Worsted only by Japan, the United States has very low voter turnout, and very low election of women into political office.

Voting

COLOR CODING
GreenRanked first for statistic
RedRanked last for statistic
 Most recent election/ renewalTurnout as % of registered% seats held by women in parliamentPEI index of electoral integrity (0-100)PEI rank
Australia202289.7386643
Canada202162.331836
Denmark202284.237*853
France202273.7387428
Germany202176.6358110
Italy202263.8326936
Japan202156.010*7522
Netherlands202178.7417817
Norway202177.2467912
Sweden202284.246852
United Kingdom201967.6357330
United States202070.85773

SOURCE:

Columns 1 – 2: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Presidential (United States, France) and Parliamentary elections (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom).

Percent seats held by women in parliament

No data available for United States. As of latest election.

*No updated data for and Denmark and Japan.

Columns 4 – 5: Perceptions of Electoral Integrity (The Electoral Integrity Project)

PEI index of electoral integrity (0-100). 1 is lowest integrity, 100 is highest integrity. From the Electoral Integrity Global Report 2019-2021.

NOTES

“The share of women in legislatures around the world is growing, but they are still underrepresented”

Sara Atske, Abigail Geiger, Alissa Scheller
March 18, 2019.
Pew Research. “Women make up 24% of members of national legislative bodies around the world, a share that has ticked up over the past decade but remains far smaller than their share of the overall world population, according to an analysis of data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union.”

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