Japan vs United States: Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio) … Upper
Japan
0.6%
in 2026
United States
0.5%
in 2026
Japan rank
40th
United States rank
43rd
Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio) … Upper over time
- Japan
- United States
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in United States, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was United States ahead.
Japan ranks 40th and United States ranks 43rd of 75 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of), Japan or United States?
- Japan, at 0.6% against 0.5% in United States as of 2026.
- What is the difference in ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of) between Japan and United States?
- 0.1%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and United States?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Japan and United States rank globally for ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of)?
- Japan ranks 40th and United States ranks 43rd of 75 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Upper Chamber. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.