How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan?

28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.

Burkina Faso vs Kazakhstan: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Burkina Faso

18.3%

in 2025

Kazakhstan

18.4%

in 2025

Burkina Faso rank

136th

Kazakhstan rank

135th

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time

Burkina Faso
Kazakhstan

How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 18.4% against 18.3% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Kazakhstan ranks 135th of 193 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Kazakhstan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.4%	12.6%	4.2%	Kazakhstan
2000s	12.1%	12.2%	0.2%	Kazakhstan
2010s	12.9%	24.3%	11.4%	Kazakhstan
2020s	13.8%	22.9%	9.1%	Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Burkina Faso or Kazakhstan?: Kazakhstan, at 18.4% against 18.3% in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan?: 0.1%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Kazakhstan ranks 135th 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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Indicator: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Unit: %
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 6,573 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.