Based on a comparison of 43 countries in 2012, France ranked the highest in female judges as a share of all judges with 85.2% followed by Latvia and Slovenia. On the other end of the scale was Azerbaijan with 11.2%, Japan with 17.7% and Armenia with 21.9%.
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Country | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Albania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42.5 | 40.1 | ||
Algeria | % | ... | ... | 34.7 | 35.6 | 36.9 | 37.6 | 38.7 | ||
Argentina | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Armenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.3 | 22.7 | ||
Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.7 | 31.8 | ... | |
Austria | % | ... | 43.7 | 44.4 | 45.7 | 47.5 | 48.4 | |||
Azerbaijan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | ... | ... | ... | 57.0 | 55.9 | 56.7 | 56.4 | ||
Chile | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.7 | ... | |
Croatia | % | 64.9 | 65.6 | 66.1 | 66.3 | 67.5 | ||||
Czech Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.8 | 61.3 | ||
Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57.5 | 58.6 | 57.9 | ||
Finland | % | ... | 41.1 | 42.6 | 44.1 | 46.8 | 46.8 | |||
France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.7 | 83.8 | 85.2 | ... | ... |
Georgia | % | ... | ... | ... | 49.2 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 51.2 | ... | ... |
Germany | % | ... | 33.2 | ... | 35.8 | ... | 38.4 | ... | ||
Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48.7 | ... | ... |
Hungary | % | 70.3 | 70.2 | 70.6 | 69.2 | 68.2 | ||||
Iceland | % | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.0 | ||
Israel | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Italy | % | ... | 23.2 | 23.3 | 25.6 | 27.8 | 31.3 | |||
Japan | % | 14.2 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 16.5 | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.5 | ||
Latvia | % | 71.8 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 76.4 | 78.3 | ||||
Lithuania | % | 54.1 | 54.8 | 55.3 | 56.0 | 57.3 | ||||
Malta | % | 18.2 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 28.9 | 28.2 | ||||
Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.0 | ||
Moldova | % | ... | ... | 33.3 | 33.8 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 36.9 | ... | |
Mongolia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66.5 | ... | |
Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50.4 | 55.0 | ||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | 48.2 | 49.1 | 50.4 | 51.2 | 52.1 | ||
New Zealand | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | 34.7 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 35.3 | ||
Philippines | % | ... | ... | 28.3 | 31.3 | 32.7 | 32.8 | ... | ... | |
Poland | % | 63.1 | 63.7 | 69.8 | 63.8 | 63.9 | ||||
Portugal | % | 49.0 | 50.4 | 51.9 | 53.4 | 55.7 | ||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.032 | ... | ... | ... |
Serbia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71.3 | ||
Singapore | % | ... | ... | 52.2 | 46.5 | 46.4 | 48.7 | 51.3 | ||
Slovakia | % | ... | ... | 63.4 | 63.1 | 63.0 | 62.6 | 62.9 | ||
Slovenia | % | ... | 74.7 | 75.6 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 77.6 | |||
South Korea | % | ... | ... | 16.8 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 18.3 | 24.4 | ||
Spain | % | 45.9 | 46.8 | 47.2 | 47.7 | 48.3 | ||||
Tajikistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.4 | ... | ... | ... |