FACTOID # 3: In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.
 
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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: 5% 
# 108   Laos: 4.9% 
# 109   South Africa: 4.4% 
# 110   China: 2.6% 
# 111   Guinea: 1.4% 
= 112   Benin: 0% 
= 112   Malaysia: 0% 
= 112   Brazil: 0% 
= 112   Korea, South: 0% 
= 112   Chile: 0% 
= 112   Slovenia: 0% 
= 112   Denmark: 0% 
= 112   Kyrgyzstan: 0% 
= 112   Ecuador: 0% 
= 112   Kazakhstan: 0% 
= 112   Georgia: 0% 
= 112   Poland: 0% 
= 112   Guatemala: 0% 
= 112   Tajikistan: 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.

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

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Suchita Vemuri
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16th February 2005 		Women’s participation in a country’s political processes is an obvious indicator of women’s decision-making powers in a society. But, more importantly, it’s an important indicator of the extent of social equity. Countries with poor participation of women in the political processes are likely to have introduced voting rights for women more recently as well as the right to stand for elections. Education attainment levels for women are also likely to be lower than for women in such countries, as also their participation in the labor force. See, also, data for women parliamentarians. The USA is a notable exception ¾ where women have high levels of attainment in education, employment and participation in parliament but infrequently make it to the top levels of decision-making in government.
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