Australia vs New Zealand: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Australia
0.9 ratio
in 2026
New Zealand
0.9 ratio
in 2026
Australia rank
10th
New Zealand rank
10th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.9 ratio against 0.9 ratio in New Zealand, a difference of 0 ratio.
Across all 6 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 10th and New Zealand ranks 10th of 171 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament, Australia or New Zealand?
- Australia, at 0.9 ratio against 0.9 ratio in New Zealand as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Australia and New Zealand?
- 0 ratio, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Australia ranks 10th and New Zealand ranks 10th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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), Lower Chamber or Unicameral.