Women in national parliament in Mauritius

Women held 17.9% of seats in the national parliament of Mauritius in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mauritius, 2025 17.9% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 −1.5percentage points 2024: 19.4%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 134th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Mauritius 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 MauritiusWorld
2025 17.9% 27.2%
2024 19.4% 27.0%
2023 20.0% 26.7%
2022 20.0% 26.5%
2021 20.0% 26.1%
2020 20.0% 25.6%
2019 20.0% 24.6%
2018 11.6% 24.1%
2017 11.6% 23.6%
2016 11.6% 23.1%
2015 11.6% 22.8%
2014 18.8% 22.2%
2013 18.8% 21.8%
2012 18.8% 20.8%
2011 18.8% 19.8%
2010 18.8% 19.2%
2009 17.1% 19.0%
2008 17.1% 18.4%
2007 17.1% 17.9%
2006 17.1% 17.0%
2005 17.1% 16.5%
2004 5.7% 15.9%
2003 5.7% 15.2%
2002 5.7% 15.2%
2001 5.7% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 19.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11.6%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Mauritius has the 134th 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 Mauritius
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