Female ministers statistics - countries compared

SOURCE
IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva

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.

Democracy Statistics > Female ministers (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 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

Cameroon:

33.3%

= 13

Saudi Arabia:

33.3%

= 13

Saint Lucia:

33.3%

# 16

Mexico:

31.8%

# 17

Indonesia:

31.3%

# 18

Colombia:

31%

# 19

Qatar:

30.8%

= 20

Cyprus:

28.6%

= 20

Ghana:

28.6%

= 20

Turkey:

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%

= 29

Czech Republic:

23.1%

# 31

Belize:

22.6%

# 32

Philippines:

20.7%

= 33

Dominica:

20%

= 33

El Salvador:

20%

= 33

Lithuania:

20%

# 36

Antigua and Barbuda:

19.5%

# 37

Ireland:

19%

# 38

Hungary:

18.9%

= 39

Russia:

18.8%

= 39

Nepal:

18.8%

# 41

New Zealand:

18.7%

# 42

Bahamas, The:

18.5%

# 43

Seychelles:

18.2%

= 44

Guinea-Bissau:

17.6%

= 44

Sweden:

17.6%

# 46

Turkmenistan:

17.5%

# 47

Greece:

16.7%

# 48

Togo:

16.3%

= 49

Argentina:

16.2%

= 49

Paraguay:

16.2%

# 51

Zambia:

15.6%

# 52

Nicaragua:

15.4%

= 53

Guyana:

15%

= 53

Switzerland:

15%

# 55

Mozambique:

14.8%

# 56

Latvia:

14.7%

= 57

Singapore:

14.3%

= 57

United Kingdom:

14.3%

# 59

Zimbabwe:

13.6%

= 60

Bangladesh:

12.5%

= 60

Bulgaria:

12.5%

= 60

Dominican Republic:

12.5%

= 60

Trinidad and Tobago:

12.5%

# 64

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

12.1%

= 65

Bahrain:

11.8%

= 65

Libya:

11.8%

= 67

Costa Rica:

11.1%

= 67

Cuba:

11.1%

= 67

United Arab Emirates:

11.1%

= 67

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

Cambodia:

10%

= 76

Rwanda:

10%

= 76

Vietnam:

10%

= 79

Sri Lanka:

9.7%

= 79

Finland:

9.7%

# 81

Portugal:

9.5%

# 82

Equatorial Guinea:

9.4%

# 83

Mauritius:

9.1%

# 84

Slovakia:

8.7%

= 85

Nigeria:

8.6%

= 85

Senegal:

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%

= 92

United States:

7.1%

# 94

Uruguay:

6.7%

# 95

Japan:

6.5%

# 96

Kenya:

6.2%

= 97

Canada:

6.1%

= 97

Papua New Guinea:

6.1%

# 99

India:

5.9%

# 100

Gambia, The:

5.8%

= 101

Iceland:

5.7%

= 101

Thailand:

5.7%

= 101

Suriname:

5.7%

# 104

France:

5.3%

= 105

Chad:

5.1%

= 105

Syria:

5.1%

# 107

Grenada:

# 108

Laos:

4.9%

# 109

South Africa:

4.4%

# 110

China:

2.6%

# 111

Guinea:

1.4%

= 112

Benin:

= 112

Malaysia:

= 112

Brazil:

= 112

Korea, South:

= 112

Chile:

= 112

Slovenia:

= 112

Denmark:

= 112

Kyrgyzstan:

= 112

Ecuador:

= 112

Kazakhstan:

= 112

Georgia:

= 112

Poland:

= 112

Guatemala:

= 112

Tajikistan:

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.

SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva via NationMaster

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