Botswana vs Samoa: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Botswana
0.18 ratio
in 2026
Samoa
0.19 ratio
in 2026
Botswana rank
155th
Samoa rank
152nd
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Botswana
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.19 ratio against 0.18 ratio in Botswana, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Samoa ahead.
Botswana ranks 155th and Samoa ranks 152nd of 171 countries.
Samoa 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 Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.19 ratio against 0.18 ratio in Botswana as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Botswana and Samoa?
- 0.01 ratio, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Samoa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Botswana and Samoa rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Botswana ranks 155th and Samoa ranks 152nd 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.