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Government Statistics > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Rwanda: 48.8 %   2006 Time series
# 2   Sweden: 47.3 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Costa Rica: 38.6 %   2006 Time series
# 4   Finland: 38 %   2006 Time series
# 5   Norway: 37.9 %   2006 Time series
# 6   Denmark: 36.9 %   2006 Time series
# 7   Netherlands: 36.7 %   2006 Time series
= 8   Spain: 36 %   2006 Time series
= 8   Cuba: 36 %   2006 Time series
# 10   Argentina: 35 %   2006 Time series
# 11   Mozambique: 34.8 %   2006 Time series
# 12   Belgium: 34.7 %   2006 Time series
# 13   Iceland: 33.3 %   2006 Time series
# 14   South Africa: 32.8 %   2006 Time series
= 15   Austria: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
= 15   New Zealand: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
# 17   Germany: 31.8 %   2006 Time series
# 18   Burundi: 30.5 %   2006 Time series
# 19   Tanzania: 30.4 %   2006 Time series
# 20   Uganda: 29.8 %   2006 Time series
# 21   Seychelles: 29.4 %   2006 Time series
# 22   Peru: 29.2 %   2006 Time series
# 23   Belarus: 29.1 %   2006 Time series
# 24   Guyana: 29 %   2006 Time series
# 25   Andorra: 28.6 %   2006 Time series
# 26   Macedonia, Republic of: 28.3 %   2006 Time series
= 27   Vietnam: 27.3 %   2006 Time series
= 27   Afghanistan: 27.3 %   2006 Time series
# 29   Namibia: 26.9 %   2006 Time series
# 30   Grenada: 26.7 %   2006 Time series
= 31   Iraq: 25.5 %   2006 Time series
= 31   Suriname: 25.5 %   2006 Time series
# 33   East Timor: 25.3 %   2006 Time series
# 34   Laos: 25.2 %   2006 Time series
# 35   Switzerland: 25 %   2006 Time series
# 36   Australia: 24.7 %   2006 Time series
# 37   Mexico: 24.2 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Liechtenstein: 24 %   2006 Time series
# 39   Honduras: 23.4 %   2006 Time series
# 40   Luxembourg: 23.3 %   2006 Time series
# 41   Tunisia: 22.8 %   2006 Time series
# 42   Bulgaria: 22.1 %   2006 Time series
= 43   Eritrea: 22 %   2006 Time series
= 43   Lithuania: 22 %   2006 Time series
# 45   Ethiopia: 21.9 %   2006 Time series
# 46   Moldova: 21.8 %   2006 Time series
# 47   Croatia: 21.7 %   2006 Time series
= 48   Pakistan: 21.3 %   2006 Time series
= 48   Portugal: 21.3 %   2006 Time series
# 50   Singapore: 21.2 %   2006 Time series
= 51   Canada: 20.8 %   2006 Time series
= 51   Monaco: 20.8 %   2006 Time series
# 53   Nicaragua: 20.7 %   2006 Time series
# 54   Poland: 20.4 %   2006 Time series
# 55   China: 20.3 %   2006 Time series
# 56   Korea, North: 20.1 %   2006 Time series
= 57   Slovakia: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 57   Bahamas, The: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 59   United Kingdom: 19.7 %   2006 Time series
= 59   Dominican Republic: 19.7 %   2006 Time series
# 61   Trinidad and Tobago: 19.4 %   2006 Time series
# 62   Guinea: 19.3 %   2006 Time series
# 63   Senegal: 19.2 %   2006 Time series
# 64   Latvia: 19 %   2006 Time series
# 65   Estonia: 18.8 %   2006 Time series
# 66   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 18.2 %   2006 Time series
= 67   Equatorial Guinea: 18 %   2006 Time series
= 67   Venezuela: 18 %   2006 Time series
= 69   Tajikistan: 17.5 %   2006 Time series
= 69   Uzbekistan: 17.5 %   2006 Time series
# 71   Italy: 17.3 %   2006 Time series
# 72   Mauritius: 17.1 %   2006 Time series
# 73   Bolivia: 16.9 %   2006 Time series
= 74   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 16.7 %   2005 Time series
= 74   El Salvador: 16.7 %   2006 Time series
= 74   Panama: 16.7 %   2006 Time series
= 77   Ecuador: 16 %   2005 Time series
= 77   Turkmenistan: 16 %   2006 Time series
= 77   Zimbabwe: 16 %   2006 Time series
# 80   Philippines: 15.7 %   2006 Time series
# 81   Czech Republic: 15.5 %   2006 Time series
# 82   Cape Verde: 15.3 %   2006 Time series
# 83   United States: 15.2 %   2006 Time series
# 84   Bangladesh: 15.1 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Chile: 15 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Angola: 15 %   2006 Time series
# 87   Sudan: 14.7 %   2006 Time series
# 88   Zambia: 14.6 %   2006 Time series
# 89   Sierra Leone: 14.5 %   2006 Time series
# 90   Cyprus: 14.3 %   2006 Time series
# 91   Israel: 14.2 %   2006 Time series
# 92   Guinea-Bissau: 14 %   2006 Time series
# 93   Malawi: 13.6 %   2006 Time series
# 94   Korea, South: 13.4 %   2006 Time series
= 95   Barbados: 13.3 %   2006 Time series
= 95   Ireland: 13.3 %   2006 Time series
# 97   Gambia, The: 13.2 %   2006 Time series
= 98   Greece: 13 %   2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13 %   2004 Time series
# 100   Dominica: 12.9 %   2006 Time series
# 101   Liberia: 12.5 %   2006 Time series
# 102   Niger: 12.4 %   2006 Time series
= 103   France: 12.2 %   2006 Time series
= 103   Slovenia: 12.2 %   2006 Time series
# 105   Colombia: 12.1 %   2005 Time series
= 106   Maldives: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 106   Syria: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 108   Lesotho: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108   Burkina Faso: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108   San Marino: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108   Jamaica: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 112   Azerbaijan: 11.3 %   2006 Time series
= 112   Indonesia: 11.3 %   2006 Time series
= 112   Fiji: 11.3 %   2006 Time series
# 115   Romania: 11.2 %   2006 Time series
= 116   Botswana: 11.1 %   2006 Time series
= 116   Uruguay: 11.1 %   2006 Time series
# 118   Ghana: 10.9 %   2006 Time series
= 119   Djibouti: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
= 119   Swaziland: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
= 119   Morocco: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
# 122   Thailand: 10.6 %   2005 Time series
= 123   Central African Republic: 10.5 %   2006 Time series
= 123   Antigua and Barbuda: 10.5 %   2006 Time series
= 125   Kazakhstan: 10.4 %   2006 Time series
= 125   Hungary: 10.4 %   2006 Time series
# 127   Mali: 10.2 %   2006 Time series
# 128   Paraguay: 10 %   2006 Time series
= 129   Cambodia: 9.8 %   2006 Time series
= 129   Russia: 9.8 %   2006 Time series
= 131   Japan: 9.4 %   2006 Time series
= 131   Georgia: 9.4 %   2006 Time series
= 133   Gabon: 9.2 %   2006 Time series
= 133   Malta: 9.2 %   2006 Time series
# 135   Malaysia: 9.1 %   2006 Time series
# 136   Cameroon: 8.9 %   2006 Time series
# 137   Ukraine: 8.7 %   2006 Time series
= 138   Togo: 8.6 %   2006 Time series
= 138   Brazil: 8.6 %   2005 Time series
= 140   Congo, Republic of the: 8.5 %   2006 Time series
= 140   Côte d'Ivoire: 8.5 %   2006 Time series
# 142   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 8.4 %   2006 Time series
# 143   India: 8.3 %   2006 Time series
= 144   Samoa: 8.2 %   2006 Time series
= 144   Guatemala: 8.2 %   2006 Time series
# 146   Serbia and Montenegro: 7.9 %   2005 Time series
# 147   Somalia: 7.8 %   2006 Time series
# 148   Libya: 7.7 %   2006 Time series
= 149   Kenya: 7.3 %   2006 Time series
= 149   São Tomé and Príncipe: 7.3 %   2006 Time series
# 151   Benin: 7.2 %   2006 Time series
= 152   Albania: 7.1 %   2006 Time series
= 152   Kiribati: 7.1 %   2006 Time series
# 154   Madagascar: 6.9 %   2006 Time series
# 155   Belize: 6.7 %   2006 Time series
# 156   Mongolia: 6.6 %   2006 Time series
# 157   Chad: 6.5 %   2006 Time series
# 158   Nigeria: 6.4 %   2006 Time series
# 159   Algeria: 6.2 %   2006 Time series
# 160   Nepal: 5.9 %   2006 Time series
# 161   Saint Lucia: 5.6 %   2006 Time series
# 162   Jordan: 5.5 %   2006 Time series
# 163   Armenia: 5.3 %   2006 Time series
# 164   Sri Lanka: 4.9 %   2006 Time series
# 165   Lebanon: 4.7 %   2006 Time series
# 166   Turkey: 4.4 %   2006 Time series
# 167   Iran: 4.1 %   2006 Time series
# 168   Mauritania: 4 %   2004 Time series
# 169   Vanuatu: 3.8 %   2006 Time series
# 170   Tonga: 3.3 %   2006 Time series
# 171   Kyrgyzstan: 3.2 %   2005 Time series
= 172   Comoros: 3 %   2006 Time series
= 172   Marshall Islands: 3 %   2006 Time series
# 174   Bhutan: 2.7 %   2006 Time series
= 175   Haiti: 2.4 %   2006 Time series
= 175   Oman: 2.4 %   2006 Time series
= 177   Solomon Islands: 2 %   2001 Time series
= 177   Egypt: 2 %   2006 Time series
# 179   Kuwait: 1.5 %   2006 Time series
# 180   Papua New Guinea: 0.9 %   2006 Time series
# 181   Yemen: 0.3 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 16.2 %   



DEFINITION: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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