Italy vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of
Italy
33.4%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
26.0%
in 2025
Italy rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
10th
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of over time
- Italy
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Italy currently reports 33.4% against 26.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.4%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th of 23 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of, Italy or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Italy, at 33.4% against 26.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of between Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 7.4%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of?
- Italy ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th of 23 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.