Middle income vs Senegal: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Middle income
25.8%
in 2025
Senegal
41.2%
in 2025
Middle income rank
24th
Senegal rank
26th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Middle income
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 41.2% against 25.8% in Middle income, a difference of 15.4%.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.6 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Senegal ahead.
Middle income ranks 24th and Senegal ranks 26th of 47 groups.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle income | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.1% | 12.1% | 0.1% | Senegal |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 19.1% | 4.5% | Senegal |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 38.5% | 17.4% | Senegal |
| 2020s | 25.1% | 43.1% | 18.0% | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Middle income or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 41.2% against 25.8% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Middle income and Senegal?
- 15.4%, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Senegal?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Middle income and Senegal rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Middle income ranks 24th and Senegal ranks 26th of 47 groups.
- 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.