Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) by country
Women in ministerial level positions is the proportion of women in ministerial or equivalent positions (including deputy prime ministers) in the government. Prime Ministers/Heads of Government are included when they hold ministerial portfolios. Vice-Presidents and heads of governmental or public agencies are excluded.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
64.3%
Namibia
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
21.6%
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
3,282
What the numbers show
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 64.3% in Namibia; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.6%, and the mean is 23.0%.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 428.5%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 64.3% | 2025 | up 196.2% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 61.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 60.0% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 4 | Colombia | 55.6% | 2025 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 54.5% | 2025 | up 217.1% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 52.2% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Canada | 50.0% | 2025 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 50.0% | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 50.0% | 2025 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 50.0% | 2025 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 50.0% | 2025 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 7 | Guatemala | 50.0% | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Iceland | 50.0% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 7 | Seychelles | 50.0% | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 47.6% | 2025 | up 170.6% | rising |
| 16 | Norway | 47.4% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 17 | Albania | 46.2% | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Andorra | 46.2% | 2025 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 45.8% | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 45.5% | 2025 | up 263.6% | volatile |
| 21 | France | 45.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 40.6% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 40.0% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 23 | Monaco | 40.0% | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.0% | 2025 | up 419.5% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 38.5% | 2025 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 26 | Dominica | 38.5% | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 28 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 37.5% | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 37.5% | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 37.5% | 2025 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 31 | Guyana | 36.8% | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 36.8% | 2025 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 33 | Estonia | 36.4% | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Gabon | 35.7% | 2025 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 35.7% | 2025 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 35.7% | 2025 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Liberia | 35.3% | 2025 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 37 | Panama | 35.3% | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 39 | New Zealand | 35.0% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 40 | Armenia | 33.3% | 2025 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Cyprus | 33.3% | 2025 | up 266.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Denmark | 33.3% | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 40 | Honduras | 33.3% | 2025 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 33.3% | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 33.3% | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 33.3% | 2025 | up 383.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Uganda | 33.3% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 40 | United States of America | 33.3% | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 32.0% | 2025 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 31.6% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 51 | Burundi | 30.8% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 51 | Grenada | 30.8% | 2025 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 30.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 54 | Angola | 29.2% | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 29.0% | 2025 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Belgium | 28.6% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 56 | Switzerland | 28.6% | 2025 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 28.6% | 2025 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 28.6% | 2025 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 56 | Ireland | 28.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Latvia | 28.6% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 56 | Netherlands | 28.6% | 2025 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 63 | Montenegro | 28.0% | 2025 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 27.8% | 2025 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 64 | Mozambique | 27.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Malawi | 27.8% | 2025 | up 150.2% | rising |
| 67 | Eritrea | 26.7% | 2025 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 26.7% | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 69 | Benin | 26.3% | 2025 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 69 | Morocco | 26.3% | 2025 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 26.3% | 2025 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritania | 25.9% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 73 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.7% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 74 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.0% | 2025 | up 208.6% | rising |
| 74 | Greece | 25.0% | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Italy | 25.0% | 2025 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.0% | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Eswatini | 25.0% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 24.0% | 2025 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 80 | Paraguay | 23.5% | 2025 | up 205.6% | rising |
| 80 | Suriname | 23.5% | 2025 | up 320.2% | rising |
| 82 | Bahrain | 22.7% | 2025 | up 405.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 22.7% | 2025 | up 428.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Argentina | 22.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 84 | Bahamas | 22.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 22.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 84 | Haiti | 22.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 84 | Republic of Korea | 22.2% | 2025 | up 276.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Togo | 22.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 90 | Algeria | 21.9% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 21.9% | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 92 | Djibouti | 21.7% | 2025 | up 310.2% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.7% | 2025 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 21.7% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 92 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 21.7% | 2025 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 96 | Congo | 21.6% | 2025 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 97 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.4% | 2025 | down 25.1% | flat |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 21.4% | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 21.4% | 2025 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 21.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 21.1% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 100 | Thailand | 21.1% | 2025 | up 401.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Niger | 20.8% | 2025 | up 61.5% | falling |
| 103 | Tunisia | 20.8% | 2025 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.0% | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 20.0% | 2025 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 105 | Ukraine | 20.0% | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 19.4% | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 19.0% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 19.0% | 2025 | up 184.3% | rising |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 19.0% | 2025 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 112 | Cameroon | 18.8% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 18.5% | 2025 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 114 | Cuba | 18.2% | 2025 | down 41.3% | flat |
| 115 | South Sudan | 17.6% | 2025 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 116 | Philippines | 17.4% | 2025 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.4% | 2025 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 118 | Botswana | 16.7% | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 119 | Senegal | 16.0% | 2025 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 119 | Chad | 16.0% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 121 | Japan | 15.8% | 2025 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 15.8% | 2025 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 123 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.4% | 2025 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 123 | Saint Lucia | 15.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 123 | Zambia | 15.4% | 2025 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 126 | Czechia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Gambia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 126 | Kiribati | 14.3% | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Palau | 14.3% | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 14.3% | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.3% | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 13.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 133 | Comoros | 13.3% | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 13.3% | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Singapore | 13.3% | 2025 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Slovakia | 13.3% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Iraq | 13.0% | 2025 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | 13.0% | 2025 | up 262.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Oman | 13.0% | 2025 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.5% | 2025 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.5% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 12.5% | 2025 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 140 | Malta | 12.5% | 2025 | up 76.1% | falling |
| 140 | Mongolia | 12.5% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | Naoero | 12.5% | 2025 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Kuwait | 11.8% | 2025 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 11.8% | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 148 | Bhutan | 11.1% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.1% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 148 | Cambodia | 11.1% | 2025 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 148 | Malaysia | 11.1% | 2025 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | 11.1% | 2025 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.7% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 154 | Egypt | 10.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Maldives | 10.0% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 155 | San Marino | 10.0% | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Indonesia | 9.8% | 2025 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 9.5% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 159 | Dominican Republic | 9.5% | 2025 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 9.5% | 2025 | up 46.5% | flat |
| 159 | Sudan | 9.5% | 2025 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 9.5% | 2025 | up 121.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Tonga | 9.1% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Sri Lanka | 8.7% | 2025 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 166 | Nigeria | 8.6% | 2025 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 167 | China | 8.3% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 167 | Mauritius | 8.3% | 2025 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 169 | Jordan | 7.7% | 2025 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 170 | Viet Nam | 7.1% | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Samoa | 6.7% | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 6.5% | 2020 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 173 | Türkiye | 5.9% | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 5.6% | 2025 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 174 | India | 5.6% | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Bulgaria | 5.3% | 2025 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.0% | 2025 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 5.0% | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 179 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.3% | 2025 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 180 | Belarus | 4.2% | 2025 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 181 | Somalia | 4.0% | 2025 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 182 | Myanmar | 3.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Pakistan | 3.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 2.7% | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 43.9%
- OECD members 36.1%
- Euro area 32.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 31.5%
- European Union 31.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 29.4%
- High income 29.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 29.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 27.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 25.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 23.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 23.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 22.7%
- Caribbean Small States 22.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 22.5%
- World 22.4%
- Other small states 22.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 21.9%
- IBRD only 21.8%
- Low income 21.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 20.6%
- Least developed countries 20.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 20.3%
- Africa Western and Central 20.2%
- IDA only 20.0%
- Low & middle income 19.7%
- Small states 19.6%
- Upper middle income 19.4%
- Middle income 19.3%
- Lower middle income 19.1%
- IDA total 19.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 18.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 16.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 16.8%
- IDA blend 16.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 14.6%
- Arab World 13.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 13.5%
About this data
Women in ministerial level positions is the proportion of women in ministerial or equivalent positions (including deputy prime ministers) in the government. Prime Ministers/Heads of Government are included when they hold ministerial portfolios. Vice-Presidents and heads of governmental or public agencies are excluded.