Japan vs Tunisia: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Japan
15.7%
in 2025
Tunisia
15.8%
in 2025
Japan rank
146th
Tunisia rank
145th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Japan
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 15.8% against 15.7% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Tunisia ahead.
Japan ranks 146th and Tunisia ranks 145th of 193 countries.
Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 8.5% | 3.9% | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 18.7% | 10.3% | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 28.7% | 19.1% | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 20.9% | 9.0% | Tunisia |
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 Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 15.8% against 15.7% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Japan and Tunisia?
- 0.1%, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Tunisia?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Tunisia rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Japan ranks 146th and Tunisia ranks 145th 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.