Metadata Sub-indicator 5.5.1.4. Porcentaje de alcaldías ocupadas por mujeres en los gobiernos locales

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)
  • Global
  • 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

Periodicity

Annual

Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)

Level of Government

Tier

Tier I

Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)

No

Responsible institution
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