Fact Sheet on Women in Government as at January 1996*
Percentage of Women in Government, 1996*
Country Ministerial Subministerial Total
Afghanistan 0% 0% 0% Albania 5.3% 14.0% 11.8% Algeria 0% 8.3% 4.8% Andorra 22.2% 75.0% 38.5% Angola 10.7% 1.8% 4.9% Antigua Barbuda 0% 42.1% 26.7% Argentina 0% 5.6% 5.2% Armenia 0% 2.9% 2.1% Australia 14.7% 25.9% 22.6% Austria 23.5% 4.0% 6.8% Azerbaijan 7.7% 6.9% 7.1% Bahamas 18.8% 34.0% 30.3% Bahrain 0% 0% 0% Bangladesh 7.7% 0% 1.9% Barbados 30.8% 23.5% 25.5% Belarus 5.3% 7.0% 6.6% Belgium 11.1% 4.6% 6.6% Belize 0% 8.8% 6.0% Benin 19.0% 13.3% 14.9% Bhutan 12.5% 0% 5.3% Bolivia 0% 8.3% 7.3% Bosnia/Herzegovina 0% 4.6% 2.8% Botswana 7.7% 15.4% 13.5% Brazil 4.3% 15.1% 13.7% Brunei 0% 16.7% 2.3% Bulgaria 4.8% 16.2% 14.6% Burkina Faso 9.1% 11.9% 11.5% Burundi 10.3% 0% 5.4% Cambodia 0% 3.1% 2.4% Cameroon 2.6% 5.3% 4.5% Canada 18.5% 17.6% 17.7% Cape Verde 13.3% 8.3% 11.1% Central African Rep 8.0% 2.4% 4.9% Chad 8.7% 0% 4.3% Chile 14.3% 8.5% 10.3% China 6.1% 3.9% 4.3% Colombia 12.5% 22.6% 20.5% Comoros 6.2% 0% 2.7% Congo 7.4% 5.3% 6.5% Costa Rica 11.1% 35.2% 27.2% C“te d'Ivoire 8.3% 6.8% 7.1% Croatia 11.5% 21.1% 19.0% Cuba 2.7% 11.9% 9.1% Cyprus 7.7% 4.0% 5.3% Czech Republic 0% 12.6% 10.6% Denmark 29.2% 10.3% 13.9% Djibouti 0% 1.0% 0.9% Dominica 18.2% 26.5% 25.0% Dominican Republic 4.0% 11.9% 9.8% Ecuador 6.2% 2.8% 3.4% Egypt 3.1% 4.5% 4.0% El Salvador 6.2% 27.0% 26.8% Equatorial Guinea 4.8% 5.0% 4.9% Eritrea 18.8% 4.2% 7.8% Estonia 0% 16.8% 14.3% Ethiopia 6.7% 9.6% 8.9% Fiji 4.8% 18.2% 14.5% Finland 36.4% 15.5% 20.4% France 14.7% 9.7% 10.8% Gabon 3.3% 11.4% 7.7% Gambia 18.8% 19.0% 18.9% Georgia 0% 4.7% 3.4% Germany 10.7% 5.3% 6.1% Ghana 10.3% 9.4% 9.6% Greece 0% 13.2% 8.9% Grenada 21.4% 23.1% 22.5% Guatemala 13.3% 22.2% 16.7% Guinea 15.0% 11.5% 13.0% Guinea Bissau 8.0% 13.2% 11.9% Guyana 5.6% 20.0% 14.6% Haiti 29.4% 15.8% 22.2% Honduras 10.0% 15.9% 14.1% Hungary 5.6% 7.1% 6.9% Iceland 15.4% 6.7% 8.2% India 3.2% 6.2% 5.8% Indonesia 3.6% 1.6% 1.9% Iran 0% 0.5% 0.4% Iraq 0% 0% 0% Ireland 21.4% 8.4% 11.7% Israel 13.0% 9.7% 10.6% Italy 3.6% 8.2% 7.1% Jamaica 5.6% 18.4% 14.3% Japan 5.9% 10.1% 9.3% Jordan 6.1% 0% 3.4% Kazakhstan 2.6% 1.7% 2.1% Kenya 3.4% 6.6% 5.8% Korea Dem Peoples Rep. 1.3% 0.6% 0.8% Korea Republic 3.0% 0.6% 1.0% Kuwait 0% 6.7% 4.9% Kyrgystan 10.5% 12.0% 11.4% Laos 0% 6.4% 3.7% Latvia 11.1% 19.0% 17.6% Lebanon 0% 0% 0% Lesotho 0% 18.2% 14.6% Liberia 3.7% 10.0% 7.0% Libya 4.5% 0% 3.4% Liechtenstein 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% Lithuania 0.0% 6.8% 7.3% Luxembourg 28.6% 12.9% 17.8% Macedonia 8.7% 25.0% 20.0% Madagascar 0% 3.3% 1.8% Malawi 3.6% 4.7% 4.3% Malaysia 6.1% 9.0% 8.1% Maldives 5.6% 14.1% 13.0% Mali 10.0% 0% 6.2% Malta 0% 3.9% 3.0% Marshall Islands 8.3% 17.1% 15.9% Mauritania 3.6% 5.9% 5.4% Mauritius 0% 12.6% 9.8% Mexico 15.8% 5.9% 7.5% Micronesia 0% 14.3% 5.0% Moldova 0% 7.0% 4.3% Monaco 0% 0% 0% Mongolia 0% 2.6% 1.7% Morocco 0% 1.4% 0.9% Mozambique 4.0% 14.7% 12.8% Myanmar 0% 0% 0% Namibia 8.7% 12.3% 11.4% Nauru 0% 0% 0% Nepal 0% 0% 0% Netherlands 23.5% 14.3% 16.7% New Zealand 9.1% 28.9% 26.4% Nicaragua 15.8% 17.9% 17.4% Niger 14.3% 10.0% 10.9% Nigeria 7.7% 5.6% 6.2% Norway 28.6% 22.7% 24.1% Oman 0% 4.1% 3.6% Pakistan 4.0% 2.2% 2.6% Palau 10.0% 19.7% 18.6% Panama 16.7% 6.5% 9.4% Papua New Guinea 0% 7.0% 4.3% Paraguay 6.7% 3.7% 4.3% Peru 5.6% 15.5% 13.2% Philippines 4.5% 25.3% 22.8% Poland 8.3% 10.1% 9.8% Portugal 11.5% 18.1% 17.1% Qatar 0% 0% 0% Romania 0% 4.1% 3.3% Russia 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% Rwanda 8.3% 12.5% 10.7% St.Kitts/Nevis 0% 25.0% 16.7% St. Lucia 9.1% 0% 5.0% St.Vincent/Grenadines 20.0% 18.8% 19.2% San Marino 11.1% 30.0% 21.1% Sao Tome/Principe 0% 16.7% 7.7% Saudi Arabia 0% 0% 0% Senegal 6.7% 4.2% 5.6% Seychelles 33.3% 18.3% 20.8% Sierra Leone 3.8% 6.5% 5.9% Singapore 0% 9.6% 7.2% Slovakia 15.0% 15.7% 15.6% Slovenia 9.1% 19.7% 16.9% Solomon Islands 0% 0% 0% Somalia 0% 0% 0% South Africa 6.1% 7.5% 7.0% Spain 16.7% 15.1% 15.4% Sri Lanka 13.0% 9.6% 10.2% Sudan 2.4% 1.3% 1.7% Surinam 0% 17.6% 11.3% Swaziland 0% 13.6% 7.5% Sweden 38.1% 27.3% 30.8% Switzerland 15.4% 5.9% 7.1% Syria 6.8% 1.7% 3.9% Tajikistan 3.7% 3.9% 3.8% Tanzania 10.5% 8.9% 9.6% Thailand 0% 2.6% 2.1% Togo 4.3% 0% 3.0% Trinidad/Tobago 16.0% 12.5% 13.8% Tunisia 2.9% 10.9% 7.9% Turkey 2.9% 5.6% 5.0% Turkmenistan 3.1% 0% 2.2% Uganda 10.7% 8.1% 8.9% Ukraine 0% 2.2% 1.7% United Arab Emirates 0% 0% 0% United Kingdom 8.3% 6.6% 6.9% United States 14.3% 34.5% 33.1% Uruguay 6.7% 16.7% 13.7% Uzbekistan 2.6% 0% 1.3% Vanuatu 0% 0% 0% Venezuela 11.1% 17.9% 14.5% Vietnam 7.0% 4.4% 5.3% Western Samoa 7.7% 9.5% 9.1% Yemen 0% 0% 0% Yugoslavia 5.9% 8.7% 7.3% Zaire 8.0% 0% 3.4% Zambia 7.7% 8.6% 8.4% Zimbabwe 8.3% 14.0% 11.6% Global average 6.8% 5.7% 9.1%
* Data compiled by the Division for the Advancement of Women, United Nations, based on January 1996 information from the Worldwide Government Directory 1996, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.