Japan vs Zambia: Share of women in parliament
Japan
15.7%
in 2025
Zambia
15.0%
in 2025
Japan rank
139th
Zambia rank
141st
Share of women in parliament over time
- Japan
- Zambia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 15.7% against 15.0% in Zambia, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 100 shared years of data; in 1926 it was Zambia ahead.
Japan ranks 139th and Zambia ranks 141st of 174 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.7% | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.1% | 0.0% | 2.1% | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.0% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.5% | 4.3% | 2.8% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 3.9% | 2.4% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 7.7% | 4.4% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 12.9% | 4.5% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 14.2% | 4.6% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 15.3% | 4.2% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Japan or Zambia?
- Japan, at 15.7% against 15.0% in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Japan and Zambia?
- 0.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Zambia?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1926 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Zambia rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Japan ranks 139th and Zambia ranks 141st 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.