Bhutan vs Namibia: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Bhutan
0.26 ratio
in 2026
Namibia
0.32 ratio
in 2026
Bhutan rank
64th
Namibia rank
61st
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Bhutan
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0.32 ratio against 0.26 ratio in Bhutan, a difference of 0.06 ratio.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 64th and Namibia ranks 61st of 71 countries.
Bhutan 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, Bhutan or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 0.32 ratio against 0.26 ratio in Bhutan as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Bhutan and Namibia?
- 0.06 ratio, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Namibia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Bhutan and Namibia rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Bhutan ranks 64th and Namibia ranks 61st 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.