Share of women in ministerial positions by country
Deputy prime ministers and prime ministers or heads of government that hold ministerial portfolios are included, vice-presidents and heads of governmental or public agencies are excluded.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
64.3%
Nicaragua
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
21.4%
Years covered
20
2005–2024
Data points
2,435
What the numbers show
Share of women in ministerial positions is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 64.3% in Nicaragua; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.4%, and the mean is 23.4%.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 575.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Share of women in ministerial positions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicaragua | 64.3% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 61.1% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 60.0% | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 60.0% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 5 | Estonia | 58.3% | 2024 | up 249.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Andorra | 50.0% | 2024 | up 125.2% | rising |
| 6 | Chile | 50.0% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 50.0% | 2024 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 50.0% | 2024 | up 220.5% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 48.3% | 2024 | up 180.7% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 47.8% | 2024 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 12 | Colombia | 47.4% | 2024 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 47.4% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 14 | Germany | 46.2% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 45.7% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 45.5% | 2024 | up 249.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 45.0% | 2024 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 43.8% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 42.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Switzerland | 42.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 42.3% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ecuador | 42.1% | 2024 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 41.7% | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.7% | 2024 | up 170.6% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 41.2% | 2024 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 26 | France | 40.0% | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 26 | Monaco | 40.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Netherlands | 40.0% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 26 | United States of America | 40.0% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 30 | Dominica | 38.5% | 2024 | up 149.8% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 38.5% | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 37.5% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 37.5% | 2024 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 37.5% | 2024 | up 312.1% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 36.8% | 2024 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 35 | Slovenia | 36.8% | 2024 | up 102.4% | rising |
| 37 | Latvia | 35.7% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 37 | Republic of Moldova | 35.7% | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Seychelles | 35.7% | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 40 | Guyana | 35.3% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 40 | Liberia | 35.3% | 2024 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 40 | Panama | 35.3% | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 35.0% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 35.0% | 2024 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 45 | Armenia | 33.3% | 2024 | up 200.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Burundi | 33.3% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 33.3% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 45 | Cyprus | 33.3% | 2024 | up 266.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Jamaica | 33.3% | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 33.3% | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 33.3% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 33.3% | 2024 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Brazil | 32.3% | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 32.3% | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.8% | 2024 | up 389.5% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 31.2% | 2024 | up 164.8% | rising |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 31.2% | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 31.2% | 2024 | up 340.1% | rising |
| 59 | Grenada | 30.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 60 | Denmark | 30.4% | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 61 | Kenya | 30.0% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 61 | Uganda | 30.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 63 | Suriname | 29.4% | 2024 | up 425.2% | rising |
| 64 | Angola | 29.2% | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 28.6% | 2024 | up 302.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 28.6% | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 28.0% | 2024 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 68 | Mozambique | 27.8% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 69 | Gabon | 27.6% | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 70 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 26.5% | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 71 | Morocco | 26.3% | 2024 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 26.3% | 2024 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 71 | Eswatini | 26.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 71 | Ukraine | 26.3% | 2024 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Argentina | 25.0% | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 75 | Austria | 25.0% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.0% | 2024 | up 142.7% | rising |
| 75 | Eritrea | 25.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 75 | Georgia | 25.0% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 75 | Italy | 25.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 25.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 25.0% | 2024 | up 575.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 24.0% | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 84 | Benin | 23.8% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 84 | Niger | 23.8% | 2024 | up 84.6% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.5% | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 23.5% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 23.5% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 89 | Samoa | 23.1% | 2024 | up 199.7% | rising |
| 90 | Bahamas | 22.2% | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Congo | 22.2% | 2024 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 22.2% | 2024 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 90 | Haiti | 22.2% | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 94 | Bahrain | 21.7% | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 21.7% | 2024 | up 310.2% | rising |
| 96 | Ireland | 21.4% | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 21.4% | 2024 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.8% | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Cameroon | 20.6% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 100 | Greece | 20.0% | 2024 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 20.0% | 2024 | up 69.5% | falling |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 19.4% | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 19.2% | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 106 | Republic of Korea | 18.8% | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Mongolia | 18.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 108 | Mali | 18.5% | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 18.2% | 2024 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 109 | Cuba | 18.2% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 18.2% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 109 | Tonga | 18.2% | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.2% | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 17.6% | 2024 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 114 | Kuwait | 17.6% | 2024 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17.6% | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 17.4% | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 17.4% | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 119 | Botswana | 16.7% | 2024 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 119 | Croatia | 16.7% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 119 | Israel | 16.7% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 119 | Chad | 16.7% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 123 | Senegal | 16.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 123 | Zambia | 16.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Thailand | 15.8% | 2024 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Jordan | 15.4% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 15.0% | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 127 | Oman | 15.0% | 2024 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 129 | Gambia | 14.3% | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 14.3% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 129 | Kiribati | 14.3% | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Naoero | 14.3% | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Singapore | 14.3% | 2024 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 14.3% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 13.3% | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Algeria | 13.3% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 135 | Egypt | 13.3% | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 135 | Slovakia | 13.3% | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Iraq | 13.0% | 2024 | up 252.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.5% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | Indonesia | 12.5% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.5% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 140 | Malta | 12.5% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 140 | Palau | 12.5% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Romania | 12.5% | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Syria | 12.0% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 147 | Lesotho | 11.8% | 2024 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 148 | Libya | 11.5% | 2024 | up 220.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 11.1% | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | 11.1% | 2024 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 149 | Malaysia | 11.1% | 2024 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 149 | Qatar | 11.1% | 2024 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Viet Nam | 11.1% | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Fiji | 10.5% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 155 | Peru | 10.5% | 2024 | down 76.3% | rising |
| 157 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Japan | 10.0% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 157 | San Marino | 10.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 9.5% | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 161 | Maldives | 9.5% | 2024 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 161 | Nepal | 9.5% | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 161 | Russian Federation | 9.5% | 2024 | up 42.1% | flat |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 9.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | 9.1% | 2024 | up 213.5% | falling |
| 167 | Nigeria | 8.8% | 2024 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 168 | China | 8.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 168 | Mauritius | 8.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 170 | Somalia | 8.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Sudan | 7.7% | 2024 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 172 | Czechia | 6.7% | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 6.5% | 2020 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 5.9% | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Türkiye | 5.9% | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 176 | India | 5.6% | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Bulgaria | 5.3% | 2024 | down 87.2% | falling |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.3% | 2024 | down 39.5% | flat |
| 179 | Uzbekistan | 4.8% | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 180 | Lebanon | 4.5% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Belarus | 4.3% | 2024 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 182 | Myanmar | 3.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 2.7% | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 184 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 184 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Deputy prime ministers and prime ministers or heads of government that hold ministerial portfolios are included, vice-presidents and heads of governmental or public agencies are excluded.