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DEFINITION:
Seats in parliament held by women (as % of total). Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of women's shares of seats in both houses.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | New Zealand | 30.8% | 2002 | |
2 | Australia | 26.5% | 2002 | |
3 | Uganda | 24.7% | 2002 | |
4 | Canada | 23.6% | 2002 | |
5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.9% | 2002 | |
=6 | Barbados | 20.4% | 2002 | |
=6 | Namibia | 20.4% | 2002 | |
8 | Guyana | 20% | 2002 | |
9 | The Bahamas | 19.6% | 2002 | |
10 | Dominica | 18.8% | 2002 | |
11 | Grenada | 17.9% | 2002 | |
12 | Botswana | 17% | 2002 | |
13 | Jamaica | 16% | 2002 | |
14 | Malaysia | 14.5% | 2002 | |
=15 | Saint Lucia | 13.8% | 2002 | |
=15 | United States | 13.8% | 2002 | |
17 | Belize | 13.5% | 2002 | |
=18 | Israel | 13.3% | 2002 | |
=18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.3% | 2002 | |
20 | Zambia | 12% | 2002 | |
21 | Singapore | 11.8% | 2002 | |
22 | Lesotho | 10.7% | 2002 | |
23 | Zimbabwe | 10% | 2002 | |
24 | Sudan | 9.7% | 2002 | |
=25 | Malawi | 9.3% | 2002 | |
=25 | Bhutan | 9.3% | 2002 | |
27 | Ghana | 9% | 2002 | |
28 | India | 8.9% | 2002 | |
29 | Sierra Leone | 8.8% | 2002 | |
30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.3% | 2002 | |
31 | Swaziland | 6.3% | 2002 | |
32 | Maldives | 6% | 2002 | |
33 | Sri Lanka | 4.4% | 2002 | |
34 | Kenya | 3.6% | 2002 | |
=35 | Nigeria | 3.3% | 2002 | |
=35 | Jordan | 3.3% | 2002 | |
37 | Egypt | 2.4% | 2002 | |
=38 | Bangladesh | 2% | 2002 | |
=38 | The Gambia | 2% | 2002 | |
40 | Yemen | 0.7% | 2002 | |
=41 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2002 | |
=41 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2002 |