Australia vs High income: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Australia
46.0%
in 2025
High income
31.2%
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
High income rank
9th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Australia
- High income
How they compare
Australia currently reports 46.0% against 31.2% in High income, a difference of 14.8%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and High income ranks 9th of 193 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.8% | 16.0% | 1.9% | Australia |
| 2000s | 25.4% | 19.9% | 5.5% | Australia |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 25.0% | 1.9% | Australia |
| 2020s | 37.1% | 30.4% | 6.7% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Australia or High income?
- Australia, at 46.0% against 31.2% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Australia and High income?
- 14.8%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and High income?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Australia and High income rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Australia ranks 10th and High income ranks 9th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.