What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

4.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

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

Iceland vs United Arab Emirates: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Iceland

46.0%

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

50.0%

in 2025

Iceland rank

9th

United Arab Emirates rank

6th

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time

Iceland
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 50.0% against 46.0% in Iceland, a difference of 4.0%.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 6th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 3 and United Arab Emirates in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	28.6%	0.0%	28.6%	Iceland
2000s	34.1%	7.2%	26.9%	Iceland
2010s	40.5%	23.2%	17.2%	Iceland
2020s	45.5%	50.0%	4.5%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Iceland or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 50.0% against 46.0% in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 4.0%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Iceland and United Arab Emirates rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Iceland ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 6th 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: 03 September 2026

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