Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea
Eritrea: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 22.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea, 1997–2019
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 22.0% for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea peaked at 22.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 1999.
That places Eritrea 113th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21.0% | — |
| 1998 | 21.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14.7% | -30.0% |
| 2000 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 22.0% | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.9% | 14.7% | 21.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 20.5% | 14.7% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 10 |
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More public sector data for Eritrea
- Arms imports 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2007)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.46 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2007)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2007)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 23.75 % change on previous year (2005)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 4.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2007)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 72.81 current USD per person (2003)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.2087 current USD per US$ of GDP (2003)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 20.44 % change on previous year (2003)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 181.58 million current USD (2003)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 33.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Eritrea was 22.0% in 2019, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 22.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 1999.
- How does Eritrea rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Eritrea ranks 113th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.