Women in national parliament in Rwanda

Women held 63.8% of seats in the national parliament of Rwanda in 2025.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2025 63.8% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 63.8%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 1st of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Rwanda 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 RwandaWorld
2025 63.8% 27.2%
2024 63.8% 27.0%
2023 61.3% 26.7%
2022 61.3% 26.5%
2021 61.3% 26.1%
2020 61.3% 25.6%
2019 61.3% 24.6%
2018 61.3% 24.1%
2017 61.3% 23.6%
2016 63.8% 23.1%
2015 63.8% 22.8%
2014 63.8% 22.2%
2013 63.8% 21.8%
2012 56.3% 20.8%
2011 56.3% 19.8%
2010 56.3% 19.2%
2009 56.3% 19.0%
2008 56.3% 18.4%
2007 48.8% 17.9%
2006 48.8% 17.0%
2005 48.8% 16.5%
2004 48.8% 15.9%
2003 48.8% 15.2%
2002 25.7% 15.2%
2001 25.7% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 63.8%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Rwanda has the 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 Rwanda
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