Post-demographic dividend vs Rwanda: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Post-demographic dividend
34.1%
in 2025
Rwanda
63.8%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend rank
4th
Rwanda rank
1st
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Post-demographic dividend
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 63.8% against 34.1% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 29.7%.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.9 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Rwanda ahead.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th and Rwanda ranks 1st of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Post-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Post-demographic dividend | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.7% | 17.1% | 0.5% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2000s | 21.8% | 43.3% | 21.5% | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 28.1% | 60.8% | 32.7% | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 33.6% | 62.1% | 28.5% | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Post-demographic dividend or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 63.8% against 34.1% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Post-demographic dividend and Rwanda?
- 29.7%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Rwanda?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Post-demographic dividend and Rwanda rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th and Rwanda ranks 1st 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.