Women in national parliament in European Union
Women held 33.0% of seats in the national parliament of the European Union in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
33.0%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
27.2%
Women in national parliament in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.0% | 27.2% |
| 2024 | 32.6% | 27.0% |
| 2023 | 33.0% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 32.6% | 26.5% |
| 2021 | 32.7% | 26.1% |
| 2020 | 32.4% | 25.6% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | 24.6% |
| 2018 | 30.5% | 24.1% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 28.3% | 23.1% |
| 2015 | 28.3% | 22.8% |
| 2014 | 28.2% | 22.2% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | 21.8% |
| 2012 | 26.0% | 20.8% |
| 2011 | 25.1% | 19.8% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | 19.2% |
| 2009 | 24.5% | 19.0% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | 18.4% |
| 2007 | 23.9% | 17.9% |
| 2006 | 22.9% | 17.0% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | 16.5% |
| 2004 | 22.1% | 15.9% |
| 2003 | 21.4% | 15.2% |
| 2002 | 20.3% | 15.2% |
| 2001 | 19.6% | 14.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 32.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 28.3%, the figure has changed by +4.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.