Table 6-2

Percentage of government positions occupied by women, 1996
Developed regions


Country or area                Percentage of positions occupied by women
                            Ministerial         Sub-ministerial       Total
                            level               level 

Albania                         5.3                14.0                11.8
Australia                      14.7                25.9                22.6
Austria                        23.5                 4.0                 6.8
Belarus                         5.3                 7.0                 6.6
Belgium                        11.1                 4.6                 6.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina          0.0                 4.6                 2.8
Bulgaria                        4.8                16.2                14.6
Canada                         18.5                17.6                17.7
Croatia                        11.5                21.1                19.0
Czech Republic                  0.0                12.6                10.6
Denmark                        29.2                10.3                13.9
Estonia                         0.0                16.8                14.3
Finland                        36.4                15.5                20.4
France                         14.7                 9.7                10.8
Germany                        10.7                 5.3                 6.1
Greece                          0.0                13.2                 8.9
Hungary                         5.6                 7.1                 6.9
Iceland                        15.4                 6.7                 8.2
Ireland                        21.4                 8.4                11.7
Italy                           3.6                 8.2                 7.1
Japan                           5.9                10.1                 9.3
Latvia                         11.1                19.0                17.6
Liechtenstein                  40.0                10.0                20.0
Lithuania                       0.0                 6.8                 7.3
Luxembourg                     28.6                12.9                17.8
Malta                           0.0                 3.9                 3.0
Monaco                          0.0                 0.0                 0.0
Netherlands                    23.5                14.3                16.7
New Zealand                     9.1                28.9                26.4
Norway                         28.6                22.7                24.1
Poland                          8.3                10.1                 9.8
Portugal                       11.5                18.1                17.1
Republic of Moldova             0.0                 7.0                 4.3
Romania                         0.0                 4.1                 3.3
Russian Federation              2.4                 2.6                 2.6
San Marino                     11.1                30.0                21.1
Slovakia                       15.0                15.7                15.6
Slovenia                        9.1                19.7                16.9
Spain                          16.7                15.1                15.4
Sweden                         38.1                27.3                30.8
Switzerland                    15.4                 5.9                 7.1
The FYR of Macedonia            8.7                25.0                20.0
Ukraine                         0.0                 2.2                 1.7
United Kingdom                  8.3                 6.6                 6.9
United States of America       14.3                34.5                33.1
Yugoslavia                      5.9                 8.7                 7.3

Sources:
Data compiled by the Division for the Advancement of Women of the United Nations Secretariat based on information from the Worldwide Government Directory (Bethesda, Maryland, January 1996).

Technical notes:
Decision-making positions in Government are defined as ministers or equivalent, deputy or assistant ministers or equivalent, secretaries of state or permanent secretaries or equivalent, and deputy of state or director of Government or equivalent. In the table, "ministerial level" positions refer to ministers or equivalent positions only, while "sub-ministerial level" positions refer to the rest of the positions enumerated above.

Statistical symbols and conventions used in the tables