°Women in politics
	Proportion of women in the national parliaments (by country), in %
	SE	ES	DE	CH	UK	FR	US
1980		6.1	8.5	10.5	3	5.5
1990	38	13.9	26.3	17.5	6.3	5.6	7
1995	40.4	24.7	30.8	21.5	9.2	5.9	11.7
2000	42.7	28.3	30.9	23	18.4	10.9	12.9
2005	45.3	36	32.8	25	19.7	12.2	15.2
2007	47.3	36	31.6	29.5	19.7	18.5	16.3
	Proportion of women in the national and cantonal parliaments and executive councils (Switzerland), in %
	Federal Council	National Council	Council of States	Cantonal parliaments	Executive cantonal councils
1971	0.0	5.0	2.3	7.2	0.0
1975	0.0	7.5	0.0	6.2	0.0
1979	0.0	10.5	6.5	8.6	0.0
1983	0.0	11.0	6.5	10.2	0.6
1987	14.3	14.5	10.9	12.3	3.0
1991	0.0	17.5	8.7	15.2	3.0
1995	14.3	21.5	17.4	22.0	11.4
1999	28.6	23.5	19.6	24.1	20.4
2003	14.3	25.0	23.9	24.2	21.5
2007	42.9	29.5	21.7	26.3	19.2
	Proportion of women on voting lists, in %							Elected women, in %
	FDP	CVP	SPS	SVP	GPS	others		FDP	CVP	SPS	SVP	GPS	others
1971	16.5	17.0	19.3	14.0		16.6		6.1	6.8	6.5	0.0		2.6
1975	13.0	14.3	23.3	13.1	25.0	18.9		8.5	10.9	9.1	0.0	0.0	3.2
1979	15.7	11.6	35.0	13.3	25.0	21.4		15.7	9.1	15.7	0.0	0.0	3.3
1983	16.1	16.4	40.3	9.7	32.9	28.0		7.4	7.1	21.3	0.0	0.0	16.1
1987	20.5	20.5	50.2	15.3	44.1	30.9		7.8	11.9	29.3	4.0	33.3	12.5
1991	27.0	27.7	57.3	16.9	50.6	31.8		11.4	11.4	29.3	12.0	57.1	7.3
1995	29.5	36.3	63.3	20.7	49.6	34.0		17.8	14.7	35.2	10.3	50.0	13.3
1999	31.0	39.0	45.0	23.0	51.0	32.8		20.9	22.9	39.2	6.8	62.5	10.5
2003	35.2	27.3	47.4	19.1	50.2	34.7		19.4	32.1	46.2	5.5	53.8	12.5
2007	27.8	35.7	48.3	20.3	48.1	35.2		19.4	38.7	41.9	12.9	50.0	29.5