Ratio of the proportion of positions held in Parliament by persons from certain population groups to the proportion of the respective group in total population

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16.7.1.a. Ratio of the proportion of positions held in Parliament by persons from certain population groups to the proportion of the respective group in total population
Year Value
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1. Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

2. National Bureau of Statistics

Geographical Area: The Republic of Moldova, without the left side of the river Nistru and the municipality of Bender

Unit of Measurement: Percent, %

Footnote:

2025:

President of the Parliament: 53 years old, male

Presidents of the standing parliamentary committees:

1. Committee on Legal Affairs, Appointments and Immunities – 43 years old, female

2. Committee on Economy, Budget and Finance – 35 years old, male

3. Committee on National Security, Defense and Public Order – 47 years old, male

4. Committee on Foreign Policy – 43 years old, female

5. Committee on Human Rights and Interethnic Relations – 42 years old, male

6. Committee on Public Administration and Regional Development – 53 years old, female

7. Committee on Environment, Climate and Green Transition – 66 years old, male

8. Committee on Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sports and Mass Media – 57 years old, female

9. Committee on Agriculture and Food Industry – 38 years old, male

10. Committee on Social Protection, Health and Family – 50 years old, male

11. Committee on Public Finance Control – 49 years old, female 12. Committee on European Integration – 44 years old, male

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Moldovan statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Moldovan-specific metadata information.

Indicator

Indicator 16.7.1.a: Ratio between the proportion of seat taken in the Parliament by persons from certain groups of population and proportion of the respective group in total population
Definition and concepts

The indicator aims to compare the proportion of different demographic groups (depending on aged and sex) represented in the Parliament with the proportion of these groups in the national population with the right to vote. The right to elect and to be elected belongs to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova who have, including on the day of elections, the age of 18 years old, except for those deprived of this right as established by law (art. 11; 12 of the Electoral Code no. 1381/1997).
Unit of measure

Percent, %
Method of computation
<p>For single-chamber parliaments, just like the one in the Republic of Moldova, the indicator is measured through 4 sub-indicators (1 for the young population and 3 for women), of which 2 are calculated as rates and 2 are presented as absolute numbers: </p> <p>1. Rate 1 = Proportion of young members in the Parliament aged 18-44 years old out of the proportion of population aged 18-44 years old *100.</p> <p> where:</p> <p>Numerator: The number of Members of Parliament aged 18–44 in relation to the total number of Members of Parliament.</p> <p>Denominator: The total population aged 18–44 in relation to the total population. </p> <p>2. Rate 2 = Proportion of women / men in the Parliament out of the proportion of women / men in total population with the right to vote (18 years old +)</p> <p> where:</p> <p>Numerator: The number of women Members of Parliament / men Members of Parliament in relation to the total number of Members of Parliament *100</p> <p>Denominator: The number of women / men with the right to vote aged 18 and over in relation to the total population aged 18 and over. </p> <p>3. President of the Parliament: is not calculated, as there is only one President in the Parliament, being registered only his/her individual characteristics, meaning: age group and sex.</p> <p>4. Chairs of parliamentary standing committees (Public Administration Committee; Agriculture and Food Industry Committee; Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sport, and Mass-media Committee; Public Finance Control Committee; Human Rights and Interethnic Relations Committee; Economy, Budget and Finance Committee; Legal, Appointments and Immunities Committee; Environment and Regional Development Committee; Foreign Policy; European Integration Committee; Social Protection, Health and Family Committee, and National Security, Defence and Public Order Committee): not calculated, as data are collected for the 12 chairs of the committees. Only their individual characteristics are registered, meaning: age group and sex.</p>
Comparability with global indicator

Unlike the global indicator, whose sub-indicator 3 is calculated as an absolute number of chairs of 5 standing committees (Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Human Rights and Gender Equality), the national indicator is calculated as an absolute number of 12 chairs of standing parliamentary committees established in the XII legislature.
Periodicity

annual
Data last updated Jul 14, 2026
Metadata last updated Jul 17, 2026

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Indicator

Indicator 16.7.1.a: Proportions of positions in national Parliament compared to national distributions, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups
Target

Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
UN designated tier

1
Link to global metadata

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-07-01A.pdf
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF)
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Source 1

Data sources
<p>1. Administrative data, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova</p> <p>2. Data on usual resident population, National Bureau of Statistics</p>
Data producers
<p>1. Parliament of the Republic of Moldova</p> <p>2. National Bureau of Statistics</p>
Data providers
<p>1. Parliament of the Republic of Moldova</p> <p>2. National Bureau of Statistics</p>
Institutional mandate

State Chancellery
Contact details
<p>Rodica Zadnipru, Senior Consultant, Assistance and Development Directorate, Secretariat of the Parliament</p> <p>e-mail: rodica.zadnipru@parlament.md</p> <p>, tel. +373 22 820 207</p>
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