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Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government by country

Data on the proportion of women in leadership positions.

Countries reporting
26
Highest
51.28
Iceland
Lowest
16.09
Cyprus
Median
30.43
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
305

What the numbers show

Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 51.28 in Iceland; the lowest is 16.09 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.43, and the mean is 31.98.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 190.6%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 5.2%).

Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 51.28 2023 up 28.7% rising
2 Andorra 45 2023 up 25.7% rising
3 Sweden 44.02 2023 up 1.1% rising
4 Norway 40.96 2023 up 7.2% rising
5 Spain 40.58 2023 up 22.9% rising
6 Finland 40.23 2022 up 11.1% rising
7 Liechtenstein 39.13 2022 up 57.9% rising
8 Switzerland 39.04 2022 up 32.7% rising
9 Denmark 36.99 2021 up 15.2% rising
10 Italy 32.4 2022 — rising
11 Lithuania 32.22 2023 up 43.8% rising
12 Luxembourg 31.24 2023 up 24.4% rising
13 Latvia 30.47 2022 down 2.4% falling
14 Poland 30.38 2021 up 22.0% rising
15 Germany 30.25 2022 up 15.9% rising
16 Croatia 30 2022 up 51.1% rising
17 Estonia 29.47 2022 down 5.2% flat
18 Czechia 28 2020 up 6.5% rising
19 Slovakia 25.9 2020 up 1.6% flat
20 Malta 25.22 2023 up 44.1% rising
21 Armenia 24.7 2022 up 190.6% volatile
22 Ireland 23.92 2019 up 38.3% rising
23 Georgia 23.74 2022 up 128.3% rising
24 Kazakhstan 23.02 2023 up 26.9% rising
25 Israel 17.13 2022 — flat
26 Cyprus 16.09 2021 up 0.8% flat

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Proportion of Seats Held By Women in Local Government
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
26 places, 305 data points, 1980–2023
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Data on the proportion of women in leadership positions.