Goal
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Target
Target 5.5. Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
Indicator
Indicator 5.5.1. Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
Sub-indicator
Sub-indicator 5.5.1.4. Proportion of mayoresses in local governments
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
Definition
Proportion of mayors whose head is a woman expressed as a percentage of the total number of mayors.
Calculation method
\[PAM=\frac{A_{mujeres}}{A} \cdot 100 \]Where: \(A_{mujeres}\)is the number of mayors occupied by women and \(A\)is the number of total mayors.
Unit of measure
Percentage of women mayors
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Level of Government
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
No
Date of the last metadata update
15/12/2021
Link to United Nations metadata
Custody agency
IPU, UN Women
Observations
Administrative data that do not correspond to any statistics of the National Statistical Plan
