Women in national parliament in Philippines

Women held 28.3% of seats in the national parliament of Philippines in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2025 28.3% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 +1.0percentage points 2024: 27.3%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 86th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2025 28.3% 27.2%
2024 27.3% 27.0%
2023 27.3% 26.7%
2022 27.3% 26.5%
2021 28.0% 26.1%
2020 28.0% 25.6%
2019 28.0% 24.6%
2018 29.5% 24.1%
2017 29.5% 23.6%
2016 29.8% 23.1%
2015 27.2% 22.8%
2014 27.3% 22.2%
2013 27.3% 21.8%
2012 22.9% 20.8%
2011 22.9% 19.8%
2010 22.1% 19.2%
2009 21.0% 19.0%
2008 20.5% 18.4%
2007 20.5% 17.9%
2006 15.3% 17.0%
2005 15.3% 16.5%
2004 15.3% 15.9%
2003 17.8% 15.2%
2002 17.8% 15.2%
2001 17.8% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 27.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 27.2%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Philippines has the 86th 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 Philippines
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