Gender of the chief executive in Australia

Australia: Gender of the chief executive was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0
World rank
18th
of 176 countries
All-time high
1
in 2010
All-time low
0
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Gender of the chief executive in Australia, 1789–2025

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Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Australia recorded 0 for gender of the chief executive in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 237 years on record.

Over the whole period, gender of the chief executive in Australia peaked at 1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1789.

That places Australia 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Gender of the chief executive in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Gender of the chief executive in Australia, 1789 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1789 0 —
1790 0 —
1791 0 —
1792 0 —
1793 0 —
1794 0 —
1795 0 —
1796 0 —
1797 0 —
1798 0 —
1799 0 —
1800 0 —
1801 0 —
1802 0 —
1803 0 —
1804 0 —
1805 0 —
1806 0 —
1807 0 —
1808 0 —
1809 0 —
1810 0 —
1811 0 —
1812 0 —
1813 0 —
1814 0 —
1815 0 —
1816 0 —
1817 0 —
1818 0 —
1819 0 —
1820 0 —
1821 0 —
1822 0 —
1823 0 —
1824 0 —
1825 0 —
1826 0 —
1827 0 —
1828 0 —
1829 0 —
1830 0 —
1831 0 —
1832 0 —
1833 0 —
1834 0 —
1835 0 —
1836 0 —
1837 0 —
1838 0 —
1839 0 —
1840 0 —
1841 0 —
1842 0 —
1843 0 —
1844 0 —
1845 0 —
1846 0 —
1847 0 —
1848 0 —
1849 0 —
1850 0 —
1851 0 —
1852 0 —
1853 0 —
1854 0 —
1855 0 —
1856 0 —
1857 0 —
1858 0 —
1859 0 —
1860 0 —
1861 0 —
1862 0 —
1863 0 —
1864 0 —
1865 0 —
1866 0 —
1867 0 —
1868 0 —
1869 0 —
1870 0 —
1871 0 —
1872 0 —
1873 0 —
1874 0 —
1875 0 —
1876 0 —
1877 0 —
1878 0 —
1879 0 —
1880 0 —
1881 0 —
1882 0 —
1883 0 —
1884 0 —
1885 0 —
1886 0 —
1887 0 —
1888 0 —
1889 0 —
1890 0 —
1891 0 —
1892 0 —
1893 0 —
1894 0 —
1895 0 —
1896 0 —
1897 0 —
1898 0 —
1899 0 —
1900 0 —
1901 0 —
1902 0 —
1903 0 —
1904 0 —
1905 0 —
1906 0 —
1907 0 —
1908 0 —
1909 0 —
1910 0 —
1911 0 —
1912 0 —
1913 0 —
1914 0 —
1915 0 —
1916 0 —
1917 0 —
1918 0 —
1919 0 —
1920 0 —
1921 0 —
1922 0 —
1923 0 —
1924 0 —
1925 0 —
1926 0 —
1927 0 —
1928 0 —
1929 0 —
1930 0 —
1931 0 —
1932 0 —
1933 0 —
1934 0 —
1935 0 —
1936 0 —
1937 0 —
1938 0 —
1939 0 —
1940 0 —
1941 0 —
1942 0 —
1943 0 —
1944 0 —
1945 0 —
1946 0 —
1947 0 —
1948 0 —
1949 0 —
1950 0 —
1951 0 —
1952 0 —
1953 0 —
1954 0 —
1955 0 —
1956 0 —
1957 0 —
1958 0 —
1959 0 —
1960 0 —
1961 0 —
1962 0 —
1963 0 —
1964 0 —
1965 0 —
1966 0 —
1967 0 —
1968 0 —
1969 0 —
1970 0 —
1971 0 —
1972 0 —
1973 0 —
1974 0 —
1975 0 —
1976 0 —
1977 0 —
1978 0 —
1979 0 —
1980 0 —
1981 0 —
1982 0 —
1983 0 —
1984 0 —
1985 0 —
1986 0 —
1987 0 —
1988 0 —
1989 0 —
1990 0 —
1991 0 —
1992 0 —
1993 0 —
1994 0 —
1995 0 —
1996 0 —
1997 0 —
1998 0 —
1999 0 —
2000 0 —
2001 0 —
2002 0 —
2003 0 —
2004 0 —
2005 0 —
2006 0 —
2007 0 —
2008 0 —
2009 0 —
2010 1 —
2011 1 +0.0%
2012 1 +0.0%
2013 0 -100.0%
2014 0 —
2015 0 —
2016 0 —
2017 0 —
2018 0 —
2019 0 —
2020 0 —
2021 0 —
2022 0 —
2023 0 —
2024 0 —
2025 0 —

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0 0 0 1
1790s 0 0 0 10
1800s 0 0 0 10
1810s 0 0 0 10
1820s 0 0 0 10
1830s 0 0 0 10
1840s 0 0 0 10
1850s 0 0 0 10
1860s 0 0 0 10
1870s 0 0 0 10
1880s 0 0 0 10
1890s 0 0 0 10
1900s 0 0 0 10
1910s 0 0 0 10
1920s 0 0 0 10
1930s 0 0 0 10
1940s 0 0 0 10
1950s 0 0 0 10
1960s 0 0 0 10
1970s 0 0 0 10
1980s 0 0 0 10
1990s 0 0 0 10
2000s 0 0 0 10
2010s 0.3 0 1 10
2020s 0 0 0 6

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 18 Afghanistan 0
  2. 18 Albania 0
  3. 18 Algeria 0
  4. 18 Angola 0
  5. 18 Argentina 0 compare
  6. 18 Armenia 0
  7. 18 Austria 0 compare
  8. 18 Azerbaijan 0
  9. 18 Bahrain 0
  10. 18 Bangladesh 0 compare
  11. 18 Belarus 0
  12. 18 Belgium 0 compare
  13. 18 Benin 0
  14. 18 Bhutan 0
  15. 18 Bolivia 0 compare
  16. 18 Botswana 0
  17. 18 Brazil 0 compare
  18. 18 Bulgaria 0 compare
  19. 18 Burkina Faso 0
  20. 18 Burundi 0 compare
  21. 18 Cambodia 0
  22. 18 Cameroon 0
  23. 18 Canada 0
  24. 18 Cape Verde 0
  25. 18 Central African Republic 0 compare
  26. 18 Chad 0
  27. 18 Chile 0 compare
  28. 18 China 0 compare
  29. 18 Colombia 0
  30. 18 Comoros 0
  31. 18 Congo 0
  32. 18 Costa Rica 0 compare
  33. 18 Cote d'Ivoire 0
  34. 18 Croatia 0 compare
  35. 18 Cuba 0
  36. 18 Cyprus 0
  37. 18 Czechia 0
  38. 18 Democratic Republic of Congo 0
  39. 18 Djibouti 0
  40. 18 Dominican Republic 0
  41. 18 East Timor 0
  42. 18 Ecuador 0
  43. 18 Egypt 0
  44. 18 El Salvador 0 compare
  45. 18 Equatorial Guinea 0
  46. 18 Eritrea 0
  47. 18 Estonia 0 compare
  48. 18 Eswatini 0 compare
  49. 18 Ethiopia 0 compare
  50. 18 Fiji 0
  51. 18 Finland 0 compare
  52. 18 France 0 compare
  53. 18 Gabon 0
  54. 18 Gambia 0
  55. 18 Georgia 0
  56. 18 Germany 0 compare
  57. 18 Ghana 0
  58. 18 Greece 0
  59. 18 Guatemala 0
  60. 18 Guinea 0
  61. 18 Guinea-Bissau 0
  62. 18 Guyana 0 compare
  63. 18 Haiti 0 compare
  64. 18 Hong Kong 0 compare
  65. 18 Hungary 0
  66. 18 India 0 compare
  67. 18 Indonesia 0 compare
  68. 18 Iran 0
  69. 18 Iraq 0
  70. 18 Ireland 0
  71. 18 Israel 0 compare
  72. 18 Jamaica 0 compare
  73. 18 Jordan 0
  74. 18 Kazakhstan 0
  75. 18 Kenya 0
  76. 18 Kuwait 0
  77. 18 Kyrgyzstan 0
  78. 18 Laos 0
  79. 18 Lebanon 0
  80. 18 Lesotho 0
  81. 18 Liberia 0 compare
  82. 18 Libya 0
  83. 18 Luxembourg 0 compare
  84. 18 Madagascar 0 compare
  85. 18 Malawi 0 compare
  86. 18 Malaysia 0
  87. 18 Maldives 0
  88. 18 Mali 0
  89. 18 Malta 0
  90. 18 Mauritania 0
  91. 18 Mauritius 0
  92. 18 Moldova 0 compare
  93. 18 Mongolia 0
  94. 18 Montenegro 0
  95. 18 Morocco 0
  96. 18 Mozambique 0
  97. 18 Myanmar 0
  98. 18 Netherlands 0 compare
  99. 18 New Zealand 0 compare
  100. 18 Nicaragua 0 compare
  101. 18 Niger 0
  102. 18 Nigeria 0
  103. 18 North Korea 0
  104. 18 North Macedonia 0
  105. 18 Norway 0 compare
  106. 18 Oman 0
  107. 18 Pakistan 0 compare
  108. 18 Palestine 0
  109. 18 Panama 0 compare
  110. 18 Papua New Guinea 0
  111. 18 Paraguay 0
  112. 18 Peru 0 compare
  113. 18 Philippines 0 compare
  114. 18 Poland 0 compare
  115. 18 Portugal 0 compare
  116. 18 Qatar 0
  117. 18 Romania 0 compare
  118. 18 Russia 0 compare
  119. 18 Rwanda 0
  120. 18 Sao Tome and Principe 0 compare
  121. 18 Saudi Arabia 0
  122. 18 Senegal 0
  123. 18 Serbia 0 compare
  124. 18 Seychelles 0
  125. 18 Sierra Leone 0
  126. 18 Singapore 0
  127. 18 Slovakia 0 compare
  128. 18 Slovenia 0 compare
  129. 18 Solomon Islands 0
  130. 18 Somalia 0
  131. 18 South Africa 0
  132. 18 South Korea 0 compare
  133. 18 South Sudan 0
  134. 18 Spain 0
  135. 18 Sri Lanka 0 compare
  136. 18 Sudan 0
  137. 18 Sweden 0 compare
  138. 18 Syria 0
  139. 18 Taiwan 0
  140. 18 Tajikistan 0
  141. 18 Thailand 0 compare
  142. 18 Togo 0
  143. 18 Tunisia 0
  144. 18 Turkey 0 compare
  145. 18 Turkmenistan 0
  146. 18 Uganda 0
  147. 18 United Arab Emirates 0
  148. 18 United Kingdom 0 compare
  149. 18 United States 0
  150. 18 Uruguay 0
  151. 18 Uzbekistan 0
  152. 18 Vanuatu 0
  153. 18 Vatican 0
  154. 18 Venezuela 0
  155. 18 Vietnam 0
  156. 18 Yemen 0
  157. 18 Zambia 0
  158. 18 Zimbabwe 0

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender of the chief executive in Australia?
Gender of the chief executive in Australia was 0 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest gender of the chief executive recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 2010.
What is the lowest gender of the chief executive recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1789.
How does Australia rank for gender of the chief executive?
Australia ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender of the chief executive. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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, 25,217 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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