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 25th July 2025

RankMember StateAssumed office inGovernment ministers*Number of women%Average
1FINLAND2023191263.16
2SPAIN2023231147.83
3SWEDEN2022241145.83
4GERMANY202518844.44
5NETHERLANDS202416743.75
6AUSTRIA202514642.86
7FRANCE202415640
8LATVIA202315640
9PORTUGAL202418738.89
10POLAND2023271037.04
11SLOVENIA202220735
12DENMARK202223834.78
13LUXEMBOURG202315533.33
14ESTONIA202413430.7729.17
15ITALY202225728
16LITHUANIA202415426.67
17BELGIUM202515426.67
18IRELAND202519526.32
19CYPRUS202319526.32
20SLOVAKIA202317317.65
21CROATIA202419315.79
22MALTA202018211.11
23ROMANIA202418211.11
24GREECE20232129.52
25CZECH REP.20211715.88
26BULGARIA20252114.76
27HUNGARY20221600
TOTAL50014729.17

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

Updated on 25th July 2025

RankMember StateParliament Election yearTotal seatsNumber of women%Average

1

FINLANDEduskunta20232009246

2

SPAINCongreso de los Diputados202335015644.57

3

DENMARKFolketinget20221797944.13

4

SWEDENRiksdag202234915143.27

5

NETHERLANDSTweede Kamer20231506140.67

6

LUXEMBOURGChambre des Députés2023602236.67

7

AUSTRIANationalrat20241816636.46

8

FRANCEAssemblée Nationale202457720635.7

9

PORTUGALAssembleia da Republica20252308235.65

10

SLOVENIADržavni Zbor2022903235.56

11

BELGIUMChambre des Représentants20241505335.33

12

CROATIAHrvatski Sabor20241515133.77

13

ITALYCamera dei Deputati202240013233

14

GERMANYBundestag202563020432.3831.06

15

LATVIASaeima20221003131

16

POLANDSejm202346013529.35

17

ESTONIARiigikogu20231012928.71

18

MALTAKamra Tad Deputati2022792227.85

19

LITHUANIASeimas20241413726.24

20

IRELANDDáil Éireann20241744425.29

21

CZECH REP.Poslanecka Snemovna20212004924.5

22

GREECEVouli20233007023.33

23

ROUMANIACamera Deputatilor20243317422.36

24

SLOVAKIANarodna Rada20231503221.33

25

BULGARIANarodno Sabranie20242405121.25

26

HUNGARYOrszágház20221992713.57

27

CHYPREVoulí ton Antiprosópon202156610.71
TOTAL6228199431.06

Female president of the National Parliament

Women in the European Parliament

Updated on 25th July 2025

RankMember StateNumber of MEPNumber of women%Total part

1

SWEDEN211361.9

2

FINLAND15960

3

LUXEMBOURG6350

4

SPAIN603050

5

FRANCE814049.38

6

NETHERLANDS311548.39

7

HUNGARY211047.62

8

SLOVAKIA15746.67

9

IRLAND14642.86

10

CROATIA12541.67

11

BELGIUM22940.91

12

AUSTRIA2084038.39

13

PORTUGAL21838.1

14

CZECH REP.21838.1

15

GERMANY963435.42

16

DENMARK15533.33

17

SLOVENIA9333.33

18

ITALY762532.89

19

POLAND531630.19

20

ESTONIA7228.57

21

GREECE21628.57

22

BULGARIA17423.53

23

LATVIA9222.22

24

LITHUANIA11218.18

25

MALTA6116.67

26

ROMANIA33515.15

27

CYPRUS600
TOTAL71927638.39

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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