Gender of the head of government in China
China: Gender of the head of government was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
20th
of 176 countries
All-time high
1
in 1900
All-time low
0
in 1908
Years of data
126
1900–2025
Gender of the head of government in China, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
China recorded 0 for gender of the head of government in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 126 years on record.
Over the whole period, gender of the head of government in China peaked at 1 in 1900 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1908.
China ranks 20th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gender of the head of government in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1 | — |
| 1901 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
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- 20 Albania 0
- 20 Algeria 0
- 20 Angola 0
- 20 Argentina 0 compare
- 20 Armenia 0
- 20 Australia 0 compare
- 20 Austria 0 compare
- 20 Azerbaijan 0
- 20 Bahrain 0
- 20 Bangladesh 0 compare
- 20 Belarus 0
- 20 Belgium 0 compare
- 20 Benin 0
- 20 Bhutan 0
- 20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 compare
- 20 Botswana 0
- 20 Brazil 0 compare
- 20 Bulgaria 0 compare
- 20 Burkina Faso 0
- 20 Burundi 0 compare
- 20 Cambodia 0
- 20 Cameroon 0
- 20 Canada 0
- 20 Cape Verde 0
- 20 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 20 Chad 0
- 20 Chile 0 compare
- 20 Colombia 0
- 20 Comoros 0
- 20 Congo 0
- 20 Costa Rica 0 compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 0
- 20 Croatia 0 compare
- 20 Cuba 0
- 20 Cyprus 0
- 20 Czechia 0
- 20 Djibouti 0
- 20 Dominican Republic 0
- 20 Timor-Leste 0
- 20 Ecuador 0
- 20 Egypt 0
- 20 El Salvador 0 compare
- 20 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 20 Eritrea 0
- 20 Estonia 0 compare
- 20 Eswatini 0
- 20 Ethiopia 0 compare
- 20 Fiji 0
- 20 Finland 0 compare
- 20 France 0 compare
- 20 Gabon 0 compare
- 20 Gambia 0
- 20 Georgia 0
- 20 Germany 0 compare
- 20 Ghana 0
- 20 Greece 0
- 20 Guatemala 0
- 20 Guinea 0
- 20 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 20 Guyana 0 compare
- 20 Haiti 0 compare
- 20 Hong Kong, China 0 compare
- 20 Hungary 0
- 20 India 0 compare
- 20 Indonesia 0 compare
- 20 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0
- 20 Iraq 0
- 20 Ireland 0
- 20 Israel 0 compare
- 20 Jamaica 0 compare
- 20 Jordan 0
- 20 Kazakhstan 0
- 20 Kenya 0
- 20 Kuwait 0
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0
- 20 Lebanon 0
- 20 Lesotho 0
- 20 Liberia 0 compare
- 20 Libya 0
- 20 Luxembourg 0
- 20 Madagascar 0
- 20 Malawi 0 compare
- 20 Malaysia 0
- 20 Maldives 0
- 20 Mali 0 compare
- 20 Malta 0
- 20 Mauritania 0
- 20 Mauritius 0
- 20 Republic of Moldova 0 compare
- 20 Mongolia 0
- 20 Montenegro 0
- 20 Morocco 0
- 20 Mozambique 0
- 20 Myanmar 0 compare
- 20 Netherlands 0
- 20 New Zealand 0 compare
- 20 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 20 Niger 0
- 20 Nigeria 0
- 20 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0
- 20 North Macedonia 0
- 20 Norway 0 compare
- 20 Oman 0
- 20 Pakistan 0 compare
- 20 Palestine, State of 0
- 20 Panama 0 compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 0
- 20 Paraguay 0
- 20 Peru 0 compare
- 20 Philippines 0 compare
- 20 Poland 0 compare
- 20 Portugal 0 compare
- 20 Qatar 0
- 20 Romania 0 compare
- 20 Russian Federation 0
- 20 Rwanda 0 compare
- 20 Sao Tome and Principe 0 compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 0
- 20 Senegal 0 compare
- 20 Serbia 0 compare
- 20 Seychelles 0
- 20 Sierra Leone 0
- 20 Singapore 0
- 20 Slovakia 0 compare
- 20 Slovenia 0 compare
- 20 Solomon Islands 0
- 20 Somalia 0
- 20 South Africa 0
- 20 Republic of Korea 0 compare
- 20 South Sudan 0
- 20 Spain 0
- 20 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 20 Sudan 0
- 20 Sweden 0 compare
- 20 Syrian Arab Republic 0
- 20 Taiwan, China 0
- 20 Tajikistan 0
- 20 Thailand 0 compare
- 20 Togo 0 compare
- 20 Türkiye 0 compare
- 20 Turkmenistan 0
- 20 Uganda 0
- 20 United Arab Emirates 0
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 compare
- 20 United States of America 0
- 20 Uruguay 0
- 20 Uzbekistan 0
- 20 Vanuatu 0
- 20 Vatican 0
- 20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0
- 20 Viet Nam 0
- 20 Yemen 0
- 20 Zambia 0
- 20 Zimbabwe 0
More gender data for China
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 169,741 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -5.36 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1.23 million (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1.23 million (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 4.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 4.56 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 4.18 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 4.62 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 4.32 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 4.78 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender of the head of government in China?
- Gender of the head of government in China was 0 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender of the head of government recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1900.
- What is the lowest gender of the head of government recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1908.
- How does China rank for gender of the head of government?
- China ranks 20th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Gender of the head of government. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Denotes whether the head of government in office on December 31 is a woman.