SOURCE
calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002.
Parline Database. March 2002
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 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% |
|
|
= 16
|
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% |
|
|
= 29
|
Nicaragua: |
20.7% |
|
|
= 31
|
Barbados: |
20.4% |
|
|
= 31
|
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% |
|
|
= 46
|
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% |
|
|
= 55
|
Malaysia: |
14.5% |
|
|
# 57
|
Burundi: |
14.4% |
|
|
# 58
|
Czech Republic: |
14.2% |
|
|
# 59
|
Slovakia: |
14% |
|
|
= 60
|
Saint Lucia: |
13.8% |
|
|
= 60
|
United States: |
13.8% |
|
|
# 62
|
Ireland: |
13.7% |
|
|
# 63
|
Belize: |
13.5% |
|
|
= 64
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
13.3% |
|
|
= 64
|
Israel: |
13.3% |
|
|
# 66
|
Tajikistan: |
12.4% |
|
|
= 67
|
Colombia: |
12.2% |
|
|
= 67
|
Mali: |
12.2% |
|
|
= 67
|
Slovenia: |
12.2% |
|
|
= 70
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
12% |
|
|
= 70
|
Zambia: |
12% |
|
|
# 72
|
Singapore: |
11.8% |
|
|
= 73
|
Tunisia: |
11.5% |
|
|
= 73
|
Uruguay: |
11.5% |
|
|
# 75
|
Kazakhstan: |
11.2% |
|
|
# 76
|
Cape Verde: |
11.1% |
|
|
= 77
|
Gabon: |
11% |
|
|
= 77
|
Burkina Faso: |
11% |
|
|
# 79
|
France: |
10.9% |
|
|
= 80
|
Cyprus: |
10.7% |
|
|
= 80
|
Lesotho: |
10.7% |
|
|
# 82
|
Lithuania: |
10.6% |
|
|
= 83
|
Azerbaijan: |
10.5% |
|
|
= 83
|
Mongolia: |
10.5% |
|
|
# 85
|
Syria: |
10.4% |
|
|
# 86
|
Bolivia: |
10.2% |
|
|
# 87
|
Chile: |
10.1% |
|
|
= 88
|
Zimbabwe: |
10% |
|
|
= 88
|
Japan: |
10% |
|
|
# 90
|
Panama: |
9.9% |
|
|
= 91
|
Sudan: |
9.7% |
|
|
= 91
|
Venezuela: |
9.7% |
|
|
# 93
|
Thailand: |
9.6% |
|
|
# 94
|
El Salvador: |
9.5% |
|
|
= 95
|
Cambodia: |
9.3% |
|
|
= 95
|
Bhutan: |
9.3% |
|
|
= 95
|
Malawi: |
9.3% |
|
|
= 95
|
Romania: |
9.3% |
|
|
# 99
|
Malta: |
9.2% |
|
|
= 100
|
Italy: |
9.1% |
|
|
= 100
|
Haiti: |
9.1% |
|
|
= 100
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
9.1% |
|
|
# 103
|
Ghana: |
9% |
|
|
# 104
|
India: |
8.9% |
|
|
= 105
|
Guinea: |
8.8% |
|
|
= 105
|
Guatemala: |
8.8% |
|
|
= 105
|
Sierra Leone: |
8.8% |
|
|
# 108
|
Greece: |
8.7% |
|
|
# 109
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
8.5% |
|
|
= 110
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
8.3% |
|
|
= 110
|
Hungary: |
8.3% |
|
|
= 112
|
Indonesia: |
8% |
|
|
= 112
|
Paraguay: |
8% |
|
|
= 112
|
Madagascar: |
8% |
|
|
# 115
|
Nepal: |
7.9% |
|
|
= 116
|
Ethiopia: |
7.8% |
|
|
= 116
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
7.8% |
|
|
= 116
|
Ukraine: |
7.8% |
|
|
# 119
|
Central African Republic: |
7.3% |
|
|
= 120
|
Uzbekistan: |
7.2% |
|
|
= 120
|
Georgia: |
7.2% |
|
|
= 122
|
Brazil: |
6.7% |
|
|
= 122
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
6.7% |
|
|
# 124
|
Russia: |
6.4% |
|
|
# 125
|
Swaziland: |
6.3% |
|
|
= 126
|
Benin: |
6% |
|
|
= 126
|
Maldives: |
6% |
|
|
# 128
|
Korea, South: |
5.9% |
|
|
= 129
|
Albania: |
5.7% |
|
|
= 129
|
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% |
|
|
= 140
|
Jordan: |
3.3% |
|
|
# 142
|
Armenia: |
3.1% |
|
|
# 143
|
Mauritania: |
3% |
|
|
= 144
|
Chad: |
2.4% |
|
|
= 144
|
Egypt: |
2.4% |
|
|
# 146
|
Lebanon: |
2.3% |
|
|
= 147
|
Bangladesh: |
2% |
|
|
= 147
|
Gambia, The: |
2% |
|
|
# 149
|
Papua New Guinea: |
1.8% |
|
|
# 150
|
Niger: |
1.2% |
|
|
# 151
|
Yemen: |
0.7% |
|
|
# 152
|
Morocco: |
0.5% |
|
|
= 153
|
Vanuatu: |
0% |
|
|
= 153
|
Djibouti: |
0% |
|
|
= 153
|
Kuwait: |
0% |
|
|
= 153
|
Solomon Islands: |
0% |
|
|
= 153
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
13.2% |
|
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002.
Parline Database. March 2002