Ireland vs Rwanda: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Ireland
0.88 ratio
in 2026
Rwanda
0.84 ratio
in 2026
Ireland rank
10th
Rwanda rank
11th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Ireland
- Rwanda
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.88 ratio against 0.84 ratio in Rwanda, a difference of 0.04 ratio.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 10th and Rwanda ranks 11th of 71 countries.
Ireland 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, Ireland or Rwanda?
- Ireland, at 0.88 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 Ireland and Rwanda?
- 0.04 ratio, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Rwanda?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Ireland and Rwanda rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Ireland ranks 10th 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.