MEPs' gender balance by country - 1989 Constitutive session Chart European Union Belgium Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain United Kingdom 81% 19% - 83% 17% - 62% 38% - 77% 23% - 69% 31% - 96% 4% - 93% 7% - 88% 12% - 50% 50% - 72% 28% - 87% 13% - 85% 15% - 85% 15% - Gender balance of MEPs by country Country Women Men Other European Union EU 19% 81% - Belgium BE 17% 83% - Denmark DK 38% 62% - France FR 23% 77% - Germany DE 31% 69% - Greece EL 4% 96% - Ireland IE 7% 93% - Italy IT 12% 88% - Luxembourg LU 50% 50% - Netherlands NL 28% 72% - Portugal PT 13% 87% - Spain ES 15% 85% - United Kingdom UK 15% 85% -
MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session Chart 1979 84.0 16.0 0.0 1984 82.0 18.0 0.0 1989 81.0 19.0 0.0 1994 74.0 26.0 0.0 1999 70.0 30.0 0.0 2004 69.0 31.0 0.0 2009 65.0 35.0 0.0 2014 63.0 37.0 0.0 2019 60.0 40.0 0.0 Gender balance of MEPs by year Year Women Men Other 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 40% 60% -
