NationMaster - Female parliamentarians (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Sweden:	42.7%
#2	Denmark:	38%
#3	Finland:	36.5%
#4	Norway:	36.4%
#5	Iceland:	34.9%
#6	Netherlands:	32.9%
#7	Argentina:	31.3%
#8	Germany:	31%
#9	New Zealand:	30.8%
#10	Mozambique:	30%
#11	South Africa:	29.8%
#12	Cuba:	27.6%
#13	Spain:	26.6%
#14	Australia:	26.5%
#15	Bulgaria:	26.2%
#16	Vietnam:	26%
#17	Turkmenistan:	26%
#18	Rwanda:	25.7%
#19	Austria:	25.1%
#20	Belgium:	24.9%
#21	Uganda:	24.7%
#22	Canada:	23.6%
#23	Seychelles:	23.5%
#24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	22.7%
#25	Switzerland:	22.4%
#26	China:	21.8%
#27	Laos:	21.2%
#28	Trinidad and Tobago:	20.9%
#29	Poland:	20.7%
#30	Nicaragua:	20.7%
#31	Barbados:	20.4%
#32	Namibia:	20.4%
#33	Guyana:	20%
#34	Bahamas, The:	19.6%
#35	Costa Rica:	19.3%
#36	Senegal:	19.2%
#37	Dominica:	18.8%
#38	Portugal:	18.7%
#39	Belarus:	18.4%
#40	Peru:	18.3%
#41	Grenada:	17.9%
#42	Estonia:	17.8%
#43	Suriname:	17.6%
#44	Philippines:	17.2%
#45	United Kingdom:	17.1%
#46	Latvia:	17%
#47	Botswana:	17%
#48	Luxembourg:	16.7%
#49	Croatia:	16.2%
#50	Jamaica:	16%
#51	Mexico:	15.9%
#52	Angola:	15.5%
#53	Eritrea:	14.7%
#54	Ecuador:	14.6%
#55	Dominican Republic:	14.5%
#56	Malaysia:	14.5%
#57	Burundi:	14.4%
#58	Czech Republic:	14.2%
#59	Slovakia:	14%
#60	Saint Lucia:	13.8%
#61	United States:	13.8%
#62	Ireland:	13.7%
#63	Belize:	13.5%
#64	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	13.3%
#65	Israel:	13.3%
#66	Tajikistan:	12.4%
#67	Colombia:	12.2%
#68	Mali:	12.2%
#69	Slovenia:	12.2%
#70	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	12%
#71	Zambia:	12%
#72	Singapore:	11.8%
#73	Tunisia:	11.5%
#74	Uruguay:	11.5%
#75	Kazakhstan:	11.2%
#76	Cape Verde:	11.1%
#77	Gabon:	11%
#78	Burkina Faso:	11%
#79	France:	10.9%
#80	Cyprus:	10.7%
#81	Lesotho:	10.7%
#82	Lithuania:	10.6%
#83	Azerbaijan:	10.5%
#84	Mongolia:	10.5%
#85	Syria:	10.4%
#86	Bolivia:	10.2%
#87	Chile:	10.1%
#88	Zimbabwe:	10%
#89	Japan:	10%
#90	Panama:	9.9%
#91	Sudan:	9.7%
#92	Venezuela:	9.7%
#93	Thailand:	9.6%
#94	El Salvador:	9.5%
#95	Cambodia:	9.3%
#96	Bhutan:	9.3%
#97	Malawi:	9.3%
#98	Romania:	9.3%
#99	Malta:	9.2%
#100	Italy:	9.1%
#101	Haiti:	9.1%
#102	Sao Tome and Principe:	9.1%
#103	Ghana:	9%
#104	India:	8.9%
#105	Guinea:	8.8%
#106	Guatemala:	8.8%
#107	Sierra Leone:	8.8%
#108	Greece:	8.7%
#109	Cote d'Ivoire:	8.5%
#110	Antigua and Barbuda:	8.3%
#111	Hungary:	8.3%
#112	Indonesia:	8%
#113	Paraguay:	8%
#114	Madagascar:	8%
#115	Nepal:	7.9%
#116	Ethiopia:	7.8%
#117	Guinea-Bissau:	7.8%
#118	Ukraine:	7.8%
#119	Central African Republic:	7.3%
#120	Uzbekistan:	7.2%
#121	Georgia:	7.2%
#122	Brazil:	6.7%
#123	Kyrgyzstan:	6.7%
#124	Russia:	6.4%
#125	Swaziland:	6.3%
#126	Benin:	6%
#127	Maldives:	6%
#128	Korea, South:	5.9%
#129	Albania:	5.7%
#130	Mauritius:	5.7%
#131	Cameroon:	5.6%
#132	Honduras:	5.5%
#133	Equatorial Guinea:	5%
#134	Togo:	4.9%
#135	Sri Lanka:	4.4%
#136	Turkey:	4.2%
#137	Algeria:	4%
#138	Kenya:	3.6%
#139	Iran:	3.4%
#140	Nigeria:	3.3%
#141	Jordan:	3.3%
#142	Armenia:	3.1%
#143	Mauritania:	3%
#144	Chad:	2.4%
#145	Egypt:	2.4%
#146	Lebanon:	2.3%
#147	Bangladesh:	2%
#148	Gambia, The:	2%
#149	Papua New Guinea:	1.8%
#150	Niger:	1.2%
#151	Yemen:	0.7%
#152	Morocco:	0.5%
#153	Vanuatu:	0%
#154	Djibouti:	0%
#155	Kuwait:	0%
#156	Solomon Islands:	0%
#157	United Arab Emirates:	0%
	Weighted average:	13.2%

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.

SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002

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