MEPs' gender balance by country - 2009 Constitutive session Men Women > 75 < 25 55 - 75 25 - 45 45 - 55 45 - 55 25 - 45 55 - 75 ≤ 25 ≥ 75 non-EU countries non-EU countries Administrative boundaries: © EuroGeographics © UN–FAO © Turkstat Cartography: Eurostat – IMAGE, 10/2023 Malta 0 10 Canarias (ES) 0 100 Açores (PT) 0 50 Madeira (PT) 0 20 Guadeloupe (FR) 0 20 Martinique (FR) 0 20 Guyane (FR) 0 100 Réunion (FR) 0 20 Mayotte (FR) 0 10 Women Men Chart European Union Belgium Denmark Germany Ireland France Italy Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom Greece Spain Portugal Sweden Austria Finland Czechia Estonia Cyprus Lithuania Latvia Hungary Malta Poland Slovenia Slovakia Bulgaria Romania Croatia 65% 35% 64% 36% 54% 46% 63% 37% 85% 15% 56% 44% 79% 21% 83% 17% 52% 48% 67% 33% 68% 32% 64% 36% 64% 36% 44% 56% 59% 41% 38% 62% 82% 18% 50% 50% 67% 33% 75% 25% 62% 38% 64% 36% 100% 0% 78% 22% 71% 29% 62% 38% 59% 41% 64% 36% 67% 33% Gender balance of MEPs by country Country Women Men European Union EU 35% 65% Belgium BE 36% 64% Denmark DK 46% 54% Germany DE 37% 63% Ireland IE 15% 85% France FR 44% 56% Italy IT 21% 79% Luxembourg LU 17% 83% Netherlands NL 48% 52% United Kingdom UK 33% 67% Greece EL 32% 68% Spain ES 36% 64% Portugal PT 36% 64% Sweden SE 56% 44% Austria AT 41% 59% Finland FI 62% 38% Czechia CZ 18% 82% Estonia EE 50% 50% Cyprus CY 33% 67% Lithuania LT 25% 75% Latvia LV 38% 62% Hungary HU 36% 64% Malta MT 0% 100% Poland PL 22% 78% Slovenia SI 29% 71% Slovakia SK 38% 62% Bulgaria BG 41% 59% Romania RO 36% 64% Croatia HR 33% 67%
MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session Chart 1979 84.0 16.0 1984 82.0 18.0 1989 81.0 19.0 1994 74.0 26.0 1999 70.0 30.0 2004 69.0 31.0 2009 65.0 35.0 2014 63.0 37.0 2019 59.0 41.0 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%
