Share of men in the Brandenburg state government
Share of men in the Brandenburg state government stood at 63.6 percent in 2025, according to Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) – Digital Gender Equality Atlas. It is one of the indicators in the Women and men in politics and administration table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2008 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Women and men in politics and administration table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2011 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg | |||||||||||
| Men, share | 63.6 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 63.6 | 70 | 70 | 70 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Understanding share of men in the Brandenburg state government
Evaluating the masculine presence within the Brandenburg state government, this metric calculates the percentage of ministerial posts occupied by men. The scope is strictly defined by dividing male voting ministers, including the minister-president, by the complete cabinet headcount. Senior civil servants, state secretaries, and members of the state legislature without executive portfolios do not enter the equation. This ratio provides the exact mathematical inverse to the female share in the same jurisdiction, and it diverges from the male headcount series by adjusting continuously for cabinet expansion or contraction.
As an annual administrative inventory, the series exhibits no seasonal behavior and is collected at an established annual reporting juncture. Official revisions are rare, restricted to administrative corrections of past institutional registers. Because the denominator represents a small executive college, minor alterations in cabinet size generate substantial percentage movements. Year-to-year comparisons are best analyzed alongside total portfolio numbers to avoid misinterpreting structural changes, such as the splitting of departmental jurisdictions, as substantive shifts in political selection. Users should also avoid equating this executive metric with general public administration employment data, as ministerial appointments follow distinct coalition bargaining dynamics.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series reflect the proportion of male civil servants in Brandenburg?
- No, the metric is confined to the political cabinet and excludes the broader civil service and administrative workforce.
- Why does an individual ministerial resignation create a noticeable movement in this rate?
- Because the total membership of the state cabinet is small, a single personnel change represents a sizable fraction of the overall calculation.
- How does this indicator relate to the female share row for Brandenburg?
- The two series sum to the total cabinet percentage, functioning as direct mathematical complements within the same reporting period.