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Share of women among ministers
What this indicator measures
Share of women among members of the government who hold the rank of minister, according to data from UN Women and the Inter-Parliamentary Union relayed by the World Bank.
How to read this?
A value of 50% means that half of the ministers are women.
Ranking : ranked from highest to lowest
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192countries with data
64.3 %maximum · Namibia
21.5 %median
0 %minimum · Yemen
2019–2025data year(s)
In brief
The "Share of women among ministers" ranking covers 192 countries and territories. Lowest value: Yemen (0 %). Highest value: Namibia (64.3 %). Median: 21.5 % (data: 2019–2025). The top 10% of countries exceed 45.4 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 5.6 %. By continent, the median is highest in Europe (28.6 %) and lowest in Oceania (11 %).
Median by continent
- Europe 28.6 % (43)
- North America 27.8 % (23)
- South America 27.4 % (12)
- Africa 21.7 % (51)
- Asia 11.1 % (46)
- Oceania 11 % (14)
Why this indicator matters
The share of women in government shows their presence in political decision-making positions. It allows a comparison of women's representation at the top of the executive.
What makes this indicator vary
The make-up of a government depends on the political system, appointment rules, any quotas, the parties in power and each country's habits. It can change with every reshuffle or election.
Reading precautions
The indicator counts ministers, not their political weight: a portfolio can be more or less influential. It is a snapshot at a given date, and the definition of ministerial rank may vary between countries.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 64.3 % | 2025 |
| 2e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 61.1 % | 2025 |
| 3e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 60 % | 2025 |
| 4e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 55.6 % | 2025 |
| 5e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 54.6 % | 2025 |
| 6e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 52.2 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 50 % | 2025 |
| 7e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 50 % | 2025 |
| 15e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 47.6 % | 2025 |
| 16e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 47.4 % | 2025 |
| 17e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 46.2 % | 2025 |
| 17e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 46.2 % | 2025 |
| 19e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 45.8 % | 2025 |
| 20e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 45.5 % | 2025 |
| 21e | 🇫🇷 France | 45 % | 2025 |
| 22e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 40.6 % | 2025 |
| 23e | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 40 % | 2025 |
| 23e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 40 % | 2025 |
| 23e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 40 % | 2025 |
| 26e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 38.5 % | 2025 |
| 26e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 38.5 % | 2025 |
| 28e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 37.5 % | 2025 |
| 28e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 37.5 % | 2025 |
| 28e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 37.5 % | 2025 |
| 31e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 36.8 % | 2025 |
| 31e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 36.8 % | 2025 |
| 33e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 36.4 % | 2025 |
| 34e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 35.7 % | 2025 |
| 34e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 35.7 % | 2025 |
| 34e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 35.7 % | 2025 |
| 37e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 35.3 % | 2025 |
| 37e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 35.3 % | 2025 |
| 39e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 35 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 40e | 🇺🇸 United States | 33.3 % | 2025 |
| 49e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 32 % | 2025 |
| 50e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 31.6 % | 2025 |
| 51e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 30.8 % | 2025 |
| 51e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 30.8 % | 2025 |
| 53e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 30.4 % | 2025 |
| 54e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 29.2 % | 2025 |
| 55e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 29 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 56e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 28.6 % | 2025 |
| 63e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 28 % | 2025 |
| 64e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 27.8 % | 2025 |
| 64e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 27.8 % | 2025 |
| 64e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 27.8 % | 2025 |
| 67e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 26.7 % | 2025 |
| 67e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 26.7 % | 2025 |
| 69e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 26.3 % | 2025 |
| 69e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 26.3 % | 2025 |
| 69e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 26.3 % | 2025 |
| 72e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 25.9 % | 2025 |
| 73e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 25.7 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 25 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 25 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 25 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 25 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 25 % | 2025 |
| 79e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 24 % | 2025 |
| 80e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 23.5 % | 2025 |
| 80e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 23.5 % | 2025 |
| 82e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 22.7 % | 2025 |
| 82e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 22.7 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 84e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 22.2 % | 2025 |
| 90e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 21.9 % | 2025 |
| 90e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 21.9 % | 2025 |
| 92e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 21.7 % | 2025 |
| 92e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 21.7 % | 2025 |
| 92e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 21.7 % | 2025 |
| 92e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 21.7 % | 2025 |
| 96e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 21.6 % | 2025 |
| 97e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 21.4 % | 2025 |
| 97e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 21.4 % | 2025 |
| 97e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 21.4 % | 2025 |
| 100e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 21.1 % | 2025 |
| 100e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 21.1 % | 2025 |
| 100e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 21.1 % | 2025 |
| 103e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 20.8 % | 2025 |
| 103e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 20.8 % | 2025 |
| 105e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 20 % | 2025 |
| 105e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 20 % | 2025 |
| 105e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 20 % | 2025 |
| 108e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 19.4 % | 2025 |
| 109e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 19.1 % | 2025 |
| 109e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 19.1 % | 2025 |
| 109e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 19.1 % | 2025 |
| 112e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 18.8 % | 2025 |
| 113e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 18.5 % | 2025 |
| 114e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 18.2 % | 2025 |
| 115e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 17.4 % | 2025 |
| 115e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 17.4 % | 2025 |
| 117e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 16.7 % | 2025 |
| 118e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 16 % | 2025 |
| 118e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 16 % | 2025 |
| 120e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 15.8 % | 2025 |
| 120e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 15.8 % | 2025 |
| 122e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 15.4 % | 2025 |
| 122e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 15.4 % | 2025 |
| 122e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 15.4 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 125e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 14.3 % | 2025 |
| 131e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 13.6 % | 2025 |
| 132e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 13.3 % | 2025 |
| 132e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 13.3 % | 2025 |
| 132e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 13.3 % | 2025 |
| 132e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 13.3 % | 2025 |
| 136e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 13 % | 2025 |
| 136e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 13 % | 2025 |
| 136e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 13 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 139e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 12.5 % | 2025 |
| 145e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 11.8 % | 2025 |
| 145e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 11.8 % | 2025 |
| 147e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 147e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 147e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 147e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 147e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 11.1 % | 2025 |
| 152e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 10.7 % | 2025 |
| 153e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 10.3 % | 2025 |
| 154e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 10 % | 2025 |
| 154e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 10 % | 2025 |
| 154e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 10 % | 2025 |
| 157e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 9.8 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 9.5 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 9.5 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 9.5 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 9.5 % | 2025 |
| 158e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 9.5 % | 2025 |
| 163e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 9.1 % | 2025 |
| 164e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 8.7 % | 2025 |
| 165e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 8.6 % | 2025 |
| 166e | 🇨🇳 China | 8.3 % | 2025 |
| 166e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 8.3 % | 2025 |
| 168e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 7.7 % | 2025 |
| 169e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 7.1 % | 2025 |
| 170e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 6.7 % | 2025 |
| 171e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 6.5 % | 2020 |
| 172e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 5.9 % | 2025 |
| 173e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 5.6 % | 2025 |
| 173e | 🇮🇳 India | 5.6 % | 2025 |
| 175e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 5.3 % | 2025 |
| 176e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 5 % | 2025 |
| 176e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 5 % | 2025 |
| 178e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 4.4 % | 2025 |
| 179e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 4.2 % | 2025 |
| 180e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 4 % | 2025 |
| 181e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 3.9 % | 2019 |
| 182e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 3.5 % | 2025 |
| 183e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 2.7 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 0 % | 2020 |
| 184e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0 % | 2025 |
| 184e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0 % | 2025 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Share of women among ministers"?
The highest value is in Namibia, at 64.3 % (2025).
Which country has the lowest value for "Share of women among ministers"?
The lowest value is in Yemen, at 0 % (2025).
What is the world median value of "Share of women among ministers"?
The world median is 21.5 %, calculated across 192 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Share of women among ministers" for France?
France scores 45 % (2025), ranking 21 out of 192 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Share of women among ministers" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale – Indicateurs de genre (SG.GEN.MNST.ZS). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
What does the share of women ministers measure?
It is the percentage of women among the members of government who hold the rank of minister. A value of fifty percent means as many women as men.
Does this indicator show whether women have power?
Not quite. It counts posts, not the importance of ministries or real influence. It only gives an idea of women's presence in government.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale – Indicateurs de genre (SG.GEN.MNST.ZS). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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