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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Percentage of seats held by women in national parliaments in a single or lower chamber.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	World Bank Gender Statistics
Data for:
Annotation:	World Bank: Dataset: Gender Statistics, Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) [SG.GEN.PARL.ZS] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted 2024/08/29.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	50
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	50
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Women in National Parliaments

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Sweden

9.4

46.42

Finland

9.3

46.00

Norway

9.3

46.15

New Zealand

9.0

44.26

Spain

9.0

44.29

Denmark

8.8

43.58

Belgium

8.7

42.67

Upper middle group

Austria

8.4

40.98

Netherlands

8.2

40.00

Australia

7.9

38.41

Switzerland

7.9

38.50

France

7.8

37.78

Slovenia

7.8

37.78

Portugal

7.5

36.09

Germany

7.3

35.19

7.2

34.62

Italy

6.8

32.25

Latvia

6.8

32.00

Canada

6.5

30.65

Poland

6.3

29.35

Estonia

6.2

28.71

USA

6.2

28.97

Lithuania

6.1

28.37

Czechia

5.7

26.00

Lower middle group

Israel

5.4

24.17

Ireland

5.2

23.13

Greece

5.1

23.00

Slovakia

5.0

22.00

Hungary

3.5

14.07

Japan

2.9

10.34

Bottom group

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