Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal
Portugal: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments was 84 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 84 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2026.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal peaked at 92 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 40, in 2001.
That places Portugal 40th out of 210 countries with data for 2026, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43 | — |
| 2001 | 40 | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 43 | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 44 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 44 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 44 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 49 | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 49 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 65 | +32.7% |
| 2009 | 65 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 63 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 63 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 66 | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 66 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 72 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 72 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 82 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 92 | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 92 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 92 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 83 | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 84 | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 80 | -4.8% |
| 2026 | 84 | +5.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 84 is above the median for high income countries, which is 33, 2.5× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 84 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 47, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +32.7% | 49 | 65 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.6 | 40 | 65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.4 | 63 | 82 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.71 | 80 | 92 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More gender data for Portugal
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,308 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.1109 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 9,009 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 9,009 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate -0.2323 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 41,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 44,232 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 42,382 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 44,580 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 42,087 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Portugal was 84 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 92 in 2020.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 in 2001.
- How does Portugal rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Portugal ranks 40th out of 210 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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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