Italy vs Switzerland: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Italy
0.69 ratio
in 2026
Switzerland
0.64 ratio
in 2026
Italy rank
22nd
Switzerland rank
25th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.69 ratio against 0.64 ratio in Switzerland, a difference of 0.05 ratio.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 22nd and Switzerland ranks 25th of 71 countries.
Italy 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, Italy or Switzerland?
- Italy, at 0.69 ratio against 0.64 ratio in Switzerland as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Italy and Switzerland?
- 0.05 ratio, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Italy ranks 22nd and Switzerland ranks 25th 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.