Below is the map of nations that have had female heads of government in the past. Pink corresponds to those nations that have had a female head of government in the past while blue corresponds to those nations that have never had a female head of government.
BLUE: Have never had a female head of government. PINK: Have had a female head of government.
The following map is the map of nations that currently have female heads of government:
BLUE: Male head of government. PINK: Female head of government.
The following women are the only current female heads of government in the world. They make up only 5% of the heads of government in the world, while women are approximately 51% of the population of the world.
1. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, Partido Socialista de Chile
Michelle Bachelet
2. Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Labour Party
Helen Clark
3. Luísa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, FRELIMO
4. Zinaida Greceanîi, Prime Minister of Moldova, Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
5. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia, Unity Party
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
6. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Chile, Justicialist Party
Cristina Kirchner
7. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of The Philippines, Partner of the Free Filipino
8. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, Christian Democratic Union
Angela Merkel
9. Yulia Tymoschenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoschenko Bloc
Yulia Tymoschenko
As you can see if you compare this article and map to the one here, you can see that there are significantly les women serving as the head of government of a nation that there are serving as head of state. This is revealing in that the position of head of state is historically an entirely ceremonial role with (normally) absolutely no power in comparison to the head of government. For a brief overview of the differences between heads of state and heads of government, see this article
