Gender of the chief executive by country

The variable denotes whether the chief executive of government in office on December 31 is a woman.

Countries reporting
174
Highest
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
0
Vatican
Median
0
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,807

What the numbers show

Gender of the chief executive is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 1 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 0 in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.0977.

Gender of the chief executive: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2025 volatile
1 Barbados 1 2025 volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2025 volatile
1 Honduras 1 2025 volatile
1 Iceland 1 2025 volatile
1 Italy 1 2025 volatile
1 Japan 1 2025 volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2025 volatile
1 Latvia 1 2025 volatile
1 Mexico 1 2025 volatile
1 Namibia 1 2025 volatile
1 Nepal 1 2025 volatile
1 Suriname 1 2025 volatile
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2025 volatile
1 Tanzania 1 2025 volatile
1 Ukraine 1 2025 volatile
18 Afghanistan 0 2025 flat
18 Angola 0 2025 flat
18 Albania 0 2025 flat
18 United Arab Emirates 0 2025 flat
18 Argentina 0 2025 volatile
18 Armenia 0 2025 flat
18 Australia 0 2025 volatile
18 Austria 0 2025 volatile
18 Azerbaijan 0 2025 flat
18 Burundi 0 2025 volatile
18 Belgium 0 2025 volatile
18 Benin 0 2025 flat
18 Burkina Faso 0 2025 flat
18 Bangladesh 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Bulgaria 0 2025 volatile
18 Bahrain 0 2025 flat
18 Belarus 0 2025 volatile
18 Bolivia 0 2025 volatile
18 Brazil 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Bhutan 0 2025 flat
18 Botswana 0 2025 flat
18 Central African Republic 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Canada 0 2025 flat
18 Chile 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 China 0 2025 volatile
18 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2025 flat
18 Cameroon 0 2025 flat
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2025 flat
18 Congo 0 2025 flat
18 Colombia 0 2025 flat
18 Comoros 0 2025 flat
18 Cape Verde 0 2025 flat
18 Costa Rica 0 2025 volatile
18 Cuba 0 2025 flat
18 Cyprus 0 2025 flat
18 Czechia 0 2025 flat
18 Germany 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Dominican Republic 0 2025 flat
18 Algeria 0 2025 flat
18 Ecuador 0 2025 flat
18 Egypt 0 2025 flat
18 Eritrea 0 2025 flat
18 Spain 0 2025 flat
18 Estonia 0 2025 volatile
18 Ethiopia 0 2025 volatile
18 Finland 0 2025 volatile
18 Fiji 0 2025 flat
18 France 0 2025 volatile
18 Gabon 0 2025 flat
18 United Kingdom 0 2025 volatile
18 Georgia 0 2025 flat
18 Ghana 0 2025 flat
18 Guinea 0 2025 flat
18 Gambia 0 2025 flat
18 Guinea-Bissau 0 2025 flat
18 Equatorial Guinea 0 2025 flat
18 Greece 0 2025 flat
18 Guatemala 0 2025 flat
18 Guyana 0 2025 volatile
18 Croatia 0 2025 volatile
18 Haiti 0 2025 volatile
18 Hungary 0 2025 flat
18 Indonesia 0 2025 volatile
18 India 0 2025 volatile
18 Ireland 0 2025 flat
18 Iran 0 2025 flat
18 Iraq 0 2025 flat
18 Israel 0 2025 volatile
18 Jamaica 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Jordan 0 2025 flat
18 Kazakhstan 0 2025 volatile
18 Kenya 0 2025 flat
18 Kyrgyzstan 0 2025 flat
18 Cambodia 0 2025 flat
18 South Korea 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Kuwait 0 2025 flat
18 Laos 0 2025 flat
18 Lebanon 0 2025 flat
18 Liberia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Libya 0 2025 flat
18 Sri Lanka 0 2025 volatile
18 Lesotho 0 2025 flat
18 Luxembourg 0 2025 volatile
18 Morocco 0 2025 flat
18 Moldova 0 2025 volatile
18 Madagascar 0 2025 volatile
18 Maldives 0 2025 flat
18 North Macedonia 0 2025 flat
18 Mali 0 2025 flat
18 Malta 0 2025 flat
18 Myanmar 0 2025 flat
18 Montenegro 0 2025 flat
18 Mongolia 0 2025 flat
18 Mozambique 0 2025 flat
18 Mauritania 0 2025 flat
18 Mauritius 0 2025 flat
18 Malawi 0 2025 volatile
18 Malaysia 0 2025 flat
18 Niger 0 2025 flat
18 Nigeria 0 2025 flat
18 Nicaragua 0 2025 volatile
18 Netherlands 0 2025 volatile
18 Norway 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 New Zealand 0 2025 volatile
18 Oman 0 2025 flat
18 Pakistan 0 2025 volatile
18 Panama 0 2025 volatile
18 Peru 0 2025 volatile
18 Philippines 0 2025 volatile
18 Papua New Guinea 0 2025 flat
18 Poland 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 North Korea 0 2025 volatile
18 Portugal 0 2025 volatile
18 Paraguay 0 2025 flat
18 Palestine 0 1948 flat
18 Qatar 0 2025 flat
18 Romania 0 2025 volatile
18 Russia 0 2025 volatile
18 Rwanda 0 2025 flat
18 Saudi Arabia 0 2025 flat
18 Sudan 0 2025 flat
18 Senegal 0 2025 flat
18 Singapore 0 2025 flat
18 Solomon Islands 0 2025 flat
18 Sierra Leone 0 2025 flat
18 El Salvador 0 2025 volatile
18 Somalia 0 2025 flat
18 Serbia 0 2025 volatile
18 South Sudan 0 2025 flat
18 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2025 volatile
18 Slovakia 0 2025 volatile
18 Slovenia 0 2025 volatile
18 Sweden 0 2025 volatile
18 Eswatini 0 2025 volatile
18 Seychelles 0 2025 flat
18 Syria 0 2025 flat
18 Chad 0 2025 flat
18 Togo 0 2025 flat
18 Thailand 0 2025 volatile
18 Tajikistan 0 2025 flat
18 Turkmenistan 0 2025 flat
18 East Timor 0 2025 flat
18 Tunisia 0 2025 flat
18 Turkey 0 2025 volatile
18 Uganda 0 2025 flat
18 Uruguay 0 2025 flat
18 United States 0 2025 flat
18 Uzbekistan 0 2025 flat
18 Venezuela 0 2025 flat
18 Vietnam 0 2025 flat
18 Vanuatu 0 2025 flat
18 Yemen 0 2025 flat
18 South Africa 0 2025 flat
18 Zambia 0 2025 flat
18 Zimbabwe 0 2025 flat
18 Taiwan 0 2025 volatile
18 Vatican 0 1861 flat

About this data

Indicator
Gender of the chief executive
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,807 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

The variable denotes whether the chief executive of government in office on December 31 is a woman.