Lesotho vs Uruguay: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Lesotho
0.4 ratio
in 2026
Uruguay
0.48 ratio
in 2026
Lesotho rank
48th
Uruguay rank
45th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Lesotho
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.48 ratio against 0.4 ratio in Lesotho, a difference of 0.08 ratio.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 48th and Uruguay ranks 45th of 71 countries.
Uruguay 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, Lesotho or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.48 ratio against 0.4 ratio in Lesotho as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Lesotho and Uruguay?
- 0.08 ratio, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Uruguay?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Lesotho and Uruguay rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Lesotho ranks 48th and Uruguay ranks 45th 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.