Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World
World: Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of was 35.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
35.6%
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
3rd
of 12 groups
All-time high
35.6%
in 2025
All-time low
33.9%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2020–2025
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World, 2020–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World stood at 35.6%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33.9% | — |
| 2021 | 34.0% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 34.3% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 35.5% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 35.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 35.6% | +0.1% |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Iceland 51.3%
- 2 Sweden 44.0%
- 3 Spain 40.6% compare
- 4 Switzerland 39.3% compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 39.2% compare
- 6 Liechtenstein 34.8% compare
More gender data for World
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1.96 million (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4902 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 6.61 million (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 6.61 million (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2030)
- Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 39.48 (2027)
- Prevalence of obesity, female 15.1% (2016)
- Prevalence of obesity, male 11.1% (2016)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World?
- Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in World was 35.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.9% in 2020.
- How does World rank for proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of?
- World ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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