Countries With the Highest Women Ministers

Every country with a figure for women ministers, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Nicaragua (64.3%), Finland (61.1%) and Iceland (60%). The middle country of the 193 has 21.4%.

What this measures

Proportion of women in ministerial positions, in % of ministers. Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women. For this measure, higher is better.

Counted on 1 January each year, so a cabinet change in February shows up a year late. Ministers are appointed, not elected, so this is a different measure from women in parliament. A head of government can change it alone, and some do.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2019–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on women ministers

• Countries With the Lowest Women Ministers
• Women ministers by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.