Women's Europe

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Among the five continents Europe holds the lead in terms of gender equality in politics. These tree charts give you the ranking of all Member States concerning the percentage of women in government and parliament.

Female ministers in the 27 Governments*

Updated on 23rd July 2024

RankMember StateAssumed office inGovernment ministers*Number of women%Average
1FINLAND2023191263.16
2ESTONIA202414750
3SPAIN2023231147.83
4BELGIUM202015746.67
5LITHUANIA202015746.67
6SWEDEN2022241145.83
7NETHERLANDS202416743.75
8GERMANY202217741.18
9FRANCE202420840
10LATVIA202315640
11PORTUGAL202418738.89
12SLOVENIA202221838.1
13POLAND2023271037.04
14AUSTRIA202114535.71
15DENMARK202223834.78
16LUXEMBOURG202315533.3332.17
17ROMANIA202320630
18ITALY202225728
19IRELAND202215426.67
20BULGARIA202320420
21GREECE202321419.05
22SLOVAKIA202317317.65
23CYPRUS202312216.67
24CROATIA202418211.11
25MALTA202019210.53
26CZECH REP.20211715.88
27HUNGARY20221600
TOTAL49616132.17

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Women in the 27 National Parliaments (lower and single houses)

Updated on 23rd July 2024

RankMember StateParliament Election yearTotal seatsNumber of women%Average

1

DENMARKFolketinget20221798346.37

2

FINLANDEduskunta20232009246

3

SPAINCongreso de los Diputados202335015644.57

4

SWEDENRiksdag202334915143.27

5

BELGIUMChambre des Représentants20241506241.33

6

AUSTRIANationalrat20191837540.98

7

NETHERLANDSTweede Kamer20211506140.67

8

LUXEMBOURGChambre des Députés2023602236.67

9

FRANCEAssemblée Nationale202457720836.05

10

GERMANYBundestag202173326436.02

11

PORTUGALAssembleia da Republica20242308235.65

12

SLOVENIADržavni Zbor2022903235.56

13

CROATIAHrvatski Sabor20241515133.77

14

ITALYCamera dei Deputati202240012932.2531.77

15

LATVIASaeima20221003131

16

ESTONIARiigikogu20231013029.7

17

POLANDSejm202346013529.35

18

MALTAKamra Tad Deputati2022792329.11

19

LITHUANIASeimas20201413826.95

20

BULGARIANarodno Sabranie20242406025

21

CZECH REP.Poslanecka Snemovna20222004924.5

22

IRELANDDáil Éireann20201603622.5

23

SLOVAKIANarodna Rada20231503322

24

GREECEVouli20233006321

25

ROUMANIACamera Deputatilor20203306820.61

26

CHYPREHouse of Representatives202156814.29

27

HUNGARYOrszágház20231992512.56
TOTAL6318206731.77

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Women in the European Parliament

Updated on 23rd July 2024

RankMember StateNumber of MEPNumber of women%Total part

1

SWEDEN211361.9

2

FINLAND15960

3

FRANCE814150.62

4

SPAIN613049.18

5

HUNGARY211047.62

6

SLOVAKIA15746.67

7

NETHERLANDS311445.16

8

IRLAND14642.86

9

CROATIA12541.67

10

BELGIUM22940.91

11

AUSTRIA2084038.61

12

PORTUGAL21838.1

13

GERMANY963637.5

14

LITHUANIA11436.36

15

SLOVENIA9333.33

16

LUXEMBOURG6233.33

17

CZECH REP.21733.33

18

DENMARK15533.33

19

ITALY762532.89

20

GREECE21628.57

21

ESTONIA7228.57

22

POLAND531528.3

23

BULGARIA17423.53

24

LATVIA9222.22

25

ROMANIA33618.18

26

MALTA6116.67

27

CYPRUS600
TOTAL72027838.61

On the 16th of July 2024, Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) was reelected President of the European Parliament. She is the third woman elected President of the European Parliament after Simone Veil (1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999- 2002).

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