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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources by UNECE Statistical Division and UN Women.

Definition: Indicator 5.5.1(b) measures the proportion of positions held by women in local government.It is expressed as a percentage of elected positions held by women in legislative/ deliberative bodies of localgovernment. Read more about this on the UNECE Statistical Glossary.

Country: Albania

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results at municipal level (2019).
2017: Administrative data based on most recent election results at municipal level (2015) and post-election replacements.

Country: Andorra

- Reference period (2019): Administrative data based on most recent local election results (2019).
- Reference period (2015-2018): Administrative data based on 2015 local election results.

Country: Armenia

- Administrative data.
- Local government elections in 2021 were accompanied with the consolidations of the communities. In 2021 the number of municipalities in Armenia was reduced from 484 to 79, following a consolidation/merging of self-government units. Consequently, the number of persons to be elected at local level also decreased.
- 2018: Data coverage include regional and community level, including Yerevan city.

Country: Austria

- Data obtained by NSS from Local Government Association.
- 2019: Data as of April 2019.

Country: Azerbaijan

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2014).

Country: Belarus

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018).

Country: Belgium

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018) from the Istitute for the Equality of Women and Men.

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

- 2020: Administrative data on most recent election results (2020).- 2016: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2016).

Country: Bulgaria

- 2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019).
- 2015: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2015).

Country: Canada

2018: Data based on most recent election results (2015) at municipal level obtained by NSO from Local Government Associations.

Country: Croatia

- 2022: Administrative data on most recent election results (2021).
- 2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2017).

Country: Cyprus

- Administrative data

Country: Czechia

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results at the level of regions (2016), municipalities (2018) and city districts (2018).

Country: Denmark

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2017)

Country: Estonia

- Administrative data
- 2022: Data based on 2021 election results.

Country: Finland

2022: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2021).

Country: France

- Reference period (2022): National directory of elected officials (RNE : repertoire national des elu). Data based on most recent election results at the level of communes (2020), departements (June 2021) and regions (June 2021).
- Reference period (2020): Administrative data based on annual census. (RNEĀ : repertoire national des elus).
- Reference period (2018): Administrative data based on most recent election results at the level of communes (2014), departments (2015) and regions (2015). Data cover Metropolitan France and the territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Reunion and Mayotte.

Country: Georgia

2022: Administrative data on most recent election results (2021) (Georgia Election Administration).
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2017).

Country: Germany

- Reference period (2022): Administrative data based on most recent election results (2021). Data do not cover the federal states Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein ( gender of elected officials not fully recorded there).
- Reference period (2020): Administrative data based on most recent election results. Data do not cover the federal states Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, as the gender of the elected officials was not (fully) recorded there.
- Reference period (2019): Administrative data based on most recent election results. Data do not cover the Land Schleswig-Holstein.
- Reference period (2018): Administrative data based on most recent election results (around year 2017).

Country: Hungary

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019) provided by the Electoral Management Body of the country.
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2014), provided by the Electoral Management Body of the country.

Country: Iceland

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018).

Country: Ireland

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019).
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2014).

Country: Israel

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018).

Country: Italy

- From 2018 onwards: Administrative data on municipalities provided by the Ministry of Interior.
- 2022: Data based on reference reporting year of 2021.

Country: Kazakhstan

- 2022: Data based on reference reporting year of 2021.
- From 2018 onwards: Administrative data.

Country: Latvia

2022: Data based on reference reporting year of 2021.
2021: Administrative data on most recent election results (2021). A decrease in absolute number of women and men is due to changes in number of municipalities in the country, from 119 to 43.
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2017)

Country: Liechtenstein

2020: Data based on election results (2019).
2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019).

Country: Lithuania

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019).
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2015).

Country: Luxembourg

2018: Administrative data based on most recent local election (2017).

Country: Malta

2017: Administrative data

Country: Montenegro

2022: Local government association, based on information on local election results, as of September 2022. Data provided by the National Statistical Office.
2017: Local government association, based on information on local election results, as of 2017. Data provided by the National Statistical Office.

Country: Netherlands

2018 onwards: Administrative data

Country: Norway

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019).
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2015).

Country: Poland

Data based on censuses/surveys.

Country: Republic of Moldova

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019). Data exclude the territory of Transnistria and municipality of Bender.
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2015). Data exclude the territory of Transnistria and municipality of Bender.

Country: Romania

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2016).

Measurement: Seats in local government , Country: San Marino

Data not available. Indicator not applicable. No elected deliberative bodies of local government.

Country: Serbia

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (up to 2016)

Country: Slovakia

2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018).

Country: Slovenia

2018: Administrative data collected by Ministry of Public Administration, reflecting 2018 local elections results.

Country: Spain

2022: Public administration data from line ministry provided by the National Statistical Office. Data as of July 2022.
2021: Public administration data from line ministry provided by the National Statistical Office. Data as of July 2021.
2020: Administrative data based on most recent election results at the level of municipalities (2019) and provinces (2020). Data exclude 13 municipal councillors with no information by sex.
2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results at the level of municipalities (2019) and provinces (2017). Data exclude 13 municipal councillors with no information by sex.

Country: Sweden

2022-2023: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2022).
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018).

Country: Switzerland

- 2019: Data based on census/survey data provided to the NSO by the Union of Swiss Cities.
- 2018: Data based on most recent municipal elections (2017) provided by NSO based on information from the Union of Swiss cities.
- Reference period (2000 onwards): Data provided by NSO based on information from the Union of Swiss cities.


Data at Municipal level:
- Before 2015, only municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were included in the statistics. Since 2015, all statistical cities are integrated (according to the territorial typology of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office):link
- For years 2000 and 2004, reference date is: 1 June.
- Reference date from 2009 onwards: 1 August.
- For years 2000 and 2004, reference date is: 1 June.
- Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1983, reference day 1. April.
- Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1993, reference day 1. June.
- Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996, reference day 1. June.

Country: Turkiye

2019: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2019) at the level of metropolitan municipalities, municipalities and provinces.
2018: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2014) at the level of metropolitan municipalities, municipalities and provinces.

Country: Turkmenistan

2018 onwards: Administrative data based on most recent election results (2018) at the level of deliberative bodies of local self-government (Gengeshes).

Measurement: Seats in local government , Country: Ukraine

- Data provided by the Ministry of Social Policy.
- Data cover regional councils and cities of regional significance.
- 2021: Data based on 2020 local elections.

Country: United Kingdom

- Data refer to England and Wales only. Based on public sector database maintained by Oscar Research Ltd.
- 2022: Data based on reference reporting year of 2021.