Representation of women in the judiciary by country
Proportions of positions in the judiciary compared to national distributions (ratio).
Countries reporting
47
Highest
1.59 ratio
Latvia
Lowest
0.11 ratio
Qatar
Median
1.06 ratio
Years covered
18
2008–2025
Data points
330
What the numbers show
Representation of women in the judiciary is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 1.59 ratio in Latvia; the lowest is 0.11 ratio in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 ratio, and the mean is 0.9723 ratio.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 93.0%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 14.3%).
Representation of women in the judiciary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 1.59 ratio | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Greece | 1.53 ratio | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 3 | Croatia | 1.45 ratio | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1.44 ratio | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 5 | Slovak Republic | 1.42 ratio | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 1.35 ratio | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Estonia | 1.35 ratio | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 1.34 ratio | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 1.33 ratio | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 1.31 ratio | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3 ratio | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 1.29 ratio | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | Monaco | 1.27 ratio | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 1.23 ratio | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 15 | Czechia | 1.21 ratio | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Denmark | 1.18 ratio | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 1.16 ratio | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 1.16 ratio | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 1.13 ratio | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 1.12 ratio | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 1.09 ratio | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 1.07 ratio | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 1.07 ratio | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 1.06 ratio | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 1.04 ratio | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 1.01 ratio | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 0.97 ratio | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 27 | Singapore | 0.97 ratio | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 29 | Türkiye | 0.94 ratio | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 30 | Australia | 0.93 ratio | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 0.91 ratio | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 32 | East Timor | 0.85 ratio | 2024 | — | flat |
| 33 | Ecuador | 0.84 ratio | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 0.83 ratio | 2024 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 0.78 ratio | 2024 | — | rising |
| 36 | San Marino | 0.67 ratio | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 37 | Armenia | 0.64 ratio | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 38 | Jordan | 0.61 ratio | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 39 | Liechtenstein | 0.57 ratio | 2022 | — | rising |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.56 ratio | 2022 | — | flat |
| 41 | Japan | 0.51 ratio | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 42 | Palestine | 0.47 ratio | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 0.36 ratio | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 44 | Togo | 0.29 ratio | 2022 | — | rising |
| 45 | Bahrain | 0.2 ratio | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 46 | Niger | 0.19 ratio | 2021 | — | falling |
| 47 | Qatar | 0.11 ratio | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
About this data
Proportions of positions in the judiciary compared to national distributions (ratio).