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DEFINITION
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.
Government Statistics > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
Rwanda: |
48.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #2 |
Sweden: |
47.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #3 |
Costa Rica: |
38.6 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #4 |
Finland: |
38 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #5 |
Norway: |
37.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #6 |
Denmark: |
36.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #7 |
Netherlands: |
36.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #8 |
Cuba: |
36 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #9 |
Spain: |
36 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #10 |
Argentina: |
35 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #11 |
Mozambique: |
34.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #12 |
Belgium: |
34.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #13 |
Iceland: |
33.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #14 |
South Africa: |
32.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #15 |
New Zealand: |
32.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #16 |
Austria: |
32.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #17 |
Germany: |
31.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #18 |
Burundi: |
30.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #19 |
Tanzania: |
30.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #20 |
Uganda: |
29.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #21 |
Seychelles: |
29.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #22 |
Peru: |
29.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #23 |
Belarus: |
29.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #24 |
Guyana: |
29 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #25 |
Andorra: |
28.6 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #26 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
28.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #27 |
Afghanistan: |
27.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #28 |
Vietnam: |
27.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #29 |
Namibia: |
26.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #30 |
Grenada: |
26.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #31 |
Iraq: |
25.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #32 |
Suriname: |
25.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #33 |
East Timor: |
25.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #34 |
Laos: |
25.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #35 |
Switzerland: |
25 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #36 |
Australia: |
24.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #37 |
Mexico: |
24.2 %
|
2005 ... |
|
| #38 |
Liechtenstein: |
24 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #39 |
Honduras: |
23.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #40 |
Luxembourg: |
23.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #41 |
Tunisia: |
22.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #42 |
Bulgaria: |
22.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #43 |
Eritrea: |
22 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #44 |
Lithuania: |
22 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #45 |
Ethiopia: |
21.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #46 |
Moldova: |
21.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #47 |
Croatia: |
21.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #48 |
Pakistan: |
21.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #49 |
Portugal: |
21.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #50 |
Singapore: |
21.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #51 |
Canada: |
20.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #52 |
Monaco: |
20.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #53 |
Nicaragua: |
20.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #54 |
Poland: |
20.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #55 |
China: |
20.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #56 |
Korea, North: |
20.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #57 |
Bahamas, The: |
20 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #58 |
Slovakia: |
20 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #59 |
Dominican Republic: |
19.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #60 |
United Kingdom: |
19.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #61 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
19.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #62 |
Guinea: |
19.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #63 |
Senegal: |
19.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #64 |
Latvia: |
19 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #65 |
Estonia: |
18.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #66 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
18.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #67 |
Venezuela: |
18 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #68 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
18 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #69 |
Tajikistan: |
17.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #70 |
Uzbekistan: |
17.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #71 |
Italy: |
17.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #72 |
Mauritius: |
17.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #73 |
Bolivia: |
16.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #74 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
16.7 %
|
2005 ... |
|
| #75 |
Panama: |
16.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #76 |
El Salvador: |
16.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #77 |
Ecuador: |
16 %
|
2005 ... |
|
| #78 |
Turkmenistan: |
16 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #79 |
Zimbabwe: |
16 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #80 |
Philippines: |
15.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #81 |
Czech Republic: |
15.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #82 |
Cape Verde: |
15.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #83 |
United States: |
15.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #84 |
Bangladesh: |
15.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #85 |
Angola: |
15 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #86 |
Chile: |
15 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #87 |
Sudan: |
14.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #88 |
Zambia: |
14.6 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #89 |
Sierra Leone: |
14.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #90 |
Cyprus: |
14.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #91 |
Israel: |
14.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #92 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
14 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #93 |
Malawi: |
13.6 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #94 |
Korea, South: |
13.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #95 |
Barbados: |
13.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #96 |
Ireland: |
13.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #97 |
Gambia, The: |
13.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #98 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
13 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #99 |
Greece: |
13 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #100 |
Dominica: |
12.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #101 |
Liberia: |
12.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #102 |
Niger: |
12.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #103 |
Slovenia: |
12.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #104 |
France: |
12.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #105 |
Colombia: |
12.1 %
|
2005 ... |
|
| #106 |
Maldives: |
12 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #107 |
Syria: |
12 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #108 |
San Marino: |
11.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #109 |
Jamaica: |
11.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #110 |
Burkina Faso: |
11.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #111 |
Lesotho: |
11.7 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #112 |
Fiji: |
11.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #113 |
Azerbaijan: |
11.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #114 |
Indonesia: |
11.3 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #115 |
Romania: |
11.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #116 |
Uruguay: |
11.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #117 |
Botswana: |
11.1 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #118 |
Ghana: |
10.9 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #119 |
Swaziland: |
10.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #120 |
Djibouti: |
10.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #121 |
Morocco: |
10.8 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #122 |
Thailand: |
10.6 %
|
2005 ... |
|
| #123 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
10.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #124 |
Central African Republic: |
10.5 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #125 |
Kazakhstan: |
10.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #126 |
Hungary: |
10.4 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #127 |
Mali: |
10.2 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #128 |
Paraguay: |
10 %
|
2006 ... |
|
| #129 |
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