Japan vs Togo: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Japan
15.7%
in 2025
Togo
15.0%
in 2025
Japan rank
146th
Togo rank
149th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Japan
- Togo
How they compare
Japan currently reports 15.7% against 15.0% in Togo, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 146th and Togo ranks 149th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Togo in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% | Japan |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 7.8% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 15.3% | 5.8% | Togo |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 18.2% | 6.4% | Togo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Japan or Togo?
- Japan, at 15.7% against 15.0% in Togo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Japan and Togo?
- 0.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Togo?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Togo rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Japan ranks 146th and Togo ranks 149th 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.