MEPs' gender balance by country - 1979 Constitutive session

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Gender balance of MEPs by country
Country Women Men Other
European Union EU 16% 84% -
Belgium BE 8% 92% -
Denmark DK 31% 69% -
France FR 22% 78% -
Germany DE 15% 85% -
Ireland IE 13% 87% -
Italy IT 14% 86% -
Luxembourg LU 17% 83% -
Netherlands NL 20% 80% -
United Kingdom UK 14% 86% -

Source: European Parliament


MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session

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Gender balance of MEPs by year
Year Women Men Other
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 40% 60% -

Source: European Parliament

Type of results:

Projection: The projection of the European Parliament is an estimate of its composition resulting from the elections, established by Verian as an aggregation of available election results, estimates or polling data published in the Member States after voting has finished. Without prejudice to the composition of the newly elected Parliament, the projection is based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Provisional: Composition of the European Parliament based on available provisional or final national results published after voting has finished in all Member States, based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Constitutive session: Results as officially announced by the newly-elected European Parliament after verification of its Members' eligibility criteria.

Outgoing Parliament: European Parliament configured as in the last parliamentary session of the ongoing legislature.

Composition of the European Union:

1958 Founding Member States: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

1973 UK, Denmark and Ireland join.

1981 Greece joins.

1986 Spain and Portugal join.

1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden join.

2004 Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia join.

2007 Bulgaria and Romania join.

2013 Croatia joins.

2020 UK leaves.