Major political parties: leader and deputy leaders wmidm_pol_part__wmid_polpart

Time format:

Years

Unit:

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 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 politics domain includes statistics on women and men amongst politicians at the European, national, regional and local levels. Figures include executive bodies (e.g. governments), representative bodies (parliaments and councils) as well as major political parties. Data on major political parties cover the leader(s) and deputy leader(s) of major political parties in each country.

Organisations covered:

• Major political parties: political parties with at least 5% of seats in the national parliament (either of the upper or lower houses in case of a bicameral system) at the time of observation (i.e. beginning of the data collection).

A political party is defined as an organised group of people with some common political aims and opinions that seek to influence public policy, usually by trying to get candidates elected to public office. Independents and coalitions are not included in the database. Coalitions are formal or informal groups of political parties. Only their constituent members are treated individually.

Positions covered:

• Leader(s)
• Deputy leader(s)

Mapping tables:

• Major political parties

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Time

Select all	Code	Label
	2025	2025
	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
	2011	2011

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Geographic region

Select all	Code	Label
	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

POSITIONParty leaderDeputy party leader

EU27_2020

IPA

EEA

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

IS

LI

NO

UK

ME

MK

AL

RS

TR

BA

XK

time geo	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
EU27_2020	26.2	25.8	26.8	26	26.1	21.5	16.2	17.5	16	18.6	17.3	13.5	12.1	13.1	16
IPA			5.6	6.3	9.1	8.8	8.6	5.6	6.7	5.9	5.6	0	7.1	7.1	0
EEA	47.4	43.8	50	37.5	31.3	31.3	35.3	35.3	26.7	26.7	31.3	37.5	23.1	33.3	41.7
BE	11.1	25	16.7	18.2	18.2	27.3	30	30	30	30	22.2	20	20	9.1	27.3
BG	0	14.3	14.3	14.3	20	25	25	25	25	40	20	0	0	0	0
CZ	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DK	57.1	42.9	37.5	50(z)	50	33.3	20	20	20(z)	20(z)	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3
DE	40	33.3	36.4	33.3	36.4	36.4	40	40	42.9	42.9	42.9	42.9	37.5	28.6	37.5
EE	16.7	16.7	16.7	20	20	20	20	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IE	60	40	40	40	20	20	25	25	0	25	25	0	0	0	0
EL	0	0	25	25	25	25	20	20	20	20	0	0	0	25	25
ES	25	25	40	40	33.3	25	20	25	0	33.3	50	0	0	0	0
FR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	33.3
HR	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	50
IT	40	40	40	20	28.6	28.6	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CY	16.7	20	16.7	0	20	20	20	20	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0
LV	25	12.5	12.5	0	12.5	0	0	16.7	11.1	22.2	22.2	16.7	16.7	16.7	11.1
LT	33.3	42.9	42.9	42.9	33.3	16.7	0	0	0	0	14.3	14.3	0	0	0
LU	42.9	44.4	37.5	50	33.3	33.3	20	33.3	33.3	33.3	16.7	20	20	16.7	16.7
HU	16.7	33.3	16.7	14.3	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL	37.5	37.5	44.4	33.3	40	33.3	14.3	28.6	28.6	42.9	28.6	28.6	14.3	42.9	42.9
AT	20	20	40	40	40	40	50	0	25	25	25	25	20	20	20
PL	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
PT	0	0	0	0	33.3	33.3	40	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0
RO	42.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	16.7	33.3	20	20	0	0
SI	20	20	20	25	37.5	25	12.5	0	20	20	20	16.7	16.7	0	14.3
SK	0	0	0	0	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FI	50	66.7	83.3	83.3	66.7	50	16.7	14.3	16.7	0	0	16.7	16.7	40	42.9
SE	50	50	50	57.1	57.1	42.9	28.6	25	37.5	37.5	37.5	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2
IS	66.7	50	66.7(z)	50	33.3	33.3	42.9	42.9	20	20	20	40	0	25	25
LI	25	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	0	0	20	20	0	0	0
NO	60	60	60	40	40	40	40	40	50	50	50	50	50	50	66.7
UK		0	0	25	20	20	50	50	50	25	0	0	0	0	0
ME			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MK			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AL			0	0	33.3	25	25	25
RS			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TR			33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	20	20	20	20	0	20	20	0
BA			0	0	0	0	0	0
XK			0	0	0	0	0	0

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