Gender of the head of state by country

Countries reporting
69
Highest
1
Australia
Lowest
0
Lesotho
Median
0
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,951

What the numbers show

Gender of the head of state is currently reported for 69 countries. The highest value is 1 in Australia; the lowest is 0 in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.2464.

Gender of the head of state: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 1 2025 volatile
1 Honduras 1 2025 volatile
1 Namibia 1 2025 volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2025 volatile
1 Malta 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 India 1 2025 volatile
1 Ireland 1 2025 volatile
1 Iceland 1 2025 volatile
1 North Macedonia 1 2025 volatile
1 Mexico 1 2025 volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2025 volatile
1 Suriname 1 2025 volatile
1 Republic of Moldova 1 2025 volatile
1 Slovenia 1 2025 volatile
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2025 volatile
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 2025 volatile
18 Madagascar 0 2025 volatile
18 Latvia 0 2025 volatile
18 Mauritius 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Malawi 0 2025 volatile
18 Taiwan, China 0 2025 volatile
18 Luxembourg 0 2025 volatile
18 Nicaragua 0 2025 volatile
18 Netherlands 0 2025 volatile
18 Nepal 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Panama 0 2025 volatile
18 Peru 0 2025 volatile
18 Philippines 0 2025 volatile
18 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 2025 volatile
18 Portugal 0 2025 volatile
18 Russian Federation 0 2025 volatile
18 Singapore 0 2025 volatile
18 El Salvador 0 2025 volatile
18 Serbia 0 2025 volatile
18 Slovakia 0 2025 volatile
18 Eswatini 0 2025 volatile
18 Argentina 0 2025 volatile
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Austria 0 2025 volatile
18 Burundi 0 2025 volatile
18 Belarus 0 2025 volatile
18 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0 2025 volatile
18 Brazil 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Barbados 0 2025 volatile
18 Central African Republic 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Chile 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 China 0 2025 volatile
18 Costa Rica 0 2025 volatile
18 Denmark 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Spain 0 2025 volatile
18 Estonia 0 2025 volatile
18 Ethiopia 0 2025 volatile
18 Finland 0 2025 volatile
18 Lithuania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Georgia 0 2025 volatile
18 Greece 0 2025 volatile
18 Guyana 0 2025 volatile
18 Hong Kong, China 0 2025 volatile
18 Croatia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Haiti 0 2025 volatile
18 Hungary 0 2025 volatile
18 Indonesia 0 2025 volatile
18 Kazakhstan 0 2025 volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 0 2025 volatile
18 Republic of Korea 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Liberia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
18 Sri Lanka 0 2025 volatile
18 Lesotho 0 2025 volatile

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Indicator
Gender of the head of state
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,951 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed