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2007/2008 Human Development Report

33Women’s political participation
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005 1
1 Iceland 27.3
2 Norway 44.4
3 Australia 20.0
4 Canada 23.1
5 Ireland 21.4
6 Sweden 52.4
7 Switzerland 14.3
8 Japan 12.5
9 Netherlands 36.0
10 France 17.6
11 Finland 47.1
12 United States 14.3
13 Spain 50.0
14 Denmark 33.3
15 Austria 35.3
16 United Kingdom 28.6
17 Belgium 21.4
18 Luxembourg 14.3
19 New Zealand 23.1
20 Italy 8.3
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 46.2
23 Israel 16.7
24 Greece 5.6
25 Singapore 0
26 Korea (Republic of) 5.6
27 Slovenia 6.3
28 Cyprus 0
29 Portugal 16.7
30 Brunei Darussalam 9.1
31 Barbados 29.4
32 Czech Republic 11.1
33 Kuwait 0
34 Malta 15.4
35 Qatar 7.7
36 Hungary 11.8
37 Poland 5.9
38 Argentina 8.3
39 United Arab Emirates 5.6
40 Chile 16.7
41 Bahrain 8.7
42 Slovakia 0
43 Lithuania 15.4
44 Estonia 15.4
45 Latvia 23.5
46 Uruguay 0
47 Croatia 33.3
48 Costa Rica 25.0
49 Bahamas 26.7
50 Seychelles 12.5
51 Cuba 16.2
52 Mexico 9.4
53 Bulgaria 23.8
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda 15.4
58 Oman 10.0
59 Trinidad and Tobago 18.2
60 Romania 12.5
61 Saudi Arabia 0
62 Panama 14.3
63 Malaysia 9.1
64 Belarus 10.0
65 Mauritius 8.0
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.1
67 Russian Federation 0
68 Albania 5.3
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 16.7
70 Brazil 11.4
71 Dominica 0
72 Saint Lucia 8.3
73 Kazakhstan 17.6
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.6
75 Colombia 35.7
76 Ukraine 5.6
77 Samoa 7.7
78 Thailand 7.7
79 Dominican Republic 14.3
80 Belize 6.3
81 China 6.3
82 Grenada 40.0
83 Armenia 0
84 Turkey 4.3
85 Suriname 11.8
86 Jordan 10.7
87 Peru 11.8
88 Lebanon 6.9
89 Ecuador 14.3
90 Philippines 25.0
91 Tunisia 7.1
92 Fiji 9.1
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.0
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.7
95 Paraguay 30.8
96 Georgia 22.2
97 Guyana 22.2
98 Azerbaijan 15.0
99 Sri Lanka 10.3
100 Maldives 11.8
101 Jamaica 17.6
102 Cape Verde 18.8
103 El Salvador 35.3
104 Algeria 10.5
105 Viet Nam 11.5
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 10.8
108 Syrian Arab Republic 6.3
109 Turkmenistan 9.5
110 Nicaragua 14.3
111 Moldova 11.1
112 Egypt 5.9
113 Uzbekistan 3.6
114 Mongolia 5.9
115 Honduras 14.3
116 Kyrgyzstan 12.5
117 Bolivia 6.7
118 Guatemala 25.0
119 Gabon 11.8
120 Vanuatu 8.3
121 South Africa 41.4
122 Tajikistan 3.1
123 Sao Tome and Principe 14.3
124 Botswana 26.7
125 Namibia 19.0
126 Morocco 5.9
127 Equatorial Guinea 4.5
128 India 3.4
129 Solomon Islands 0
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0
131 Cambodia 7.1
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan 0
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 11.8
136 Pakistan 5.6
137 Mauritania 9.1
138 Lesotho 27.8
139 Congo 14.7
140 Bangladesh 8.3
141 Swaziland 13.3
142 Nepal 7.4
143 Madagascar 5.9
144 Cameroon 11.1
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 25.0
147 Sudan 2.6
148 Kenya 10.3
149 Djibouti 5.3
150 Timor-Leste 22.2
151 Zimbabwe 14.7
152 Togo 20.0
153 Yemen 2.9
154 Uganda 23.4
155 Gambia 20.0
156 Senegal 20.6
157 Eritrea 17.6
158 Nigeria 10.0
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 15.4
160 Guinea 15.4
161 Rwanda 35.7
162 Angola 5.7
163 Benin 19.0
164 Malawi 14.3
165 Zambia 25.0
166 Côte d'Ivoire 17.1
167 Burundi 10.7
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 12.5
169 Ethiopia 5.9
170 Chad 11.5
171 Central African Republic 10.0
172 Mozambique 13.0
173 Mali 18.5
174 Niger 23.1
175 Guinea-Bissau 37.5
176 Burkina Faso 14.8
177 Sierra Leone 13.0

Notes :
1 - Data are as of 1 January 2005. The total includes deputy prime ministers and ministers. Prime ministers who hold ministerial portfolios and vice-presidents and heads of ministerial level departments or agencies who exercise a ministerial function in the government structure are also included.

Sources :
IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2007a. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. June. Geneva.
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