World Ranking

Our data shows that in 2023, the percentage of women ambassadors and permanent representatives worldwide averaged 21%.
Scroll down for a detailed breakdown of how each country ranked.

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Rank	Country	Percentage of women ambassadors 2023

1	Canada
2	Andorra
2	Maldives
2	Monaco
3	Finland
4	Ghana
5	Nicaragua
6	Sweden
7	Bahamas
8	United Kingdom
9	New Zealand
10	United States
11	El Salvador
11	Ireland
11	South Africa
12	Grenada
12	Jamaica
12	Netherlands
13	Latvia
14	Australia
15	Norway
15	North Macedonia
16	Cuba
16	Montenegro
17	Panama
18	Croatia
19	Spain
20	Austria
20	Botswana
20	Lithuania
20	Sri Lanka
21	Thailand
22	Estonia
22	Malawi
22	Romania
22	San Marino
22	Seychelles
23	Burkina Faso
23	Burundi
23	Gambia
23	Greece
23	Iceland
23	Luxembourg
24	Bulgaria
25	Angola
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina
25	Dominican Republic
26	Cyprus
26	Switzerland
26	Zambia
27	Albania
27	Denmark
27	Slovenia
27	Suriname
28	Germany
28	Republic of Moldova
29	Costa Rica
29	France
29	Philippines
29	Uganda
30	Turkiye
31	Antigua and Barbuda
31	Cambodia
31	Dominica
31	Eswatini
31	Guyana
31	Liechtenstein
32	Chile
32	Lebanon
32	Mauritius
33	Czechia
33	Mexico
33	Serbia
34	Malta
35	Morocco
35	Ukraine
36	Zimbabwe
37	Argentina
37	Brunei Darussalam
37	Poland
38	Israel
39	Barbados
39	Kenya
39	Namibia
39	Nigeria
39	Rwanda
40	Niger
40	Portugal
40	Sierra Leone
41	Tanzania
41	Paraguay
42	Ethiopia
42	Gabon
42	Guinea
42	Guinea-Bissau
42	Lao
43	Hungary
43	Kyrgystan
43	Mongolia
43	Venezuela
44	Bangladesh
44	Colombia
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo
44	Guatemala
44	Peru
44	Uruguay
45	Brazil
45	Singapore
46	Armenia
46	Ecuador
46	Fiji
46	Georgia
46	Jordan
46	Mozambique
46	Slovakia
47	Indonesia
47	Viet Nam
47	India
48	Bhutan
48	Mayalsia
48	United Arab Emirates
49	Syria
49	Cabo Verde
49	Italy
49	Papua New Guinea
50	Belgium
51	Senegal
52	Nepal
53	Iraq
54	Cameroon
55	China
55	Mauritania
55	Algeria
55	Bolivia
55	Equatorial Guinea
55	Tunisia
56	Egypt
57	Benin
57	Congo
57	Eritrea
58	Afghanistan
58	Bahrain
59	Cote d'Ivoire
59	Haiti
59	Trinidad and Tobago
60	Pakistan
60	Sudan
61	Madagascar
61	Mali
61	Oman
61	Saudi Arabia
62	Chad
62	Kazakhstan
63	Iran
63	Tajikistan
64	Azerbaijan
64	Turkmenistan
64	Uzbekistan
65	South Korea
66	Japan
66	Qatar
67	Russia
67	Kuwait
68	Belarus
68	Comoros
68	Djibouti
68	Myanmar
68	North Korea
68	Togo