Gender inequality in politics

A visual exploration of women representation in national parliaments between 1990 and 2018.


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The visualisation is based on the ”Seats held by women in national parliament“ dataset from the UN data portal.

Countries with incomplete data were neglected in the data set.


% women in national parliaments
1990
2018
RwandaNamibiaSouth AfricaSenegalMozambiqueUgandaZimbabweTunisiaCameroonAngolaAlgeriaSomaliaCape VerdeKenyaSeychellesMoroccoEquatorial GuineaMadagascarSao Tome & PrincipeZambiaTogoGabonNigerMalawiEgyptGuinea-BissauMauritiusCongoDjiboutiCote de IvoireGambiaBotswanaCentral African Rep.BeninEswatiniComorosPhilippinesAfghanistanIsraelLao Dem. Rep.VietnamTurkmenistanIraqChinaSingaporeUnited Arab EmiratesPakistanBangladeshIndonesiaMongoliaKorea (South)Korea (North)JordanSyriaIndiaMalaysiaJapanBhutanIranMaldivesSri LankaThailandNepalLebanonYemenSwedenFinlandNorwaySpainFranceIcelandBelgiumDenmarkNetherlandsPortugalAustriaSwitzerlandUnited KingdomItalyGermanyLuxembourgPolandAlbaniaSan MarinoBulgariaIrelandMonacoRomaniaGreeceArmeniaCyprusTurkeyLiechtensteinMaltaHungaryCubaNicaraguaMexicoCosta RicaEl SalvadorTrinidad & TobagoCanadaDom. Rep.DominicaHondurasUnited StatesPanamaJamaicaBarbadosSt. LuciaSt. Kitts & NevisSt. Vincent & GrenadinesBahamasGuatemalaAntigua & BarbudaBelizeNew ZealandAustraliaNauruSamoaTongaTuvaluKiribatiSolomon IslandsVanuatuPapua New GuineaBoliviaArgentinaEcuadorGuyanaPeruSurinameVenezuelaUruguayColombiaParaguayBrazil 0 25 5075 %