Women in national parliament in Chile

Women held 33.5% of seats in the national parliament of Chile in 2025.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Chile, 2025 33.5% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 −1.9percentage points 2024: 35.5%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 53rd of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Chile 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.

Women in national parliament (% of seats in the single or lower chamber), 2001 to 2025
Period ChileWorld
2025 33.5% 27.2%
2024 35.5% 27.0%
2023 35.5% 26.7%
2022 35.5% 26.5%
2021 35.5% 26.1%
2020 22.6% 25.6%
2019 22.6% 24.6%
2018 22.6% 24.1%
2017 – 23.6%
2016 15.8% 23.1%
2015 15.8% 22.8%
2014 15.8% 22.2%
2013 15.8% 21.8%
2012 14.2% 20.8%
2011 14.2% 19.8%
2010 14.2% 19.2%
2009 14.2% 19.0%
2008 15.0% 18.4%
2007 15.0% 17.9%
2006 15.0% 17.0%
2005 15.0% 16.5%
2004 12.5% 15.9%
2003 12.5% 15.2%
2002 12.5% 15.2%
2001 10.8% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.9 percentage points from 35.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.8%, the figure has changed by +17.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Chile has the 53rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.

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 for Chile
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