Progress
Fair progress but acceleration needed
Fair progress but acceleration needed

Desired direction: Increase

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Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Proportion of seats held by women in a) the regional parliament and b) the regional, provincial and local governments
Target

5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
Goal

5- Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Definition

Proportion of seats held by women in the regional parliament, councilors in regional government departments, elected to provincial parliaments, deputies in provincial government departments, and mayoral and councilor positions in local governments.
Theoretical formula \[PINST_{women}^{t} = \frac{INST_{women}^{t}}{INST_{women}^{t}+INST_{men}^{t}} \cdot 100\]

where:

$INST_{women}^{t} =$ positions held by women in the corresponding institution in the year $t$

$INST_{men}^{t} =$ positions held by men in the corresponding institution in the year $t$
Available disaggregations

Positions in institutions

Province
Frequency

Annual
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

Source 1

Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Organisation Eustat-Basque Statistics Institute
Periodicity Biennial
Link to data source Gender Equality Index

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The indicator measures the degree to which women have equal access to parliamentary decision-making. Women’s participation in parliaments is a key aspect of women’s opportunities in political and public life and is linked to women’s empowerment. Equal numbers of women and men in lower chambers would give an indicator value of 50 percent.

A stronger presence of women in parliament allows new concerns to be highlighted on political agendas, and new priorities to be put into practice through the adoption and implementation of policies and laws. The inclusion of the perspectives and interests of women is a prerequisite for democracy and gender equality and contributes to good governance. A representative parliament also allows the different experiences of men and women to affect the social, political, and economic future of societies.

Although the international community has supported and promoted women’s participation in political decision-making structures for several decades, improvement in women’s access to parliament has been slow. This has led to the introduction of special policies and legal measures to increase women’s shares of parliamentary seats in several countries. Those countries that have adopted special measures generally have greater representation of women in parliament than countries without special measures.

Indicator 5.5.1(b) complements Indicator 5.5.1(a) on women in national parliaments, and accounts for the representation of women among the millions of members of local governments that influence (or have the potential to influence) the lives of local communities around the world. All tiers of local government are covered by the indicator, consistent with national legal frameworks defining local government.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with United Nations metadata.
International results

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (% of total number of seats) SG_GEN_PARL UNSTATS

Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local governments (%) SG_GEN_LOCGELS UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 5-5-1 (1).pdf

Metadata 5-5-1 (2).pdf
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