FACTOID # 3: In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.
 
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Democracy Statistics > Female candidacy (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Namibia: 1,989 
= 2     Central African Republic: 1,986 
= 2     Djibouti: 1,986 
# 4     Zimbabwe: 1,978 
# 5     Guinea-Bissau: 1,977 
= 6     Cape Verde: 1,975 
= 6     Sao Tome and Principe: 1,975 
= 6     Mozambique: 1,975 
= 6     Angola: 1,975 
= 6     Vanuatu: 1,975 
= 11     Jordan: 1,974 
= 11     Solomon Islands: 1,974 
# 13     Bahrain: 1,973 
# 14     Bangladesh: 1,972 
# 15     Switzerland: 1,971 
# 16     Swaziland: 1,968 
# 17     Yemen: 1,967 
= 18     Lesotho: 1,965 
= 18     Botswana: 1,965 
= 20     Sudan: 1,964 
= 20     Libya: 1,964 
= 22     Fiji: 1,963 
= 22     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1,963 
= 22     Papua New Guinea: 1,963 
= 22     Iran: 1,963 
= 22     Equatorial Guinea: 1,963 
= 22     Morocco: 1,963 
= 28     Uganda: 1,962 
= 28     Zambia: 1,962 
= 28     Algeria: 1,962 
= 31     El Salvador: 1,961 
= 31     Sierra Leone: 1,961 
= 31     Malawi: 1,961 
= 31     Paraguay: 1,961 
= 31     Burundi: 1,961 
= 31     Mauritania: 1,961 
= 31     Rwanda: 1,961 
= 31     Bahamas, The: 1,961 
= 39     Gambia, The: 1,960 
= 39     Cyprus: 1,960 
# 41     Madagascar: 1,959 
= 42     Guinea: 1,958 
= 42     Laos: 1,958 
= 42     Burkina Faso: 1,958 
= 42     Chad: 1,958 
= 42     Nigeria: 1,958 
= 47     Tunisia: 1,957 
= 47     Malaysia: 1,957 
= 49     Gabon: 1,956 
= 49     Benin: 1,956 
= 49     Mauritius: 1,956 
= 49     Egypt: 1,956 
= 49     Mali: 1,956 
= 49     Comoros: 1,956 
= 55     Ethiopia: 1,955 
= 55     Cambodia: 1,955 
= 55     Peru: 1,955 
= 55     Honduras: 1,955 
= 55     Eritrea: 1,955 
= 55     Nicaragua: 1,955 
= 61     Ghana: 1,954 
= 61     Colombia: 1,954 
= 61     Belize: 1,954 
= 64     Mexico: 1,953 
= 64     Syria: 1,953 
= 64     Bhutan: 1,953 
= 67     Lebanon: 1,952 
= 67     Cote d'Ivoire: 1,952 
= 69     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1,951 
= 69     Grenada: 1,951 
= 69     Nepal: 1,951 
= 69     Antigua and Barbuda: 1,951 
= 69     Dominica: 1,951 
= 69     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1,951 
= 75     Barbados: 1,950 
= 75     Haiti: 1,950 
= 75     India: 1,950 
= 78     China: 1,949 
= 78     Costa Rica: 1,949 
= 80     Korea, South: 1,948 
= 80     Seychelles: 1,948 
= 80     Suriname: 1,948 
= 80     Israel: 1,948 
= 80     Niger: 1,948 
= 85     Argentina: 1,947 
= 85     Malta: 1,947 
= 85     Singapore: 1,947 
= 85     Pakistan: 1,947 
= 89     Trinidad and Tobago: 1,946 
= 89     Cameroon: 1,946 
= 89     Burma: 1,946 
= 89     Guatemala: 1,946 
= 89     Venezuela: 1,946 
= 89     Vietnam: 1,946 
= 95     Togo: 1,945 
= 95     Italy: 1,945 
= 95     Senegal: 1,945 
= 95     Indonesia: 1,945 
= 95     Japan: 1,945 
= 95     Croatia: 1,945 
= 95     Slovenia: 1,945 
= 95     Guyana: 1,945 
= 103     Bulgaria: 1,944 
= 103     France: 1,944 
= 103     Jamaica: 1,944 
# 106     Dominican Republic: 1,942 
# 107     Panama: 1,941 
= 108     Bolivia: 1,938 
= 108     Uzbekistan: 1,938 
# 110     Philippines: 1,937 
= 111     Cuba: 1,934 
= 111     Brazil: 1,934 
= 111     Turkey: 1,934 
= 114     Uruguay: 1,932 
= 114     Thailand: 1,932 
= 114     Maldives: 1,932 
= 117     Spain: 1,931 
= 117     Chile: 1,931 
= 117     Portugal: 1,931 
= 117     Sri Lanka: 1,931 
# 121     South Africa: 1,930 
= 122     Romania: 1,929 
= 122     Ecuador: 1,929 
= 124     Greece: 1,927 
= 124     Turkmenistan: 1,927 
= 126     Tajikistan: 1,924 
= 126     Kazakhstan: 1,924 
= 126     Mongolia: 1,924 
= 126     Saint Lucia: 1,924 
= 130     Lithuania: 1,921 
= 130     Belgium: 1,921 
= 130     Azerbaijan: 1,921 
= 130     Armenia: 1,921 
= 134     Slovakia: 1,920 
= 134     Czech Republic: 1,920 
= 134     Canada: 1,920 
= 134     Albania: 1,920 
= 138     Kenya: 1,919 
= 138     New Zealand: 1,919 
= 138     Luxembourg: 1,919 
= 138     Belarus: 1,919 
= 138     Ukraine: 1,919 
= 143     Estonia: 1,918 
= 143     United Kingdom: 1,918 
= 143     Latvia: 1,918 
= 143     Austria: 1,918 
= 143     Kyrgyzstan: 1,918 
= 143     Georgia: 1,918 
= 143     Hungary: 1,918 
= 143     Ireland: 1,918 
= 143     Germany: 1,918 
= 143     Poland: 1,918 
= 143     Russia: 1,918 
# 154     Netherlands: 1,917 
= 155     Iceland: 1,915 
= 155     Denmark: 1,915 
= 157     Sweden: 1,907 
= 157     Norway: 1,907 
# 159     Finland: 1,906 
# 160     Australia: 1,902 
# 161     United States: 1,788 
Weighted average: 1,944.7  


DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to stand for election. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to stand for election.

SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva

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"Female candidacy by country", IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/dem_fem_can-democracy-female-candidacy&int=-1

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