Brazil vs India: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Brazil
0.35 ratio
in 2026
India
0.34 ratio
in 2026
Brazil rank
57th
India rank
60th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.35 ratio against 0.34 ratio in India, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 57th and India ranks 60th of 71 countries.
Brazil 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, Brazil or India?
- Brazil, at 0.35 ratio against 0.34 ratio in India as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Brazil and India?
- 0.01 ratio, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Brazil ranks 57th and India ranks 60th 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.