Slovakia	42.0%
50	Uzbekistan	42.0%
51	Cape Verde	41.7%
52	Iceland	41.3%
53	New Zealand	41.0%
54	Mongolia	40.5%
55	Trinidad and Tobago	40.5%
56	Portugal	40.4%
57	Liberia	40.3%
58	Djibouti	40.0%
59	Singapore	40.0%
60	Kazakhstan	39.8%
61	Lithuania	39.7%
62	Belgium	39.3%
63	France	39.0%
64	Switzerland	39.0%
65	Austria	38.3%
66	Bhutan	38.3%
67	Sao Tome and Principe	38.2%
68	Kuwait	38.0%
69	Estonia	37.6%
70	Monaco	37.5%
71	Croatia	37.1%
72	Eswatini	37.0%
73	Brazil	36.8%
74	Luxembourg	36.7%
75	Uruguay	36.4%
76	Rwanda	36.3%
77	South Africa	36.3%
78	Dominican Republic	35.8%
79	Slovenia	35.6%
80	Albania	35.1%
81	Italy	35.0%
82	Madagascar	35.0%
83	Zambia	34.1%
84	Cyprus	33.9%
85	Peru	33.3%
86	San Marino	33.3%
87	Mozambique	33.2%
88	Mali	33.1%
89	Czech Republic	33.0%
90	Lesotho	33.0%
91	Egypt	32.9%
92	Argentina	32.7%
93	Poland	31.7%
94	Chad	31.6%
95	Philippines	31.5%
96	Canada	30.2%
97	Hungary	30.2%
98	Mauritius	29.9%
99	Libya	29.4%
100	Central African Republic	29.3%
101	Vietnam	29.3%
102	Sri Lanka	29.2%
103	Indonesia	29.2%
104	Israel	29.2%
105	Namibia	28.7%
106	Morocco	28.4%
107	Ghana	28.0%
108	Spain	27.7%
109	Angola	27.3%
110	Russian Federation	27.0%
111	Timor-Leste	26.2%
112	Malaysia	26.1%
113	Australia	25.0%
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.4%
115	Liechtenstein	24.0%
116	Türkiye	24.0%
117	Benin	23.9%
118	Nepal	22.9%
119	Pakistan	22.5%
120	United Arab Emirates	22.5%
121	Antigua and Barbuda	22.2%
122	Greece	21.7%
123	Islamic Republic of Iran	21.7%
124	Jamaica	20.6%
125	Fiji	20.0%
126	Japan	18.7%
127	United States of America	18.4%
128	Cameroon	18.3%
129	India	18.1%
130	Lebanon	17.2%
131	Tajikistan	15.9%
132	Cote d'Ivoire	15.4%
133	Azerbaijan	15.2%
134	Papua New Guinea	14.8%
135	Nicaragua	14.3%
136	Saudi Arabia	12.7%
137	Lao People's Democratic Republic	12.2%
138	Brunei Darussalam	11.8%
139	South Korea	9.7%
140	Micronesia, Federated States of	8.3%
141	Cambodia	8.0%
142	Palau	6.3%
143	Tonga	3.7%
144	Qatar	2.2%

Showing 144 of 144 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #un-sdg #governance-elections-justice-corruption #proportion #youth #parliament #lower #chamber #unicameral #under

Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).

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