Burundi vs Rwanda: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Burundi
0.89 ratio
in 2026
Rwanda
0.84 ratio
in 2026
Burundi rank
8th
Rwanda rank
11th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Burundi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 0.89 ratio against 0.84 ratio in Rwanda, a difference of 0.05 ratio.
That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 8th and Rwanda ranks 11th of 71 countries.
Burundi 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, Burundi or Rwanda?
- Burundi, at 0.89 ratio against 0.84 ratio in Rwanda as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Burundi and Rwanda?
- 0.05 ratio, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Burundi ranks 8th and Rwanda ranks 11th 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.