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Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament by country

Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Upper Chamber.

Countries reporting
71
Highest
1.16 ratio
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Lowest
0 ratio
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
0.58 ratio
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
424

What the numbers show

Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1.16 ratio in Bolivia, Plurinational State of; the lowest is 0 ratio in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.58 ratio, and the mean is 0.5693 ratio.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 171.4%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).

Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.16 ratio 2026 up 5.5% flat
2 Australia 1.11 ratio 2026 up 9.9% rising
3 Canada 1.08 ratio 2026 up 11.3% rising
4 Saint Lucia 1.06 ratio 2026 up 100.0% rising
5 Belgium 1.03 ratio 2026 up 17.0% rising
6 Mexico 0.96 ratio 2026 up 2.1% flat
7 Eswatini 0.9 ratio 2026 up 16.9% rising
8 Burundi 0.89 ratio 2026 up 14.1% rising
8 Argentina 0.89 ratio 2026 up 17.1% rising
10 Ireland 0.88 ratio 2026 up 12.8% rising
11 Rwanda 0.84 ratio 2026 up 15.1% rising
11 Netherlands 0.84 ratio 2026 up 9.1% rising
13 Spain 0.82 ratio 2026 up 3.8% rising
14 Austria 0.78 ratio 2026 down 6.0% flat
15 Antigua and Barbuda 0.77 ratio 2026 down 23.0% falling
16 Zimbabwe 0.76 ratio 2026 down 2.6% flat
17 Jamaica 0.75 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
18 Bahrain 0.74 ratio 2026 up 7.2% rising
19 France 0.73 ratio 2026 up 10.6% rising
20 Belize 0.72 ratio 2026 up 2.9% falling
21 Bahamas 0.7 ratio 2026 down 15.7% falling
22 Nepal 0.69 ratio 2026 up 4.5% flat
22 Italy 0.69 ratio 2026 up 6.2% rising
24 Germany 0.68 ratio 2026 down 4.2% flat
25 Switzerland 0.64 ratio 2026 up 25.5% rising
25 Cameroon 0.64 ratio 2026 up 25.5% rising
27 Barbados 0.63 ratio 2026 down 23.2% falling
28 Chile 0.62 ratio 2026 up 26.5% rising
28 Tajikistan 0.62 ratio 2026 up 40.9% rising
28 Kenya 0.62 ratio 2026 down 1.6% flat
28 Congo 0.62 ratio 2026 up 72.2% rising
28 Colombia 0.62 ratio 2026 up 55.0% rising
33 Grenada 0.61 ratio 2026 up 96.8% rising
33 South Sudan 0.61 ratio 2026 up 154.2% rising
35 Ethiopia 0.58 ratio 2026 down 7.9% falling
35 Oman 0.58 ratio 2026 up 7.4% rising
35 Belarus 0.58 ratio 2026 up 28.9% rising
38 Japan 0.57 ratio 2026 up 29.5% rising
39 Equatorial Guinea 0.55 ratio 2026 up 31.0% rising
40 Uzbekistan 0.54 ratio 2026 up 20.0% rising
41 Côte d'Ivoire 0.51 ratio 2026 up 27.5% rising
41 United States of America 0.51 ratio 2026 up 4.1% rising
41 Somalia 0.51 ratio 2026 up 8.5% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5 ratio 2026 down 36.7% falling
45 Uruguay 0.48 ratio 2026 down 20.0% falling
46 Thailand 0.42 ratio 2026 up 121.1% rising
47 Czechia 0.41 ratio 2026 up 46.4% rising
48 Lesotho 0.4 ratio 2026 down 2.4% flat
48 Romania 0.4 ratio 2026 up 14.3% rising
48 Philippines 0.4 ratio 2026 down 29.8% falling
51 Paraguay 0.39 ratio 2026 up 8.3% rising
52 Poland 0.38 ratio 2026 down 15.6% falling
53 Pakistan 0.37 ratio 2026 down 5.1% flat
53 Kazakhstan 0.37 ratio 2026 up 5.7% rising
55 Cambodia 0.36 ratio 2026 up 24.1% rising
55 Malaysia 0.36 ratio 2026 up 28.6% rising
57 Brazil 0.35 ratio 2026 up 52.2% rising
57 Russian Federation 0.35 ratio 2026 up 16.7% flat
57 Slovenia 0.35 ratio 2026 up 75.0% rising
60 India 0.34 ratio 2026 up 47.8% rising
61 Namibia 0.32 ratio 2026 up 18.5% rising
62 Jordan 0.3 ratio 2026 up 20.0% rising
62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3 ratio 2026 down 26.8% falling
64 Bhutan 0.26 ratio 2026 down 25.7% falling
65 Dominican Republic 0.24 ratio 2026 down 4.0% flat
66 Madagascar 0.22 ratio 2026 unchanged falling
67 Egypt 0.21 ratio 2026 down 19.2% falling
68 Liberia 0.19 ratio 2026 up 171.4% rising
69 Nigeria 0.07 ratio 2026 down 53.3% falling
70 Algeria 0.05 ratio 2026 down 54.5% falling
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 ratio 2026 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
Unit
ratio
Source
Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
71 places, 424 data points, 2021–2026
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Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Upper Chamber.