GEI EMPOWERMENT COMPONENT	SELECTED  INDICATORS				
	Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total) 2005  1	Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female) 1999-2005 2	Professional and technical workers (% female) 3	% of seats in Lower or single House 4	
Afghanistan				27.3	
Albania	5.3			7.1	
Algeria	10.5		32	7.7	
American Samoa					
Andorra				28.6	
Angola	5.7			15	
Anguilla					
Antigua and Barbuda	15.4	45	55	10.5	
Argentina	8.3	33	53		
Armenia				9.2	
Aruba					
Australia	20,0	37	56	24.7	
Austria	35.3	27	49	32.2	
Azerbaijan	15,0			11.3	
Bahamas	26.7	46	60	12.2	
Bahrain	8.7			2.5	
Bangladesh	8.3	23	12	15.1	
Barbados	29.4	43	52	13.3	
Belarus	10,0			29.1	
Belgium	21.4	32	49	34.7	
Belize	6.3	41	50	6.7	
Benin	19,0			8.4	
Bermuda					
Bhutan				2.7	
Bolivia	6.7	36	40	16.9	
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.1			14.3	
Botswana	26.7	33	51	11.1	
Brazil	11.4	34	52	8.8	
Brunei Darussalam	9.1	26	44		
Bulgaria	23.8	34	60	22.1	
Burkina Faso	14.8			15.3	
Burundi	10.7			30.5	
Cambodia	7.1	14	33	9.8	
Cameroon	11.1			14.1	
Canada	23.1	36	56	20.8	
Cape Verde	18.8			15.3	
Cayman Islands					
Central African Republic	10,0			10.5	
Ceuta					
Chad	11.5			6.5	
Channel Islands					
Chile	16.7	25	52	15	
China	6.3	17	52	20.3	
Christmas Islands					
Cocos					
Colombia	35.7	38	50	8.4	
Comoros				3	
Congo, DR	12.5				
Congo, Rep.	14.7			7.4	
Cook Islands					
Coral Sea Islands					
Costa Rica	25,0	25	40	38.6	
Côte d'Ivoire	17.1			8.5	
Croatia	33.3	24	50	21.7	
Cuba	16.2	34	62	36	
Cyprus		15	45	14.3	
Czech Republic	11.1	30	52	15.5	
Denmark	33.3	25	53	36.9	
Diego García					
Djibouti	5.3			10.8	
Dominica		48	55	12.9	
Dominican Republic	14.3	32	51	19.7	
Ecuador	14.3	35	48	25	
Egypt	5.9	9	30	2	
El Salvador	35.3	33	45	16.7	
Equatorial Guinea	4.5			18	
Eritrea	17.6			22	
Estonia	15.4	37	70	21.8	
Ethiopia	5.9	20	30	21.9	
Faeroe Island					
Falkland Islands					
Fiji	9.1				
Finland	47.1	30	55	42	
France	17.6	37	47	18.5	
French Guiana					
French Polynesia					
Gabon	11.8			12.5	
Gambia	20,0			9.4	
Georgia	22.2	26	62	9.4	
Germany	46.2	37	50	31.6	
Ghana	11.8			10.9	
Gibraltar					
Greece	5.6	26	49	16	
Greenland					
Grenada	40,0			26.7	
Guadeloupe					
Guam					
Guatemala	25,0			12	
Guinea	15.4			19.3	
Guinea-Bissau	37.5			14	
Guyana	22.2			29	
Haiti	25,0			4.1	
Holy See					
Honduras	14.3	41	52	23.4	
Hong Kong		27	40		
Hungary	11.8	35	62	10.4	
Iceland	27.3	27	56	31.7	
India	3.4			8.3	
Indonesia	10.8			11.3	
Iran	6.7	16	34	4.1	
Iraq				25.5	
Ireland	21.4	31	52	13.3	
Isle of Man					
Israel	16.7	26	54	14.2	
Italy	8.3	32	46	17.3	
Jamaica	17.6			13.3	
Japan	12.5	10	46	9.4	
Jordan	10.7			5.5	
Kazakhstan	17.6	38	67	15.9	
Kenya	10.3			7.3	
Kiribati				4.3	
Korea, DPR					
Korea, Rep.	5.6	8	39	13.4	
Kuwait				1.5	
Kyrgyzstan	12.5	25	57		
Lao, PDR				25.2	
Latvia	23.5	42	65	19	
Lebanon	6.9			4.7	
Lesotho	27.8			23.5	
Liberia				12.5	
Libya				7.7	
Liechtenstein				24	
Lithuania	15.4	43	67	24.8	
Luxembourg	14.3			23.3	
Macao					
Macedonia	16.7	29	52	28.3	
Madagascar	5.9			8	
Malawi	14.3			13.6	
Malaysia	9.1	23	40	9.1	
Maldives	11.8	15	40	12	
Mali	18.5			10.2	
Malta	15.4	20	38	9.2	
Marshall Islands				3	
Martinique					
Mauritania	9.1			17.9	
Mauritius	8,0	25	43	17.1	
Mayotte					
Melilla					
Mexico	9.4	29	42	22.6	
Micronesia					
Moldova	11.1	39	66	21.8	
Monaco				20.8	
Mongolia	5.9	50	54	6.6	
Montenegro				8.6	
Montserrat					
Morocco	5.9	12	35	10.5	
Mozambique	13,0			34.8	
Myanmar					
Namibia	19,0	30	55	26.9	
Nauru					
Nepal	7.4	8	19	17.3	
Netherlands	36,0	26	50	36.7	
Netherlands Antilles					
New Caledonia					
New Zealand	23.1	36	53	32.2	
Nicaragua	14.3			18.5	
Niger	23.1			12.4	
Nigeria	10,0			7	
Niue					
Norfolk Islands					
Northern Mariana Islands					
Norway	44.4	30	50	37.9	
Oman	10,0	9	33		
Pakistan	5.6	2	26	21.3	
Palau					
Panama	14.3	43	51	16.7	
Papua New Guinea				0.9	
Paraguay	30.8	23	54	10	
Peru	11.8	34	46	29.2	
Philippines	25,0	58	61	22.4	
Pitcairn					
Poland	5.9	33	61	20.4	
Portugal	16.7	34	50	21.3	
Puerto Rico					
Qatar	7.7	8	24		
Reunion					
Romania	12.5	29	57	11.2	
Russian Federation		39	65	9.8	
Rwanda	35.7			48.8	
Samoa	7.7			6.1	
San Marino				11.7	
Sao Tome and Principe	14.3			1.8	
Saudi Arabia		31	6		
Senegal	20.6			22	
Serbia				20.4	
Seychelles	12.5			23.5	
Sierra Leone	13,0			12.9	
Singapore		26	44	24.5	
Slovakia		31	58	19.3	
Slovenia	6.3	33	57	12.2	
Solomon Islands					
Somalia				8.2	
South Africa	41.4			32.8	
Spain	50,0	32	48	36	
Sri Lanka	10.3	21	46	4.9	
St Helena					
St Kitts and Nevis				6.7	
St Lucia	8.3	55	53	5.6	
St Pierre and Miquelon					
St Vincent and Grenadines	20,0			18.2	
Sudan	2.6			18.1	
Suriname	11.8			25.5	
Swaziland	13.3			10.8	
Sweden	52.4	30	51	47.3	
Switzerland	14.3	8	22	29.5	
Syria	6.3		40	12	
Taiwan					
Tajikistan	3.1			17.5	
Tanzania	15.4	49	32	30.4	
Thailand	7.7	29	54	8.7	
Timor-Leste	22.2			27.7	
Togo	20,0			7.4	
Tokelau					
Tonga				3.3	
Trinidad and Tobago	18.2	43	53	19.4	
Tunisia	7.1			22.8	
Turkey	4.3	7	32	9.1	
Turkmenistan	9.5			16	
Turks and Caicos Islands					
Tuvalu					
Uganda	23.4			29.8	
Ukraine	5.6	38	64		
United Arab Emirates	5.6	8	25	22.5	
United Kingdom	28.6	34	47	19.7	
United States of America	14.3	42	56	16.3	
Uruguay		40	54	11.1	
Uzbekistan	3.6			17.5	
Vanuatu	8.3			3.8	
Venezuela	13.6	27	61	18.6	
Viet Nam	11.5	22	51	25.8	
Virgin Islands (UK)					
Virgin Islands (USA)					
Wallis and Futuna					
West Bank and Gaza		11	35		
Western Sahara					
Yemen	2.9	4	15	0.3	
Zambia	25,0			14.6	
Zimbabwe	14.7			16.7	
Sources: 1,2 y 3: Human Development Report 2007/2008, UNDP; 4: Inter-Parliamentary Union