Belarus vs Japan: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Belarus
0.58 ratio
in 2026
Japan
0.57 ratio
in 2026
Belarus rank
35th
Japan rank
38th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Belarus
- Japan
How they compare
Belarus currently reports 0.58 ratio against 0.57 ratio in Japan, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Belarus ahead.
Belarus ranks 35th and Japan ranks 38th of 71 countries.
Belarus 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, Belarus or Japan?
- Belarus, at 0.58 ratio against 0.57 ratio in Japan as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Belarus and Japan?
- 0.01 ratio, with Belarus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Japan?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Belarus and Japan rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Belarus ranks 35th and Japan ranks 38th 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.