Austria vs Portugal: Share of women in parliament
Austria
35.5%
in 2025
Portugal
35.7%
in 2025
Austria rank
43rd
Portugal rank
41st
Share of women in parliament over time
- Austria
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 35.7% against 35.5% in Austria, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Portugal ahead.
Austria ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 41st of 174 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 8 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 5.4% | 1.7% | 3.7% | Austria |
| 1950s | 5.1% | 1.7% | 3.4% | Austria |
| 1960s | 5.5% | 2.6% | 2.9% | Austria |
| 1970s | 7.0% | 4.6% | 2.4% | Austria |
| 1980s | 10.3% | 7.0% | 3.3% | Austria |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 11.3% | 11.9% | Austria |
| 2000s | 31.0% | 22.1% | 8.9% | Austria |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 32.6% | 0.6% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 39.7% | 36.9% | 2.8% | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Austria or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 35.7% against 35.5% in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Austria and Portugal?
- 0.2%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Portugal?
- 86 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Portugal rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Austria ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 41st of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women in parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women in the lower or single chamber of the legislature.