Australia vs Sweden: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Australia
0.9 ratio
in 2026
Sweden
0.9 ratio
in 2026
Australia rank
10th
Sweden rank
10th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.9 ratio against 0.9 ratio in Sweden, a difference of 0 ratio.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 10th of 171 countries.
Sweden 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 Sweden?
- Australia, at 0.9 ratio against 0.9 ratio in Sweden as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Australia and Sweden?
- 0 ratio, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Australia ranks 10th and Sweden 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.