Share of women in the Saxony-Anhalt state government
Share of women in the Saxony-Anhalt state government stood at 40 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||||||||||
| Women, share | 40 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |
| Men, share | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 70 | 70 | 90 | 80 | 70 |
Understanding share of women in the Saxony-Anhalt state government
Benchmarked against the complete ministerial bench, this metric records the percentage of cabinet seats in Saxony-Anhalt occupied by women. The calculation divides female cabinet members, including a female minister-president and female portfolio ministers, by the total number of sworn government ministers. It explicitly omits female non-cabinet staff, administrative department leaders, state secretaries, and lawmakers in the state parliament who do not lead a ministry. While sibling rows provide absolute counts of female ministers or the full cabinet size, this series standardizes female representation as a proportion of executive government posts.
Interpreting this percentage requires awareness of small denominator effects inherent in state executive cabinets. Because the cabinet comprises a small body of ministers, an appointment or departure of a single female minister causes a pronounced percentage shift. The series is compiled annually as a point-in-time record; it does not account for temporary cabinet reshuffles that occur and revert between successive survey dates. Annual tracking provides insight into changes across legislative mandates and coalition agreements. Analysts should distinguish this political cabinet metric from gender ratios in civil service administrations, where appointment rules follow different legal frameworks.
Frequently asked questions
- How is the share of women in the Saxony-Anhalt state government calculated?
- The number of female cabinet ministers is divided by the total count of cabinet ministers in Saxony-Anhalt and expressed as a percentage.
- Does this share include female leaders in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt?
- No, it measures only executive cabinet members and excludes members of the state legislature who lack ministerial appointments.
- Why can this percentage change when the number of female ministers in Saxony-Anhalt stays the same?
- If the total size of the cabinet changes due to ministerial restructuring, the female share shifts even if the count of women remains constant.