Denmark vs South Africa: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Denmark
0.87 ratio
in 2026
South Africa
0.86 ratio
in 2026
Denmark rank
14th
South Africa rank
15th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Denmark
- South Africa
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.87 ratio against 0.86 ratio in South Africa, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was South Africa ahead.
Denmark ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th of 171 countries.
South Africa 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, Denmark or South Africa?
- Denmark, at 0.87 ratio against 0.86 ratio in South Africa as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Denmark and South Africa?
- 0.01 ratio, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Denmark and South Africa rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Denmark ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th 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.