MEPs' gender balance by country - 2019 Constitutive session

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Gender balance of MEPs by country
Country Women Men
European Union EU 41% 59%
Belgium BE 38% 62%
Denmark DK 46% 54%
Germany DE 36% 64%
Ireland IE 45% 55%
France FR 50% 50%
Italy IT 41% 59%
Luxembourg LU 50% 50%
Netherlands NL 50% 50%
United Kingdom UK 47% 53%
Greece EL 24% 76%
Spain ES 47% 53%
Portugal PT 43% 57%
Sweden SE 55% 45%
Austria AT 50% 50%
Finland FI 54% 46%
Czechia CZ 33% 67%
Estonia EE 33% 67%
Cyprus CY 0% 100%
Lithuania LT 27% 73%
Latvia LV 50% 50%
Hungary HU 38% 62%
Malta MT 50% 50%
Poland PL 35% 65%
Slovenia SI 50% 50%
Slovakia SK 15% 85%
Bulgaria BG 29% 71%
Romania RO 22% 78%
Croatia HR 36% 64%

Source: European Parliament


MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session

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Gender balance of MEPs by year
Year Women Men
1979 16% 84%
1984 18% 82%
1989 19% 81%
1994 26% 74%
1999 30% 70%
2004 31% 69%
2009 35% 65%
2014 37% 63%
2019 41% 59%

Source: European Parliament