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IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva
DEFINITION
Year in which women received the right to vote. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to vote.
Democracy Statistics > Female suffrage (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Albania |
1920 |
| Algeria |
1962 |
| Angola |
1975 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1951 |
| Argentina |
1947 |
| Armenia |
1921 |
| Australia |
"1902 ,1962" |
| Austria |
1918 |
| Azerbaijan |
1921 |
| Bahamas, The |
"1961 ,1964" |
| Bahrain |
1973 |
| Bangladesh |
1972 |
| Barbados |
1950 |
| Belarus |
1919 |
| Belgium |
"1919 ,1948" |
| Belize |
1954 |
| Benin |
1956 |
| Bhutan |
1953 |
| Bolivia |
"1938 ,1952" |
| Botswana |
1965 |
| Brazil |
1934 |
| Bulgaria |
1944 |
| Burkina Faso |
1958 |
| Burma |
1935 |
| Burundi |
1961 |
| Cambodia |
1955 |
| Cameroon |
1946 |
| Canada |
"1917, 1950" |
| Cape Verde |
1975 |
| Central African Republic |
1986 |
| Chad |
1958 |
| Chile |
"1931 ,1949" |
| China |
1949 |
| Colombia |
1954 |
| Comoros |
1956 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
1963 |
| Costa Rica |
1949 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
1952 |
| Croatia |
1945 |
| Cuba |
1934 |
| Cyprus |
1960 |
| Czech Republic |
1920 |
| Denmark |
1915 |
| Djibouti |
1946 |
| Dominica |
1951 |
| Dominican Republic |
1942 |
| Ecuador |
"1929 ,1967" |
| Egypt |
1956 |
| El Salvador |
1939 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
1963 |
| Eritrea |
1955 |
| Estonia |
1918 |
| Ethiopia |
1955 |
| Fiji |
1963 |
| Finland |
1906 |
| France |
1944 |
| Gabon |
1956 |
| Gambia, The |
1960 |
| Georgia |
"1918 ,1921" |
| Germany |
1918 |
| Ghana |
1954 |
| Greece |
"1927 ,1952" |
| Grenada |
1951 |
| Guatemala |
1946 |
| Guinea |
1958 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1977 |
| Guyana |
1953 |
| Haiti |
1950 |
| Honduras |
1955 |
| Hungary |
1918 |
| Iceland |
1915 |
| India |
1950 |
| Indonesia |
1945 |
| Iran |
1963 |
| Ireland |
"1918 ,1928" |
| Israel |
1948 |
| Italy |
1945 |
| Jamaica |
1944 |
| Japan |
"1945 ,1947" |
| Jordan |
1974 |
| Kazakhstan |
"1924 ,1993" |
| Kenya |
"1919 ,1963" |
| Korea, South |
1948 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1918 |
| Laos |
1958 |
| Latvia |
1918 |
| Lebanon |
1952 |
| Lesotho |
1965 |
| Libya |
1964 |
| Lithuania |
1921 |
| Luxembourg |
1919 |
| Madagascar |
1959 |
| Malawi |
1961 |
| Malaysia |
1957 |
| Maldives |
1932 |
| Mali |
1956 |
| Malta |
1947 |
| Mauritania |
1961 |
| Mauritius |
1956 |
| Mexico |
1947 |
| Mongolia |
1924 |
| Morocco |
1963 |
| Mozambique |
1975 |
| Namibia |
1989 |
| Nepal |
1951 |
| Netherlands |
1919 |
| New Zealand |
1893 |
| Nicaragua |
1955 |
| Niger |
1948 |
| Nigeria |
1958 |
| Norway |
"1907, 1913" |
| Pakistan |
1947 |
| Panama |
"1941 ,1946" |
| Papua New Guinea |
1964 |
| Paraguay |
1961 |
| Peru |
1955 |
| Philippines |
1937 |
| Poland |
1918 |
| Portugal |
"1931 ,1976" |
| Romania |
"1929 ,1946" |
| Russia |
1918 |
| Rwanda |
1961 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1951 |
| Saint Lucia |
1924 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1951 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1975 |
| Senegal |
1945 |
| Seychelles |
1948 |
| Sierra Leone |
1961 |
| Singapore |
1947 |
| Slovakia |
1920 |
| Slovenia |
1945 |
| Solomon Islands |
1974 |
| South Africa |
"1930 ,1994" |
| Spain |
1931 |
| Sri Lanka |
1931 |
| Sudan |
1964 |
| Suriname |
1948 |
| Swaziland |
1968 |
| Sweden |
"1861 ,1921" |
| Switzerland |
1971 |
| Syria |
"1949 ,1953" |
| Tajikistan |
1924 |
| Thailand |
1932 |
| Togo |
1945 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1946 |
| Tunisia |
"1957 ,1959" |
| Turkey |
1930 |
| Turkmenistan |
1927 |
| Uganda |
1962 |
| Ukraine |
1919 |
| United Kingdom |
"1918 ,1928" |
| United States |
"1920 ,1960" |
| Uruguay |
1932 |
| Uzbekistan |
1938 |
| Vanuatu |
"1975 ,1980" |
| Venezuela |
1946 |
| Vietnam |
1946 |
| Yemen |
1967 |
| Zambia |
1962 |
| Zimbabwe |
1957 |
DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to vote. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to vote.
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva
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