Women in national parliament in Niger

Women held 19.6% of seats in the national parliament of Niger in 2025.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Niger, 2025 19.6% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2022 −6.3percentage points 2022: 25.9%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 125th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Niger 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 NigerWorld
2025 19.6% 27.2%
2024 – 27.0%
2023 – 26.7%
2022 25.9% 26.5%
2021 25.9% 26.1%
2020 17.0% 25.6%
2019 17.0% 24.6%
2018 17.0% 24.1%
2017 17.0% 23.6%
2016 14.6% 23.1%
2015 13.3% 22.8%
2014 13.3% 22.2%
2013 13.3% 21.8%
2012 13.3% 20.8%
2011 13.3% 19.8%
2010 – 19.2%
2009 9.7% 19.0%
2008 12.4% 18.4%
2007 12.4% 17.9%
2006 12.4% 17.0%
2005 12.4% 16.5%
2004 12.4% 15.9%
2003 1.2% 15.2%
2002 1.2% 15.2%
2001 1.2% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.9% in 2022, a change of −6.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2013, when it was 13.3%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Niger has the 125th 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 Niger
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