High income OECD countries Compared by Government > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
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Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Sweden | 47.3% | 2006 | ||
2 | Finland | 38% | 2006 | ||
3 | Norway | 37.9% | 2006 | ||
4 | Denmark | 36.9% | 2006 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 36.7% | 2006 | ||
6 | Spain | 36% | 2006 | ||
7 | Belgium | 34.7% | 2006 | ||
8 | Iceland | 33.3% | 2006 | ||
=9 | Austria | 32.2% | 2006 | ||
=9 | New Zealand | 32.2% | 2006 | ||
11 | Germany | 31.8% | 2006 | ||
12 | Switzerland | 25% | 2006 | ||
13 | Australia | 24.7% | 2006 | ||
14 | Luxembourg | 23.3% | 2006 | ||
15 | Portugal | 21.3% | 2006 | ||
16 | Canada | 20.8% | 2006 | ||
17 | Poland | 20.4% | 2006 | ||
18 | Slovakia | 20% | 2006 | ||
19 | United Kingdom | 19.7% | 2006 | ||
20 | Estonia | 18.8% | 2006 | ||
21 | Italy | 17.3% | 2006 | ||
22 | Czech Republic | 15.5% | 2006 | ||
23 | United States | 15.2% | 2006 | ||
24 | Chile | 15% | 2006 | ||
25 | Israel | 14.2% | 2006 | ||
26 | South Korea | 13.4% | 2006 | ||
27 | Ireland | 13.3% | 2006 | ||
28 | Greece | 13% | 2006 | ||
=29 | Slovenia | 12.2% | 2006 | ||
=29 | France | 12.2% | 2006 | ||
31 | Japan | 9.4% | 2006 |
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Interesting observations about Government > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
- Costa Rica ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Hot countries in 2006.
- Rwanda ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Christian countries in 2006.
- Sweden ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Europe in 2006.
- Afghanistan ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Muslim countries in 2006.
- Netherlands ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2006.
- New Zealand ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Former British colonies in 2006.
- Norway ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst NATO countries in 2006.
- Argentina ranked first for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Emerging markets in 2006.
- Spain ranked second for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst Catholic countries in 2006.
- Finland ranked second for proportion of seats held by women in national parliament amongst European Union in 2006.