Brazil vs Kazakhstan: Share of women in parliament
Brazil
18.1%
in 2025
Kazakhstan
18.4%
in 2025
Brazil rank
129th
Kazakhstan rank
126th
Share of women in parliament over time
- Brazil
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 18.4% against 18.1% in Brazil, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Brazil ranks 129th and Kazakhstan ranks 126th of 174 countries.
Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 22.6% | 22.2% | Kazakhstan |
| 1960s | 0.9% | 27.6% | 26.7% | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 30.5% | 30.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 1980s | 2.9% | 30.4% | 27.5% | Kazakhstan |
| 1990s | 6.0% | 9.4% | 3.4% | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 8.1% | 12.2% | 4.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 24.5% | 14.4% | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 23.0% | 6.2% | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Brazil or Kazakhstan?
- Kazakhstan, at 18.4% against 18.1% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Brazil and Kazakhstan?
- 0.3%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kazakhstan?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1906 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Kazakhstan rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Brazil ranks 129th and Kazakhstan ranks 126th 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.