SDG 16.7.1(a) Ratio of youth in parliament: 2021-2024

Title: SDG 16.7.1(a) Ratio of youth in parliament: 2021-2024

Description: UN SDG indicator 16.7.1(a) aims to compare the proportion of various demographic groups (by sex and age) represented in national parliaments, relative to the proportion of these same groups in the national population above the age of eligibility. This dataset presents the ratio of MPs aged 45 and below, calculated as: Proportion of MPs aged 45 and below / Proportion of the national population aged 45 and below (with the minimum age of eligibility as a lower boundary). See the metadata for SDG indicator 16.7.1(a) for details of the ratio. Two datasets are available, one for unicameral parliaments and lower chambers of bicameral parliaments, one for upper chambers of parliaments.

Type: Dataset

Format: XLS

Years covered: 2021-2024

Number of parliamentary chambers covered: 154 – 199, depending on the year

Languages: English

Survey used to create the dataset: Not available

Publications related to the dataset:

Owner: IPU/Parline

Other information: The raw data on the number of parliamentarians aged 45 and below is available in the Parline section on Data by age. A dataset on the age of parliamentarians from 2008 onwards is available for download in the IPU data catalogue. Population figures available from the United Nations Population Division – World Population Prospects database.

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