Women in national parliament in Comoros

Women held 18.2% of seats in the national parliament of Comoros in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Comoros, 2025 18.2% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: 16.7%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 132nd of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Comoros 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 ComorosWorld
2025 18.2% 27.2%
2024 16.7% 27.0%
2023 16.7% 26.7%
2022 16.7% 26.5%
2021 16.7% 26.1%
2020 16.7% 25.6%
2019 6.1% 24.6%
2018 6.1% 24.1%
2017 6.1% 23.6%
2016 3.0% 23.1%
2015 3.0% 22.8%
2014 3.0% 22.2%
2013 3.0% 21.8%
2012 3.0% 20.8%
2011 3.0% 19.8%
2010 3.0% 19.2%
2009 0.0% 19.0%
2008 3.0% 18.4%
2007 3.0% 17.9%
2006 3.0% 17.0%
2005 3.0% 16.5%
2004 3.0% 15.9%
2003 – 15.2%
2002 – 15.2%
2001 – 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 16.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.0%, the figure has changed by +15.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Comoros has the 132nd 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 Comoros
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