Women in national parliament
Seats held by women in the single or lower chamber of the national parliament, as a share of all seats.
Highest in 2025
63.8%
Rwanda
Lowest in 2025
0.0%
Yemen
Euro area, 2025
33.4%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
184
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
184 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2% | 28.9% | 26.5% | 13.8% |
| 2024 | 27.0% | 28.7% | 26.5% | 13.7% |
| 2023 | 26.7% | 29.0% | 26.5% | 15.2% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | 28.7% | 24.9% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | 27.6% | 24.9% | 14.4% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | 27.5% | 24.9% | 14.4% |
| 2019 | 24.6% | 23.4% | 24.9% | 14.4% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 11.8% |
| 2017 | 23.6% | 19.4% | 24.2% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 23.1% | 19.2% | 23.6% | 12.0% |
| 2015 | 22.8% | 19.4% | 23.6% | 12.0% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | 19.3% | 23.4% | 11.4% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | 17.8% | 23.4% | 11.0% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | 18.0% | 21.3% | 11.0% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | 16.8% | 21.3% | 11.0% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | 16.8% | 21.3% | 10.8% |
| 2009 | 19.0% | 16.8% | 21.3% | 10.8% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | 17.0% | 21.3% | 9.1% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | 16.8% | 20.6% | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 16.3% | 20.3% | 8.3% |
| 2005 | 16.5% | 15.2% | 20.3% | 8.3% |
| 2004 | 15.9% | 14.9% | 20.2% | 8.3% |
| 2003 | 15.2% | 14.3% | 20.2% | 8.8% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | 13.8% | 21.8% | 8.8% |
| 2001 | 14.1% | 14.0% | 21.8% | 8.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 184 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Rwanda (63.8%) and the lowest Yemen (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 26.3% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 60 countries and fell in 42.
- The figure for the world was 27.2% in 2025, against 25.6% in 2020 (+1.7 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Rwanda 63.8%
- 2 Cuba 55.7%
- 3 Nicaragua 54.9%
- 4 Bolivia 50.8%
- 5 Mexico 50.2%
- 6 Andorra 50.0%
- 7 United Arab Emirates 50.0%
- 8 Costa Rica 49.1%
- 9 Iceland 46.0%
- 10 Australia 46.0%
- 11 Monaco 45.8%
- 12 New Zealand 45.5%
- 13 Finland 45.5%
- 14 Ecuador 45.0%
- 15 Sweden 45.0%
- 16 South Africa 44.9%
- 17 Cabo Verde 44.4%
- 18 Spain 44.3%
- 19 Denmark 43.6%
- 20 Netherlands 43.3%
- 21 Namibia 42.3%
- 22 Ethiopia 41.9%
- 23 Peru 41.5%
- 24 Belgium 41.3%
- 25 Argentina 41.2%
- 26 Senegal 41.2%
- 27 Dominica 40.6%
- 28 United Kingdom 40.5%
- 29 Norway 40.2%
- 30 Burundi 39.6%
- 31 Moldova 39.6%
- 32 Tanzania 39.5%
- 33 North Macedonia 39.2%
- 34 Angola 39.1%
- 35 Switzerland 39.0%
- 36 Armenia 38.3%
- 37 Mozambique 38.3%
- 38 Uzbekistan 38.0%
- 39 Dominican Republic 37.4%
- 40 Serbia 37.2%
- 41 France 36.2%
- 42 Guyana 36.1%
- 43 Portugal 35.7%
- 44 Slovenia 35.6%
- 45 Austria 35.5%
- 46 Timor-Leste 35.4%
- 47 Albania 35.0%
- 48 Luxembourg 35.0%
- 49 San Marino 35.0%
- 50 Uganda 34.1%
- 51 Belarus 33.9%
- 52 Cameroon 33.9%
- 53 Chile 33.5%
- 54 Chad 33.5%
- 55 Czechia 33.5%
- 56 Kyrgyzstan 33.3%
- 57 Croatia 33.1%
- 58 Italy 32.8%
- 59 Germany 32.4%
- 60 South Sudan 32.4%
- 61 Singapore 32.3%
- 62 Venezuela 32.1%
- 63 Liechtenstein 32.0%
- 64 El Salvador 31.7%
- 65 Viet Nam 31.4%
- 66 Suriname 31.4%
- 67 Uruguay 31.3%
- 68 Poland 31.3%
- 69 Grenada 31.3%
- 70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.3%
- 71 Equatorial Guinea 31.0%
- 72 Latvia 31.0%
- 73 Canada 30.3%
- 74 Jamaica 30.2%
- 75 Zimbabwe 30.1%
- 76 Mali 30.1%
- 77 Honduras 29.7%
- 78 Guinea 29.6%
- 79 Sierra Leone 29.5%
- 80 Colombia 29.4%
- 81 Malta 29.1%
- 82 United States 28.9%
- 83 Estonia 28.7%
- 84 Tajikistan 28.6%
- 85 Lithuania 28.4%
- 86 Philippines 28.3%
- 87 Montenegro 27.2%
- 88 Egypt 26.8%
- 89 Barbados 26.7%
- 90 Benin 26.6%
- 91 China 26.5%
- 92 Seychelles 26.5%
- 93 Djibouti 26.2%
- 94 Turkmenistan 25.6%
- 95 Iraq 25.5%
- 96 Mongolia 25.4%
- 97 Ireland 25.3%
- 98 Bulgaria 25.0%
- 99 Lesotho 25.0%
- 100 Palau 25.0%
- 101 Morocco 24.3%
- 102 Israel 24.2%
- 103 Trinidad and Tobago 23.8%
- 104 Paraguay 23.8%
- 105 Kenya 23.4%
- 106 Slovakia 23.3%
- 107 Mauritania 23.3%
- 108 Greece 22.9%
- 109 Romania 22.4%
- 110 Laos 22.0%
- 111 Indonesia 21.9%
- 112 Panama 21.7%
- 113 Eswatini 21.6%
- 114 Gabon 21.6%
- 115 Malawi 21.4%
- 116 Micronesia 21.4%
- 117 Ukraine 21.2%
- 118 Azerbaijan 20.8%
- 119 South Korea 20.3%
- 120 Bahrain 20.0%
- 121 Guatemala 20.0%
- 122 Türkiye 19.9%
- 123 Saudi Arabia 19.9%
- 124 Thailand 19.6%
- 125 Niger 19.6%
- 126 Jordan 19.6%
- 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.0%
- 128 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 19.0%
- 129 Bahamas 18.4%
- 130 Kazakhstan 18.4%
- 131 Burkina Faso 18.3%
- 132 Comoros 18.2%
- 133 Brazil 18.1%
- 134 Mauritius 17.9%
- 135 North Korea 17.6%
- 136 Pakistan 17.0%
- 137 Georgia 16.8%
- 138 Libya 16.5%
- 139 Russia 16.4%
- 140 Tunisia 15.8%
- 141 Japan 15.7%
- 142 Hungary 15.6%
- 143 Togo 15.0%
- 144 Zambia 15.0%
- 145 Republic of the Congo 14.6%
- 146 Ghana 14.5%
- 147 São Tomé and Príncipe 14.5%
- 148 Cyprus 14.3%
- 149 Madagascar 14.1%
- 150 India 13.8%
- 151 Cambodia 13.6%
- 152 Malaysia 13.5%
- 153 Côte d'Ivoire 13.4%
- 154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.3%
- 155 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.8%
- 156 Belize 12.5%
- 157 Marshall Islands 12.1%
- 158 Brunei 11.4%
- 159 Central African Republic 11.4%
- 160 Kiribati 11.1%
- 161 Liberia 11.0%
- 162 Naoero 10.5%
- 163 Saint Lucia 10.5%
- 164 Samoa 9.8%
- 165 Sri Lanka 9.8%
- 166 Fiji 9.1%
- 167 Botswana 9.0%
- 168 Gambia 8.6%
- 169 Algeria 7.9%
- 170 Lebanon 6.3%
- 171 Qatar 6.1%
- 172 Solomon Islands 6.0%
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 5.6%
- 174 Syria 4.9%
- 175 Iran 4.9%
- 176 Bhutan 4.3%
- 177 Nigeria 4.2%
- 178 Tonga 3.8%
- 179 Maldives 3.2%
- 180 Papua New Guinea 2.7%
- 181 Vanuatu 1.9%
- 182 Oman 0.0%
- 183 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 184 Yemen 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 23.3%
- Euro area 33.4%
- Europe and Central Asia 31.7%
- European Union 33.0%
- Latin America and Caribbean 36.6%
- Middle East and North Africa 16.9%
- North America 29.5%
- OECD members 33.4%
- South Asia 11.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 27.0%
- World 27.2%
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