Malta vs Sierra Leone: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Malta
29.1%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
29.5%
in 2025
Malta rank
83rd
Sierra Leone rank
81st
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Malta
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 29.5% against 29.1% in Malta, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 83rd and Sierra Leone ranks 81st of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.2% | 8.8% | 0.5% | Malta |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 12.8% | 3.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 12.5% | 0.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 20.7% | 2.5% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Malta or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 29.5% against 29.1% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Malta and Sierra Leone?
- 0.4%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sierra Leone?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Sierra Leone rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Malta ranks 83rd and Sierra Leone ranks 81st 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.