Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Israel
Israel: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) was 31 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Israel, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Israel recorded 31 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2026.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Israel peaked at 36 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14, in 2000.
Israel ranks 113th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 16 | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 18 | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23 | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24 | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 26 | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 27 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32 | +18.5% |
| 2017 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 35 | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 28 | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 32 | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 36 | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 29 | -19.4% |
| 2024 | 30 | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2026 | 31 | +6.9% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 31 is below the median for high income countries, which is 33, 94% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Israel's 31 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 24, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Israel changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +35.3% | 17 | 23 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.8 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.3 | 23 | 35 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.71 | 28 | 36 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 113 Equatorial Guinea 31 compare
- 113 Hungary 31 compare
- 113 Turkmenistan 31 compare
More gender data for Israel
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,625 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.1966 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 7,551 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 7,551 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.73 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 83,397 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 87,923 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 83,684 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 88,192 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 84,726 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Israel?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Israel was 31 in 2026, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 36 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 in 2000.
- How does Israel rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Israel ranks 113th out of 212 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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