Azerbaijan vs Bahrain: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Azerbaijan
20.8%
in 2025
Bahrain
20.0%
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
123rd
Bahrain rank
125th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 20.8% against 20.0% in Bahrain, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Azerbaijan ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 123rd and Bahrain ranks 125th of 193 countries.
Azerbaijan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.3% | 1.4% | 9.9% | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 9.2% | 7.1% | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 18.3% | 0.7% | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Azerbaijan or Bahrain?
- Azerbaijan, at 20.8% against 20.0% in Bahrain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Azerbaijan and Bahrain?
- 0.8%, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Bahrain?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and Bahrain rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Azerbaijan ranks 123rd and Bahrain ranks 125th 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.