Namibia vs Upper middle income: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Namibia
42.3%
in 2025
Upper middle income
27.0%
in 2025
Namibia rank
21st
Upper middle income rank
19th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Namibia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 42.3% against 27.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 15.3%.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 21st and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 193 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.2% | 14.9% | 7.3% | Namibia |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 16.3% | 9.8% | Namibia |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 22.4% | 12.1% | Namibia |
| 2020s | 43.1% | 26.3% | 16.8% | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Namibia or Upper middle income?
- Namibia, at 42.3% against 27.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Namibia and Upper middle income?
- 15.3%, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Upper middle income?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Upper middle income rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Namibia ranks 21st and Upper middle income ranks 19th 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.