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% of seats in the single or lower chamber. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Women in national parliament (% of seats in the single or lower chamber), 2001 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 35.7% 44.3% 33.0%
2024 32.6% 44.3% 32.6%
2023 36.1% 44.3% 33.0%
2022 37.0% 43.0% 32.6%
2021 40.0% 43.4% 32.7%
2020 40.0% 44.0% 32.4%
2019 38.7% 44.0% 31.8%
2018 34.8% 39.1% 30.5%
2017 34.8% 39.1% 29.8%
2016 34.8% 39.1% 28.3%
2015 34.8% 41.1% 28.3%
2014 31.3% 39.7% 28.2%
2013 31.3% 36.0% 27.7%
2012 28.7% 36.0% 26.0%
2011 28.7% 36.0% 25.1%
2010 27.4% 36.6% 24.4%
2009 27.4% 36.6% 24.5%
2008 28.3% 36.3% 24.2%
2007 28.3% 36.6% 23.9%
2006 21.3% 36.0% 22.9%
2005 21.3% 36.0% 22.2%
2004 19.1% 36.0% 22.1%
2003 19.1% 28.3% 21.4%
2002 19.1% 28.3% 20.3%
2001 18.7% 28.3% 19.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Inter-Parliamentary Union