Women in national parliament in Brazil
Women held 18.1% of seats in the national parliament of Brazil in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.
Brazil, 2025
18.1%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
World, 2025
27.2%
Median of G20 countries, 2025
28.9%
Position in 2025
133rd of 184
Women in national parliament in Brazil over time
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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.
| Period | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.1% | 27.2% |
| 2024 | 17.5% | 27.0% |
| 2023 | 17.5% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 17.7% | 26.5% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | 26.1% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | 25.6% |
| 2019 | 15.0% | 24.6% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | 24.1% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | 23.1% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | 22.8% |
| 2014 | 9.9% | 22.2% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | 21.8% |
| 2012 | 8.6% | 20.8% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | 19.8% |
| 2010 | 8.6% | 19.2% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | 19.0% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | 18.4% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | 17.9% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | 17.0% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | 16.5% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | 15.9% |
| 2003 | 8.6% | 15.2% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | 15.2% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | 14.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 17.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.9%, the figure has changed by +8.2 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Brazil has the 133rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.