India vs Russia: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
India
0.34 ratio
in 2026
Russia
0.35 ratio
in 2026
India rank
60th
Russia rank
57th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- India
- Russia
How they compare
Russia currently reports 0.35 ratio against 0.34 ratio in India, a difference of 0.01 ratio.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Russia ahead.
India ranks 60th and Russia ranks 57th of 71 countries.
Russia 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, India or Russia?
- Russia, 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 India and Russia?
- 0.01 ratio, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Russia?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do India and Russia rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- India ranks 60th and Russia ranks 57th 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.