Female parliamentarians statistics - countries compared

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Democracy Statistics > Female parliamentarians (most recent) by country

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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:

# 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:

= 112

Paraguay:

= 112

Madagascar:

# 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:

= 126

Maldives:

# 128

Korea, South:

5.9%

= 129

Albania:

5.7%

= 129

Mauritius:

5.7%

# 131

Cameroon:

5.6%

# 132

Honduras:

5.5%

# 133

Equatorial Guinea:

# 134

Togo:

4.9%

# 135

Sri Lanka:

4.4%

# 136

Turkey:

4.2%

# 137

Algeria:

# 138

Kenya:

3.6%

# 139

Iran:

3.4%

= 140

Nigeria:

3.3%

= 140

Jordan:

3.3%

# 142

Armenia:

3.1%

# 143

Mauritania:

= 144

Chad:

2.4%

= 144

Egypt:

2.4%

# 146

Lebanon:

2.3%

= 147

Bangladesh:

= 147

Gambia, The:

# 149

Papua New Guinea:

1.8%

# 150

Niger:

1.2%

# 151

Yemen:

0.7%

# 152

Morocco:

0.5%

= 153

Vanuatu:

= 153

Djibouti:

= 153

Kuwait:

= 153

Solomon Islands:

= 153

United Arab Emirates:

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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