Belgium vs Switzerland: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Belgium
0.79 ratio
in 2026
Switzerland
0.78 ratio
in 2026
Belgium rank
26th
Switzerland rank
27th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Belgium
- Switzerland
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.79 ratio against 0.78 ratio in Switzerland, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Switzerland ahead.
Belgium ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 171 countries.
Belgium 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, Belgium or Switzerland?
- Belgium, at 0.79 ratio against 0.78 ratio in Switzerland as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Belgium and Switzerland?
- 0.01 ratio, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Switzerland?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Belgium and Switzerland rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Belgium ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.