Female foreign ministers in major Western Democracies
| Country | Name / term | |
| Australia | no | |
| Belgium | no | |
| Canada | Yes (2) | Flora McDonald (79-80), Barbara McDougall (91-93) |
| Denmark | no | |
| Finland | Yes | Tarja Halonen (95-00) |
| France | no | |
| Germany | no (I) | |
| Holland | no | |
| India | Yes | Indira Gandhi (67-69) |
| Ireland | no | |
| Italy | Yes | Susanna Agnelli (95-96) |
| Japan | Yes (2) | Makiko Tanaka (01-02), Yoriko Kawaguchi (02-04) |
| Mexico | Yes | Rosario Green (98-00) |
| New Zealand | no (I) | |
| Norway | no (I) | |
| Portugal | Yes | Teresa Patrício Gouveia (03-04) |
| Russia | no | |
| Spain | Yes | Ana Palacio (02-04) |
| Sweden | Yes (6) | Karin Söder (76-78) , Margaretha af Ugglas (91-94), Lena Hjelm-Wallén (94-98), Anna Lindh (98-03), Laila Freivalds (03-06), Carin Jämtin (06) |
| United Kingdom | Yes | Margaret Beckett (06- ) |
| United States | Yes (2) | Madeleine Albright (96-01), Condoleezza Rice (05- ) |
The symbol (I) is for irony, because these countries have not had a female foreign minister, but have had a female ruler.