Iceland vs New Zealand: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Iceland
0.94 ratio
in 2026
New Zealand
0.9 ratio
in 2026
Iceland rank
8th
New Zealand rank
10th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Iceland
- New Zealand
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.94 ratio against 0.9 ratio in New Zealand, a difference of 0.04 ratio.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was New Zealand ahead.
Iceland ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 10th of 171 countries.
Iceland 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, Iceland or New Zealand?
- Iceland, at 0.94 ratio against 0.9 ratio in New Zealand as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Iceland and New Zealand?
- 0.04 ratio, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and New Zealand?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Iceland and New Zealand rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Iceland ranks 8th and New Zealand ranks 10th 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.