How equal are the Nordics?
The Nordic countries top most global gender equality rankings — but not evenly, and not on every measure. Each country is coloured by how far it sits from parity.
Women in national parliament, 2024
% of seats
- 49.0%
- 46.0%
- 46.0%
- 45.0%
- 45.0%
- 23.0%
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Women in national parliament over time, 2003–2025
% of seats. The dashed line marks parity (50.0%).
Movement towards parity
- Faroe Islands9.0% → 30.0%
- Iceland36.0% → 49.0%
- Finland37.0% → 46.0%
- Norway37.0% → 45.0%
- Denmark38.0% → 45.0%
- Greenland42.0% → 45.0%
- Sweden45.0% → 46.0%
- Åland33.0% → 23.0%
Bars show how much closer to (blue) or further from (rust) parity each country moved between its first and last reported year.
About this data
Share of seats in the national parliament held by women. Parity is 50%.
Colour shows distance from parity, and in which direction: rust tones mean a country falls short of parity, the pale cream centre means near parity, and the blue tones mean it sits at or beyond parity. That way an indicator where a higher number is worse (the pay gap) reads the same way as one where a higher number is better (women in parliament). Exact values are shown in the breakdown below the map; countries on the map use colour alone so the geography stays readable. Coverage varies: the autonomous regions are missing from several of the underlying tables and appear in neutral grey.
Source: Nordic Statistics — ELEC03, Nordic Statistics database.