Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%) by country
Countries reporting
23
Highest
51.3%
Iceland
Lowest
17.1%
Israel
Median
29.0%
Years covered
11
2015–2025
Data points
224
What the numbers show
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 51.3% in Iceland; the lowest is 17.1% in Israel.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.0%, and the mean is 30.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 218.6%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 7.0%).
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 51.3% | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 2 | Sweden | 44.0% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Spain | 40.6% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 39.3% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 39.2% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 34.8% | 2024 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 34.3% | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 8 | Italy | 33.4% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 31.2% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 30.5% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 29.3% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Czechia | 29.0% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 28.8% | 2025 | up 218.6% | rising |
| 14 | Malta | 27.3% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 15 | Slovakia | 26.9% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 16 | Austria | 26.1% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 23.6% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 23.4% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 23.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 20 | State of Palestine | 21.0% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | Thailand | 20.6% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 17.8% | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 17.1% | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central and Southern Asia 41.1%
- Europe and Northern America 37.0%
- World 35.6%
- Oceania 34.5%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 34.3%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 31.0%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 30.7%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 28.4%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 27.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 26.0%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 23.0%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 19.8%