Botswana vs Gambia: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Botswana
0.18 ratio
in 2026
Gambia
0.17 ratio
in 2026
Botswana rank
155th
Gambia rank
158th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Botswana
- Gambia
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 0.18 ratio against 0.17 ratio in Gambia, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 155th and Gambia ranks 158th of 171 countries.
Botswana 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, Botswana or Gambia?
- Botswana, at 0.18 ratio against 0.17 ratio in Gambia as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Botswana and Gambia?
- 0.01 ratio, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gambia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Botswana and Gambia rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Botswana ranks 155th and Gambia ranks 158th 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.