Netherlands vs Spain: Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Netherlands
0.84 ratio
in 2026
Spain
0.82 ratio
in 2026
Netherlands rank
11th
Spain rank
13th
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament over time
- Netherlands
- Spain
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.84 ratio against 0.82 ratio in Spain, a difference of 0.02 ratio.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Spain ahead.
Netherlands ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th of 71 countries.
Spain 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, Netherlands or Spain?
- Netherlands, at 0.84 ratio against 0.82 ratio in Spain as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament between Netherlands and Spain?
- 0.02 ratio, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Spain?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Netherlands and Spain rank globally for representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament?
- Netherlands ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th 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.