DEFINITION
Women in
government at ministerial level in 2000 (as % of total). Data were provided by states based on their definition of national executive and may therefore include women serving as ministers and vice ministers and those holding other ministerial positions, including parliamentary secretaries.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Belgium: |
55% |
|
| #2 |
Venezuela: |
47.4% |
|
| #3 |
Algeria: |
45% |
|
| #4 |
Lebanon: |
44.4% |
|
| #5 |
Uganda: |
44% |
|
| #6 |
Norway: |
42.1% |
|
| #7 |
Solomon Islands: |
38.1% |
|
| #8 |
Jordan: |
37.9% |
|
| #9 |
Mauritania: |
36% |
|
| #10 |
Germany: |
35.9% |
|
| #11 |
Lesotho: |
35.7% |
|
| #12 |
Mongolia: |
35% |
|
| #13 |
Saint Lucia: |
33.3% |
|
| #14 |
Saudi Arabia: |
33.3% |
|
| #15 |
Cameroon: |
33.3% |
|
| #16 |
Mexico: |
31.8% |
|
| #17 |
Indonesia: |
31.3% |
|
| #18 |
Colombia: |
31% |
|
| #19 |
Qatar: |
30.8% |
|
| #20 |
Cyprus: |
28.6% |
|
| #21 |
Turkey: |
28.6% |
|
| #22 |
Ghana: |
28.6% |
|
| #23 |
Iran: |
27.1% |
|
| #24 |
Haiti: |
26.7% |
|
| #25 |
Croatia: |
25.7% |
|
| #26 |
Italy: |
25.6% |
|
| #27 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
25% |
|
| #28 |
Barbados: |
24.3% |
|
| #29 |
Comoros: |
23.1% |
|
| #30 |
Czech Republic: |
23.1% |
|
| #31 |
Belize: |
22.6% |
|
| #32 |
Philippines: |
20.7% |
|
| #33 |
Lithuania: |
20% |
|
| #34 |
Dominica: |
20% |
|
| #35 |
El Salvador: |
20% |
|
| #36 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
19.5% |
|
| #37 |
Ireland: |
19% |
|
| #38 |
Hungary: |
18.9% |
|
| #39 |
Nepal: |
18.8% |
|
| #40 |
Russia: |
18.8% |
|
| #41 |
New Zealand: |
18.7% |
|
| #42 |
Bahamas, The: |
18.5% |
|
| #43 |
Seychelles: |
18.2% |
|
| #44 |
Sweden: |
17.6% |
|
| #45 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
17.6% |
|
| #46 |
Turkmenistan: |
17.5% |
|
| #47 |
Greece: |
16.7% |
|
| #48 |
Togo: |
16.3% |
|
| #49 |
Paraguay: |
16.2% |
|
| #50 |
Argentina: |
16.2% |
|
| #51 |
Zambia: |
15.6% |
|
| #52 |
Nicaragua: |
15.4% |
|
| #53 |
Guyana: |
15% |
|
| #54 |
Switzerland: |
15% |
|
| #55 |
Mozambique: |
14.8% |
|
| #56 |
Latvia: |
14.7% |
|
| #57 |
United Kingdom: |
14.3% |
|
| #58 |
Singapore: |
14.3% |
|
| #59 |
Zimbabwe: |
13.6% |
|
| #60 |
Bulgaria: |
12.5% |
|
| #61 |
Bangladesh: |
12.5% |
|
| #62 |
Dominican Republic: |
12.5% |
|
| #63 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
12.5% |
|
| #64 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
12.1% |
|
| #65 |
Libya: |
11.8% |
|
| #66 |
Bahrain: |
11.8% |
|
| #67 |
United Arab Emirates: |
11.1% |
|
| #68 |
Costa Rica: |
11.1% |
|
| #69 |
Cuba: |
11.1% |
|
| #70 |
Namibia: |
11.1% |
|
| #71 |
Romania: |
10.9% |
|
| #72 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
10.7% |
|
| #73 |
Kuwait: |
10.5% |
|
| #74 |
Burundi: |
10.2% |
|
| #75 |
Yemen: |
10.1% |
|
| #76 |
Rwanda: |
10% |
|
| #77 |
Cambodia: |
10% |
|
| #78 |
Vietnam: |
10% |
|
| #79 |
Finland: |
9.7% |
|
| #80 |
Sri Lanka: |
9.7% |
|
| #81 |
Portugal: |
9.5% |
|
| #82 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
9.4% |
|
| #83 |
Mauritius: |
9.1% |
|
| #84 |
Slovakia: |
8.7% |
|
| #85 |
Senegal: |
8.6% |
|
| #86 |
Nigeria: |
8.6% |
|
| #87 |
Honduras: |
8.3% |
|
| #88 |
Sierra Leone: |
8.1% |
|
| #89 |
Bolivia: |
7.7% |
|
| #90 |
Burkina Faso: |
7.4% |
|
| #91 |
Luxembourg: |
7.3% |
|
| #92 |
Sudan: |
7.1% |
|
| #93 |
United States: |
7.1% |
|
| #94 |
Uruguay: |
6.7% |
|
| #95 |
Japan: |
6.5% |
|
| #96 |
Kenya: |
6.2% |
|
| #97 |
Canada: |
6.1% |
|
| #98 |
Papua New Guinea: |
6.1% |
|
| #99 |
India: |
5.9% |
|
| #100 |
Gambia, The: |
5.8% |
|
| #101 |
Thailand: |
5.7% |
|
| #102 |
Suriname: |
5.7% |
|
| #103 |
Iceland: |
5.7% |
|
| #104 |
France: |
5.3% |
|
| #105 |
Syria: |
5.1% |
|
| #106 |
Chad: |
5.1% |
|
| #107 |
Grenada: |
5% |
|
| #108 |
Laos: |
4.9% |
|
| #109 |
South Africa: |
4.4% |
|
| #110 |
China: |
2.6% |
|
| #111 |
Guinea: |
1.4% |
|
| #112 |
Georgia: |
0% |
|
| #113 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
0% |
|
| #114 |
Denmark: |
0% |
|
| #115 |
Guatemala: |
0% |
|
| #116 |
Malaysia: |
0% |
|
| #117 |
Slovenia: |
0% |
|
| #118 |
Chile: |
0% |
|
| #119 |
Poland: |
0% |
|
| #120 |
Ecuador: |
0% |
|
| #121 |
Korea, South: |
0% |
|
| #122 |
Brazil: |
0% |
|
| #123 |
Kazakhstan: |
0% |
|
| #124 |
Tajikistan: |
0% |
|
| #125 |
Benin: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
15.6% |
|
DEFINITION: Women in
government at ministerial level in 2000 (as % of total). Data were provided by states based on their definition of national executive and may therefore include women serving as ministers and vice ministers and those holding other ministerial positions, including parliamentary secretaries.
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