Female candidacy (most recent) by country

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

DEFINITION
Year in which women received the right to stand for election. 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 stand for election.

Democracy Statistics > Female candidacy (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Namibia:

1,989

= 2

Djibouti:

1,986

= 2

Central African Republic:

1,986

# 4

Zimbabwe:

1,978

# 5

Guinea-Bissau:

1,977

= 6

Mozambique:

1,975

= 6

Sao Tome and Principe:

1,975

= 6

Cape Verde:

1,975

= 6

Vanuatu:

1,975

= 6

Angola:

1,975

= 11

Solomon Islands:

1,974

= 11

Jordan:

1,974

# 13

Bahrain:

1,973

# 14

Bangladesh:

1,972

# 15

Switzerland:

1,971

# 16

Swaziland:

1,968

# 17

Yemen:

1,967

= 18

Botswana:

1,965

= 18

Lesotho:

1,965

= 20

Sudan:

1,964

= 20

Libya:

1,964

= 22

Iran:

1,963

= 22

Papua New Guinea:

1,963

= 22

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

1,963

= 22

Fiji:

1,963

= 22

Morocco:

1,963

= 22

Equatorial Guinea:

1,963

= 28

Uganda:

1,962

= 28

Zambia:

1,962

= 28

Algeria:

1,962

= 31

Malawi:

1,961

= 31

Sierra Leone:

1,961

= 31

El Salvador:

1,961

= 31

Bahamas, The:

1,961

= 31

Mauritania:

1,961

= 31

Burundi:

1,961

= 31

Rwanda:

1,961

= 31

Paraguay:

1,961

= 39

Cyprus:

1,960

= 39

Gambia, The:

1,960

# 41

Madagascar:

1,959

= 42

Laos:

1,958

= 42

Guinea:

1,958

= 42

Burkina Faso:

1,958

= 42

Nigeria:

1,958

= 42

Chad:

1,958

= 47

Tunisia:

1,957

= 47

Malaysia:

1,957

= 49

Egypt:

1,956

= 49

Mauritius:

1,956

= 49

Benin:

1,956

= 49

Gabon:

1,956

= 49

Comoros:

1,956

= 49

Mali:

1,956

= 55

Honduras:

1,955

= 55

Peru:

1,955

= 55

Cambodia:

1,955

= 55

Ethiopia:

1,955

= 55

Nicaragua:

1,955

= 55

Eritrea:

1,955

= 61

Belize:

1,954

= 61

Colombia:

1,954

= 61

Ghana:

1,954

= 64

Bhutan:

1,953

= 64

Syria:

1,953

= 64

Mexico:

1,953

= 67

Cote d'Ivoire:

1,952

= 67

Lebanon:

1,952

= 69

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

1,951

= 69

Dominica:

1,951

= 69

Antigua and Barbuda:

1,951

= 69

Nepal:

1,951

= 69

Grenada:

1,951

= 69

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

1,951

= 75

India:

1,950

= 75

Haiti:

1,950

= 75

Barbados:

1,950

= 78

Costa Rica:

1,949

= 78

China:

1,949

= 80

Niger:

1,948

= 80

Seychelles:

1,948

= 80

Israel:

1,948

= 80

Suriname:

1,948

= 80

Korea, South:

1,948

= 85

Pakistan:

1,947

= 85

Malta:

1,947

= 85

Singapore:

1,947

= 85

Argentina:

1,947

= 89

Trinidad and Tobago:

1,946

= 89

Cameroon:

1,946

= 89

Guatemala:

1,946

= 89

Burma:

1,946

= 89

Venezuela:

1,946

= 89

Vietnam:

1,946

= 95

Togo:

1,945

= 95

Croatia:

1,945

= 95

Senegal:

1,945

= 95

Indonesia:

1,945

= 95

Guyana:

1,945

= 95

Italy:

1,945

= 95

Slovenia:

1,945

= 95

Japan:

1,945

= 103

Jamaica:

1,944

= 103

France:

1,944

= 103

Bulgaria:

1,944

# 106

Dominican Republic:

1,942

# 107

Panama:

1,941

= 108

Bolivia:

1,938

= 108

Uzbekistan:

1,938

# 110

Philippines:

1,937

= 111

Brazil:

1,934

= 111

Cuba:

1,934

= 111

Turkey:

1,934

= 114

Uruguay:

1,932

= 114

Thailand:

1,932

= 114

Maldives:

1,932

= 117

Spain:

1,931

= 117

Chile:

1,931

= 117

Sri Lanka:

1,931

= 117

Portugal:

1,931

# 121

South Africa:

1,930

= 122

Ecuador:

1,929

= 122

Romania:

1,929

= 124

Greece:

1,927

= 124

Turkmenistan:

1,927

= 126

Tajikistan:

1,924

= 126

Mongolia:

1,924

= 126

Kazakhstan:

1,924

= 126

Saint Lucia:

1,924

= 130

Azerbaijan:

1,921

= 130

Armenia:

1,921

= 130

Lithuania:

1,921

= 130

Belgium:

1,921

= 134

Albania:

1,920

= 134

Canada:

1,920

= 134

Czech Republic:

1,920

= 134

Slovakia:

1,920

= 138

Luxembourg:

1,919

= 138

Belarus:

1,919

= 138

Kenya:

1,919

= 138

New Zealand:

1,919

= 138

Ukraine:

1,919

= 143

Kyrgyzstan:

1,918

= 143

United Kingdom:

1,918

= 143

Ireland:

1,918

= 143

Poland:

1,918

= 143

Estonia:

1,918

= 143

Hungary:

1,918

= 143

Georgia:

1,918

= 143

Latvia:

1,918

= 143

Germany:

1,918

= 143

Austria:

1,918

= 143

Russia:

1,918

# 154

Netherlands:

1,917

= 155

Denmark:

1,915

= 155

Iceland:

1,915

= 157

Sweden:

1,907

= 157

Norway:

1,907

# 159

Finland:

1,906

# 160

Australia:

1,902

# 161

United States:

1,788

Weighted average:

1,944.7

DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to stand for election. 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 stand for election.

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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