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Overall ‘Top 10’ – Region and <strong>Gender</strong>
‘Top 10’countries
‘Top 9’ countries by gender
(range from 8 – 43 professionals) 64 (range from 1 – 27 female professionals) 65
1 France [43] 1 France [27]
2 United Kingdom [28] 2 United Kingdom [11]
3 The Netherlands [18] 3 Australia, Germany, the Netherlands [7]
4 Germany [16] 4 Spain, United States of America [6]
5 Canada [15] 5 Belgium, Canada, Italy, Japan [5]
6 Australia [13] 6 Romania, Colombia [4]
7 Belgium [12] 7 Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Peru,
8 Italy [10] Serbia [3]
9 Spain [9] 8 Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Gambia, Greece, Kenya,
10 South Africa [8] Mexico, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda [2]
9 BiH, Botswana, Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus,
Ecuador, FYROM, Ghana, Ireland, Islamic Republic
of Iran, Latvia, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritius,
the Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation,
Rwanda, Sweden, Switzerland, United Republic
of Tanzania, Venezuela, Zimbabwe [1]
64 There are 10 countries represented in the ‘Top 10’ list in 2011, compared to 13 countries in 2010. The range, from 8 to 43
professionals, did not change significantly from last year (6 to 44). France is again the country with the highest number of
professionals (43), one less than last year. Nine of the 10 countries listed in the ‘Top 10’ are from the WEOG region (90%). Last
year, 10 out of 13 countries were from WEOG (77%). In 2009, this figure was 71%, and in 2008 it was 67%. WEOG countries
occupy the first nine places on the list. The only non-WEOG country in the ‘Top 10’ is South Africa (Africa) with eight professionals.
Last year, Africa was represented in the 'Top 10' by South Africa and Nigeria. While Eastern Europe was represented by Romania
at number 10 last year, this year it is not represented at all. The Latin American and Caribbean region is not represented for the
second year in a row, and Asia is not represented for the fourth year running.
65 There are 55 countries represented in the ‘Top 9’ list by gender. Last year, 48 countries were included in the 'Top 10’ list. In 2008,
there were 43 countries included in a ‘Top 8’ list. The range in 2011 is 1 to 27, compared with the range of 1 to 32 in 2010. In
2009, the range was from 1 to 30 female appointments. This is the fifth year in a row that France has ranked highest with 27
female professionals appointed to the Court, five less than in 2010. The percentage of French female professionals out of the
total number of French appointees has decreased by 10% since 2010 (from 73% to 63%). WEOG countries occupy the first four
places of the ‘Top 9’ list by gender. As in 2009 and 2010, the first non-WEOG country on the list is Japan (Asia – five female
professionals) ranking number five overall on the list with Belgium, Canada and Italy (WEOG). The first five places on the list this
year are occupied by 11 countries with Belgium, Italy and Japan being the new additions from the previous years. The countries
included in the ‘Top 9’ by gender have changed since last year with the exclusion of Nigeria and Tunisia (Africa), and the inclusion
of Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius, Zimbabwe (Africa), China (Asia), Chile (GRULAC) and Latvia (Eastern Europe).
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