Women in national parliament in Madagascar

Women held 14.1% of seats in the national parliament of Madagascar in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Madagascar, 2025 14.1% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 −1.8percentage points 2024: 16.0%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 149th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Madagascar 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 MadagascarWorld
2025 14.1% 27.2%
2024 16.0% 27.0%
2023 18.5% 26.7%
2022 18.5% 26.5%
2021 17.9% 26.1%
2020 17.9% 25.6%
2019 15.9% 24.6%
2018 19.2% 24.1%
2017 19.2% 23.6%
2016 20.5% 23.1%
2015 20.5% 22.8%
2014 20.5% 22.2%
2013 17.5% 21.8%
2012 17.5% 20.8%
2011 12.5% 19.8%
2010 12.5% 19.2%
2009 – 19.0%
2008 7.9% 18.4%
2007 7.9% 17.9%
2006 6.9% 17.0%
2005 6.9% 16.5%
2004 6.9% 15.9%
2003 3.8% 15.2%
2002 – 15.2%
2001 8.0% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 16.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 20.5%, the figure has changed by −6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Madagascar has the 149th 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 Madagascar
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