Women in national parliament in World
Women held 27.2% of seats in the national parliament of the world in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
27.2%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
33.0%
Women in national parliament in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2% | 33.0% |
| 2024 | 27.0% | 32.6% |
| 2023 | 26.7% | 33.0% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | 32.6% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | 32.7% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | 32.4% |
| 2019 | 24.6% | 31.8% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | 30.5% |
| 2017 | 23.6% | 29.8% |
| 2016 | 23.1% | 28.3% |
| 2015 | 22.8% | 28.3% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | 28.2% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | 27.7% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | 26.0% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | 25.1% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | 24.4% |
| 2009 | 19.0% | 24.5% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | 24.2% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | 23.9% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 22.9% |
| 2005 | 16.5% | 22.2% |
| 2004 | 15.9% | 22.1% |
| 2003 | 15.2% | 21.4% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | 20.3% |
| 2001 | 14.1% | 19.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 27.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.8%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 33.0%.