Women in national parliament in Malta
Women held 29.1% of seats in the national parliament of Malta in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.
Malta, 2025
29.1%
Change from 2024
+1.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
33.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
32.8%
Position in 2025
81st of 184
Women in national parliament in Malta over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.1% | 33.0% |
| 2024 | 27.8% | 32.6% |
| 2023 | 27.8% | 33.0% |
| 2022 | 27.8% | 32.6% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | 32.7% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | 32.4% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | 31.8% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | 30.5% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | 29.8% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | 28.3% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | 28.3% |
| 2014 | 14.3% | 28.2% |
| 2013 | 14.3% | 27.7% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | 26.0% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | 25.1% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | 24.4% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | 24.5% |
| 2008 | 8.7% | 24.2% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | 23.9% |
| 2006 | 9.2% | 22.9% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | 22.2% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | 22.1% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | 21.4% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | 20.3% |
| 2001 | 9.2% | 19.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 27.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.9%, the figure has changed by +16.3 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 81st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 33.0%.