Finland vs Sweden: Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments

Finland
46
in 2024
Sweden
46.7
in 2024
Finland rank
10th
Sweden rank
7th

Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments over time

  • Finland
  • Sweden
01020304050199720102024

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 46.7 against 46 in Finland, a difference of 0.7.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 7th of 190 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 34.67 41.17 6.5 Sweden
2000s 38.3 45.39 7.09 Sweden
2010s 42.4 44.81 2.41 Sweden
2020s 45.9 46.7 0.8049 Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Finland or Sweden?
Sweden, at 46.7 against 46 in Finland as of 2024.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Finland and Sweden?
0.7, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
Finland ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 7th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Monetary Fund, published as Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs Sweden: Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments. Statizoid, drawing on International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-seats-held-by-women-in-national-parliaments/finland/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-seats-held-by-women-in-national-parliaments/finland/sweden/">Finland vs Sweden: Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
191 places, 5,023 data points, 1997–2024
Last refreshed

Data on the proportion of women in leadership positions.