Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) - Gender Statistics

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Women in ministerial level positions is the number of women in ministerial or equivalent positions in the government.

Rank	Country	Value
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) - Gender Statistics (2005)
1	Sweden	52.40
2	Spain	50
3	Finland	47.10
4	Germany	46.20
5	Norway	44.40
6	South Africa	41.40
7	Grenada	40
8	Guinea-Bissau	37.50
9	Netherlands	36
10	Rwanda	35.70
11	Colombia	35.70
12	El Salvador	35.30
13	Austria	35.30
14	Andorra	33.30
15	Denmark	33.30
16	Croatia	33.30
17	Paraguay	30.80
18	Barbados	29.40
19	United Kingdom	28.60
20	Lesotho	27.80
21	Iceland	27.30
22	Botswana	26.70
23	Bahamas	26.70
24	Costa Rica	25
25	Haiti	25
26	Philippines	25
27	Guatemala	25
28	Zambia	25
29	Bulgaria	23.80
30	Latvia	23.50
31	Uganda	23.40
32	Niger	23.10
33	Canada	23.10
34	New Zealand	23.10
35	Timor-Leste	22.20
36	Georgia	22.20
37	Guyana	22.20
38	Ireland	21.40
39	Belgium	21.40
40	Senegal	20.60
41	Australia	20
42	Gambia	20
43	Liechtenstein	20
44	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20
45	Togo	20
46	Namibia	19
47	Benin	19
48	Iraq	18.80
49	Cape Verde	18.80
50	Mali	18.50
51	Trinidad and Tobago	18.20
52	Jamaica	17.60
53	Eritrea	17.60
54	France	17.60
55	Kazakhstan	17.60
56	Ivory Coast	17.10
57	Portugal	16.70
58	Chile	16.70
59	Macedonia	16.70
60	Israel	16.70
61	Cuba	16.20
62	Guinea	15.40
63	Antigua and Barbuda	15.40
64	Estonia	15.40
65	Lithuania	15.40
66	Malta	15.40
67	Tanzania	15.40
68	Azerbaijan	15
69	Burkina Faso	14.80
70	Zimbabwe	14.70
71	Republic of the Congo	14.70
72	Ecuador	14.30
73	Panama	14.30
74	Luxembourg	14.30
75	Honduras	14.30
76	Nicaragua	14.30
77	Malawi	14.30
78	Switzerland	14.30
79	United States	14.30
80	Dominican Republic	14.30
81	Sao Tome and Principe	14.30
82	Venezuela	13.60
83	Liberia	13.60
84	Swaziland	13.30
85	Mozambique	13
86	Sierra Leone	13
87	Japan	12.50
88	Kyrgyzstan	12.50
89	Seychelles	12.50
90	Palau	12.50
91	San Marino	12.50
92	Romania	12.50
93	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.50
94	Ghana	11.80
95	Gabon	11.80
96	Hungary	11.80
97	Peru	11.80
98	Suriname	11.80
99	Maldives	11.80
100	Chad	11.50
101	Vietnam	11.50
102	Brazil	11.40
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.10
104	Cameroon	11.10
105	Czech Republic	11.10
106	Moldova	11.10
107	Indonesia	10.80
108	Jordan	10.70
109	Burundi	10.70
110	Algeria	10.50
111	Sri Lanka	10.30
112	Kenya	10.30
113	Oman	10
114	Belarus	10
115	Nigeria	10
116	Central African Republic	10
117	Afghanistan	10
118	Turkmenistan	9.50
119	Mexico	9.40
120	Mauritania	9.10
121	Fiji	9.10
122	Malaysia	9.10
123	Bahrain	8.70
124	Argentina	8.30
125	Bangladesh	8.30
126	St. Lucia	8.30
127	Vanuatu	8.30
128	Italy	8.30
129	Mauritius	8
130	Western Samoa	7.70
131	Qatar	7.70
132	Thailand	7.70
133	Nepal	7.40
134	Tunisia	7.10
135	Cambodia	7.10
136	Lebanon	6.90
137	Bolivia	6.70
138	Iran	6.70
139	China	6.30
140	Syria	6.30
141	Slovenia	6.30
142	Belize	6.30
143	Madagascar	5.90
144	Morocco	5.90
145	Egypt	5.90
146	Ethiopia	5.90
147	Mongolia	5.90
148	Poland	5.90
149	Angola	5.70
150	United Arab Emirates	5.60
151	Ukraine	5.60
152	Greece	5.60
153	North Korea	5.60
154	South Korea	5.60
155	Pakistan	5.60
156	Djibouti	5.30
157	Albania	5.30
158	Equatorial Guinea	4.50
159	Turkey	4.30
160	Uzbekistan	3.60
161	India	3.40
162	Tajikistan	3.10
163	Yemen	2.90
164	Sudan	2.60
165	Monaco	0
166	Russia	0
167	Saudi Arabia	0
168	Singapore	0
169	Solomon Islands	0
170	Marshall Islands	0
171	Dominica	0
172	Armenia	0
173	Kuwait	0
174	Laos	0
175	Bhutan	0
176	St. Kitts and Nevis	0
177	Uruguay	0
178	Slovakia	0
179	Cyprus	0
180	Kiribati	0

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Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) - Gender Statistics

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