Finland (46.0%), Sweden (44.8%) and Denmark (44.7%) had the highest shares of female representatives in parliament in 2025, while Cyprus (14.3%), Hungary (15.6%) and Romania (22.0%) had the lowest.
When it comes to women in government, Latvia does a bit better. Across Europe, women held 31.9% of national government seats, an increase of 4.2 pp compared with 2015. In Latvia the share was 36% – up from a lowly 17% in 2015. It's also worth recording that Latvia's Prime Minister and Parliamentary speaker are both women.
The share of women in government was highest in Finland (60.0%). Parity was achieved in Sweden (50.0%), and in France, almost half of the members of national governments were female (48.6%).
In contrast, Hungary had no women in its national government, Romania had only 10.5% and Czechia 11.8%.
In most EU countries, the share of women in national governments has grown since 2015. Finland recorded the largest increase (+26.7 pp), followed by Lithuania (+20.4 pp) and Estonia (+17.5 pp). Decreases were registered in 6 EU countries: Romania (-24.5 pp), Slovenia (-7.7 pp), Czechia (-5.8 pp), the Netherlands (-4.2 pp), Belgium (-1.1 pp) and Poland (-0.8 pp).
