How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Syria?

10 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Inter-Parliamentary Union. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Women in Politics, published as Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Syria: Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%)

Somalia

4.0%

in 2025

Syria

4.3%

in 2025

Somalia rank

181st

Syria rank

179th

Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) over time

Somalia
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 4.3% against 4.0% in Somalia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Syria ahead.

Somalia ranks 181st and Syria ranks 179th of 192 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Syria	Difference	Ahead
2010s	10.3%	9.6%	0.7%	Somalia
2020s	11.6%	8.6%	3.0%	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of women in ministerial level positions, Somalia or Syria?: Syria, at 4.3% against 4.0% in Somalia as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of women in ministerial level positions between Somalia and Syria?: 0.3%, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Syria?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2025.
How do Somalia and Syria rank globally for proportion of women in ministerial level positions?: Somalia ranks 181st and Syria ranks 179th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Inter-Parliamentary Union. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Women in Politics, published as Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%). 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

Somalia vs Syria: Proportion of women in ministerial level positions. Statizoid, drawing on Inter-Parliamentary Union. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Women in Politics. Retrieved 09 November 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-women-in-ministerial-level-positions-percent/somalia-fed-rep/syrian-arab-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/proportion-of-women-in-ministerial-level-positions-percent/somalia-fed-rep/syrian-arab-republic/">Somalia vs Syria: Proportion of women in ministerial level positions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%)
Unit: %
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Women in Politics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 3,282 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Women in ministerial level positions is the proportion of women in ministerial or equivalent positions (including deputy prime ministers) in the government. Prime Ministers/Heads of Government are included when they hold ministerial portfolios. Vice-Presidents and heads of governmental or public agencies are excluded.