National ministries dealing with environment and climate change: ministers by seniority wmidm_env_nat__wmid_env_natmin_envmin

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Years

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Percentage of total (comparable)

Unit:

Head count

Description:

The Gender Statistics Database (GSD) of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) contains data on the numbers of women and men in key decision-making (WMID) positions across a number of different life domains. Data may cover international, European, national, regional and local levels and currently include 37 European countries. Data covered the United Kingdom up to 2024. The GSD aims to provide reliable statistics that can be used to monitor the current situation and trends over time.

The domains covered include politics, public administration, judiciary, business and finance, social partners and NGOs, environment, media, science and research, sports, transport, COVID-19, and EU funding. The decision-making positions covered are specific to each area.

A decision-making position is a position from which it is possible to take or influence a decision:

• within a domain: at organisational level. This restricts coverage to organisations having a major influence in the domain at the territorial level of interest, which is usually national but can also be international, European, regional or local;
• within an organisation: at hierarchical level. This restricts coverage to positions within the hierarchy that have a major input to decision-making within the organisation.

WMID Methodological report

The environment and climate change domain includes statistics on women and men in key decision-making positions with competences in environment and climate change. Data on environment decision-making at the national level cover government ministers, parliamentary committees and administrators with competences in environment, climate change, energy and transport in each country.

Organisations covered:

• Ministries or departments of national governments with competences related to environment, climate change, energy, and transport.
• Permanent and standing committees with competences related to environment, climate change, energy, and transport formed to work throughout the legislative period in national parliaments

Positions covered:

• National governments: senior and junior government ministers with competences in environment, climate change, energy, and transport. Senior ministers are ministers that have a seat in the cabinet or council of ministers, junior ministers do not. Members of the government = sum of senior and junior ministers
• National administrations: Level 1 and level 2 administrators: the two highest levels of administrative (non-political) positions in ministries with competences in environment, climate change, energy, and transport. Senior administrators = sum of level 1 and level 2 administrators.
• Parliamentary committees: President/chair and members of committee(s) with competences in environment, climate change, energy, and transport in the single/lower, upper house and joint committees (count includes the president).

Mapping tables:

• National environment ministries
• Senior and junior ministers in environment ministries
• Level 1 and Level 2 administrators in environment ministries
• Parliamentary committees dealing with environment and climate change

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Time

Select all	Code	Label
	2024	2024
	2023	2023
	2022	2022
	2021	2021
	2020	2020
	2019	2019
	2018	2018
	2017	2017
	2016	2016
	2015	2015
	2014	2014
	2013	2013
	2012	2012

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Geographic region

Select all	Code	Label
	EU28	European Union - 28 countries (1993-2020)
	EU27_2020	European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
	IPA	Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) beneficiaries
	EEA	EEA countries (non-EU)
	BE	Belgium
	BG	Bulgaria
	CZ	Czechia
	DK	Denmark
	DE	Germany
	EE	Estonia
	IE	Ireland
	EL	Greece
	ES	Spain
	FR	France
	HR	Croatia
	IT	Italy
	CY	Cyprus
	LV	Latvia
	LT	Lithuania
	LU	Luxembourg
	HU	Hungary
	MT	Malta
	NL	Netherlands
	AT	Austria
	PL	Poland
	PT	Portugal
	RO	Romania
	SI	Slovenia
	SK	Slovakia
	FI	Finland
	SE	Sweden
	IS	Iceland
	LI	Liechtenstein
	NO	Norway
	UK	United Kingdom
	ME	Montenegro
	MK	North Macedonia
	AL	Albania
	RS	Serbia
	TR	Türkiye
	BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	XK	Kosovo

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sexTotalMenWomen

UNITNumber of persons (headcount)Percent of total

POSITIONMembers of the government or political executiveMembers of the government: Junior ministersMembers of the government: Senior ministers

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MK

RS

TR

CZ

DK

HU

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IE

RO

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IT

PL

SK

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EU27_2020

EU28

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time geo	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
AL		71.4	75	20	33.3	42.9	25
BA		25	50	50	25	0	0
IPA		45.5	43.8	25.9	25.9	14.6	10.5	13.3	6.7	13.3	16.7	8.3	16.7
XK		71.4	33.3	20	0	5.9	0
ME		0	50	0	50(z)	50(z)	33.3	33.3	0	0(z)
MK		33.3	16.7	16.7	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7
RS		66.7	66.7	66.7	66.7(z)	33.3(z)	33.3	33.3	33.3	66.7(z)	66.7(z)	33.3	33.3
TR		0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0	0	0(z)	0(z)	0	0
CZ	0	0	0	0	0	33.3(z)	25(z)	0	0	0	0(z)	0	0
DK	0(z)	0	66.7	33.3	33.3	33.3	0(z)	0(z)	0	33.3	33.3(z)	66.7	33.3
HU	0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0	0	0	0(z)	0(z)	0(z)	0(z)	50	50
IS	0	0(z)	0	33.3(z)	33.3(z)	33.3(z)	33.3(z)	66.7(z)	100	100	50	50	50
IE	0	0	0	50	50	0	0	0	0	14.3	16.7	16.7	16.7
RO	0(z)	0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0(z)	33.3(z)	33.3	33.3	33.3(z)	0(z)	66.7	33.3
EL	12.5	22.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
IT	14.3	12.5	25	40	33.3	33.3	8.3	27.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	0	0
PL	21.4	16.7	23.1	16.7	12.5	8.3	7.7	5.9	5.6	21.4	21.7	30.4	30.4
SK	22.2	22.2	12.5	11.1	12.5	11.1	11.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
HR	25	0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0(z)	0	0	0	0(z)	0(z)	0	0
LV	25	33.3	33.3	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	16.7	0	0
EU27_2020	31.3	30.8	33.1	32.2	26.8	25.7	20.3	20	19.7	23.6	26.4	22	20.1
EU28	32.7	29.7	32.5	32.3	26.8	26.3	21.6	20.5	20.3	24.8	27.4	21.7	19.2
BG	33.3	23.1	33.3	36.4	27.3	27.3	18.2	22.2	42.9	25	37.5	15.4	44.4
CY	33.3(z)	0(z)	33.3	33.3	33.3(z)	33.3	33.3	0(z)	0(z)	0(z)	0	0	0
LU	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	25	25	25	25	25	0	0
NL	33.3	50	50	60	80	80	80	80	50	50	66.7	66.7	66.7
DE	37.5	36.4	36.4	30	27.3	22.2	20	45.5	45.5	45.5	54.5	18.2	18.2
FI	40	50	60	60	80	66.7	33.3	33.3	25	33.3	60	60	40
SI	40	50	33.3	16.7	16.7	33.3	33.3	40	40	50	60	33.3	0
ES	40	66.7	66.7	80	20	20	25	33.3	16.7	33.3	33.3	16.7	16.7
LT	42.9	50	42.9	46.2	25	27.3	20	9.1	8.3	8.3	9.1	25	0
NO	44.4	20	20	30	30	10	20	11.1	11.1	12.5	12.5	12.5	33.3
EEA	46.2	25	25	35.3	35.3	23.5	29.4	31.3	37.5	35.7	28.6	28.6	40
UK	46.7	16.7	25	33.3	27.3	33.3	40	27.3	27.3	44.4	38.5	18.2	8.3
EE	50	0(z)	50(z)	0	0	0	50(z)	50	0	0	100	50	50
MT	50	50	50	33.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PT	50	20	0	25	25	22.2	11.1	12.5	12.5	12.5	0	0	20
FR	66.7	50(z)	50	75	75	75	75	50	66.7(z)	50	50	0	50
SE	66.7	66.7	66.7	0	33.3(z)	33.3	33.3	33.3(z)	66.7(z)	66.7(z)	66.7	100	100
BE	75	75	75	75	50	50	50	50	50	100	100	0	0
AT	100	50	50	66.7	33.3	50	50	0	0	0	0	33.3	33.3
LI	100	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50

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