Women in national parliament in Nepal

Women held 33.1% of seats in the national parliament of Nepal in 2024.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2024 33.1% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 33.1%
World, 2024 27.0% Official aggregate

Women in national parliament in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2025 – 27.2%
2024 33.1% 27.0%
2023 33.1% 26.7%
2022 33.1% 26.5%
2021 32.7% 26.1%
2020 32.7% 25.6%
2019 32.7% 24.6%
2018 32.7% 24.1%
2017 29.6% 23.6%
2016 29.6% 23.1%
2015 29.5% 22.8%
2014 29.5% 22.2%
2013 – 21.8%
2012 33.2% 20.8%
2011 33.2% 19.8%
2010 33.2% 19.2%
2009 33.2% 19.0%
2008 33.2% 18.4%
2007 17.3% 17.9%
2006 5.9% 17.0%
2005 5.9% 16.5%
2004 5.9% 15.9%
2003 5.9% 15.2%
2002 5.9% 15.2%
2001 5.9% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.5%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.0%.

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 2024 for Nepal
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