Women in national parliament in Japan
Women held 15.7% of seats in the national parliament of Japan in 2025.
Japan, 2025
15.7%
Change from 2024
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World, 2025
27.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
34.3%
Position in 2025
141st of 184
Women in national parliament in Japan 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 | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.7% | 27.2% |
| 2024 | 15.7% | 27.0% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | 26.7% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | 26.5% |
| 2021 | 9.7% | 26.1% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | 25.6% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | 24.6% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | 24.1% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | 23.1% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | 22.8% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 22.2% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | 21.8% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | 20.8% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | 19.8% |
| 2010 | 11.3% | 19.2% |
| 2009 | 11.3% | 19.0% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | 18.4% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | 17.9% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | 17.0% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | 16.5% |
| 2004 | 7.1% | 15.9% |
| 2003 | 7.1% | 15.2% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | 15.2% |
| 2001 | 7.3% | 14.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.5%, the figure has changed by +6.2 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Japan has the 141st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.