High income OECD countries Compared by Government > Democracy > Female parliamentarians
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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 | Sweden | 42.7% | 2002 | |
2 | Denmark | 38% | 2002 | |
3 | Finland | 36.5% | 2002 | |
4 | Norway | 36.4% | 2002 | |
5 | Iceland | 34.9% | 2002 | |
6 | Netherlands | 32.9% | 2002 | |
7 | Germany | 31% | 2002 | |
8 | New Zealand | 30.8% | 2002 | |
9 | Spain | 26.6% | 2002 | |
10 | Australia | 26.5% | 2002 | |
11 | Austria | 25.1% | 2002 | |
12 | Belgium | 24.9% | 2002 | |
13 | Canada | 23.6% | 2002 | |
14 | Switzerland | 22.4% | 2002 | |
15 | Poland | 20.7% | 2002 | |
16 | Portugal | 18.7% | 2002 | |
17 | Estonia | 17.8% | 2002 | |
18 | United Kingdom | 17.1% | 2002 | |
19 | Luxembourg | 16.7% | 2002 | |
20 | Czech Republic | 14.2% | 2002 | |
21 | Slovakia | 14% | 2002 | |
22 | United States | 13.8% | 2002 | |
23 | Ireland | 13.7% | 2002 | |
24 | Israel | 13.3% | 2002 | |
25 | Slovenia | 12.2% | 2002 | |
26 | France | 10.9% | 2002 | |
27 | Chile | 10.1% | 2002 | |
28 | Japan | 10% | 2002 | |
29 | Italy | 9.1% | 2002 | |
30 | Greece | 8.7% | 2002 | |
31 | South Korea | 5.9% | 2002 |