Burkina Faso vs Somalia: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Burkina Faso
0.36 ratio
in 2026
Somalia
0.37 ratio
in 2026
Burkina Faso rank
121st
Somalia rank
119th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Burkina Faso
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.37 ratio against 0.36 ratio in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 121st and Somalia ranks 119th of 171 countries.
Somalia 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, Burkina Faso or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.37 ratio against 0.36 ratio in Burkina Faso as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Burkina Faso and Somalia?
- 0.01 ratio, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Somalia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Burkina Faso and Somalia rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Burkina Faso ranks 121st and Somalia ranks 119th 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.