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Share of women in government sector in Bulgaria is 40 percent: Eurostat

The share of women in the government sector in Bulgaria has reached 40 percent, considerably exceeding the EU average, latest Eurostat data show.

Over the past five years their number has gone up by almost 10 percentage points. There are 5 female cabinet ministers in the Borissov 3 cabinet. 62 of the MPs in Bulgarian parliament are women, or 25 percent of all seats.

The biggest share of women in government is in Spain and Sweden, the smallest – in Hungary. 




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