Members of municipal councils or other local area governing bodies by sex

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources

Definition: The municipal council is the local government body that administers the territory at the lowest administrative level of a country. Local administrative levels are defined by each country. The administrative levels as referred to by the NUTS might serve as a starting point for EU and candidate countries.

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Country: Belarus

Change in definition (2002 - 2015): Data include heads of villages, township and urban (cities under district jurisdiction) executive committees and their deputies. Since 2015, data also include heads of local administrations of cities under regional jurisdiction.

Country: Bulgaria

Change in definition (1995 - 2008): Data refer to Municipal councillors.

Country: Bulgaria

Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996.

Country: Croatia

Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1993

Country: Croatia

Change in definition (1995 - 2013): Data refer to members (representatives) of 21 county assemblies of the Republic of Croatia.

Country: Croatia

Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1997

Country: Cyprus

Government controlled area only.

Country: France

Data include mayors as well as members of municipal councils.

Country: France

Reference period (1980): data refer to 1983.

Country: Georgia

Territorial change (2006 onward): Data do not cover Abkhazia AR and Tskhinvali Region.

Country: Iceland

Data of the reference year refer to most recent results of local government elections.

Country: Latvia

Change in definition (1980 - 2013): Based on the election of municipal councils. Data excludes mayors.

Country: Russian Federation

Reference period (2000 - 2013): Data refer to the situation as of 1st of January of the following year.

Country: Serbia

Territorial change (2004 - 2012): Data exclude territory of Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Slovakia

Reference period (2014): Data refer to November, 15, 2014.

Country: Spain

Data do not include members of the Provincial Deputations, Statutory Deputations, Town Councils and Island Councils. In 2015 there are 4 record for which sex is unknown.

Country: Sweden

Change in definition (2002): Data take into account re-election in Orsa in 2003.

Country: Sweden

Change in definition (2010): Data take into account re-election in Orebro in 2011.

Country: Sweden

Change in definition (2014): Data do not take into account re-election in Bastad in 2015.

Country: Switzerland

Change in definition (2001 - onwards): Data include municipalities with at least 10000 inhabitants and the number of those municipalities is changing over years.

Country: Turkiye

Change in definition (2004 - 2009): Data include Mayors, City councillors and Members of Provincial Assemblies.

Country: United Kingdom

Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1997