Women in national parliament in Poland

Women held 31.3% of seats in the national parliament of Poland in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2025 31.3% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 +1.7percentage points 2024: 29.6%
European Union, 2025 33.0% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 32.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 68th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Poland 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 PolandEuropean Union
2025 31.3% 33.0%
2024 29.6% 32.6%
2023 29.3% 33.0%
2022 28.3% 32.6%
2021 28.3% 32.7%
2020 28.7% 32.4%
2019 28.7% 31.8%
2018 28.0% 30.5%
2017 28.0% 29.8%
2016 27.4% 28.3%
2015 27.4% 28.3%
2014 24.3% 28.2%
2013 23.7% 27.7%
2012 23.7% 26.0%
2011 23.7% 25.1%
2010 20.0% 24.4%
2009 20.0% 24.5%
2008 20.2% 24.2%
2007 20.4% 23.9%
2006 20.4% 22.9%
2005 20.4% 22.2%
2004 20.2% 22.1%
2003 20.2% 21.4%
2002 20.2% 20.3%
2001 20.2% 19.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 29.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 27.4%, the figure has changed by +3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 68th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 33.0%.

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 2025 for Poland
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