Australia vs Bolivia: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Australia
1.11 ratio
in 2026
Bolivia
1.16 ratio
in 2026
Australia rank
2nd
Bolivia rank
1st
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Australia
- Bolivia
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 1.16 ratio against 1.11 ratio in Australia, a difference of 0.05 ratio.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Bolivia ahead.
Australia ranks 2nd and Bolivia ranks 1st of 71 countries.
Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament, Australia or Bolivia?
- Bolivia, at 1.16 ratio against 1.11 ratio in Australia as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Australia and Bolivia?
- 0.05 ratio, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Bolivia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Australia and Bolivia rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Australia ranks 2nd and Bolivia ranks 1st of 71 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as Representation of women in the upper 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), Upper Chamber.