Americas vs Australia: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Americas
35.5%
in 2026
Australia
46.0%
in 2026
Americas rank
7th
Australia rank
10th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Americas
- Australia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 46.0% against 35.5% in Americas, a difference of 10.5%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 7th and Australia ranks 10th of 42 groups.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Americas or Australia?
- Australia, at 46.0% against 35.5% in Americas as of 2026.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Americas and Australia?
- 10.5%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Australia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Americas and Australia rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Americas ranks 7th and Australia ranks 10th of 42 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (% of total number of seats). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.