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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     Cuba: 36 %   2006 Time series
= 8     Spain: 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     New Zealand: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
= 15     Austria: 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     Suriname: 25.5 %   2006 Time series
= 31     Iraq: 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     Lithuania: 22 %   2006 Time series
= 43     Eritrea: 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     Portugal: 21.3 %   2006 Time series
= 48     Pakistan: 21.3 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Singapore: 21.2 %   2006 Time series
= 51     Monaco: 20.8 %   2006 Time series
= 51     Canada: 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     Bahamas, The: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 57     Slovakia: 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     Panama: 16.7 %   2006 Time series
= 74     El Salvador: 16.7 %   2006 Time series
= 74     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 16.7 %   2005 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     Angola: 15 %   2006 Time series
= 85     Chile: 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     Ireland: 13.3 %   2006 Time series
= 95     Barbados: 13.3 %   2006 Time series
# 97     Gambia, The: 13.2 %   2006 Time series
= 98     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13 %   2004 Time series
= 98     Greece: 13 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Dominica: 12.9 %   2006 Time series
# 101     Liberia: 12.5 %   2006 Time series
# 102     Niger: 12.4 %   2006 Time series
= 103     Slovenia: 12.2 %   2006 Time series
= 103     France: 12.2 %   2006 Time series
# 105     Colombia: 12.1 %   2005 Time series
= 106     Syria: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 106     Maldives: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 108     Lesotho: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108     Burkina Faso: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108     Jamaica: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 108     San Marino: 11.7 %   2006 Time series
= 112     Indonesia: 11.3 %   2006 Time series
= 112     Azerbaijan: 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     Morocco: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
= 119     Swaziland: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
= 119     Djibouti: 10.8 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Thailand: 10.6 %   2005 Time series
= 123     Antigua and Barbuda: 10.5 %   2006 Time series
= 123     Central African Republic: 10.5 %   2006 Time series
= 125     Hungary: 10.4 %   2006 Time series
= 125     Kazakhstan: 10.4 %   2006 Time series
# 127     Mali: 10.2 %   2006 Time series
# 128     Paraguay: 10 %   2006 Time series
= 129     Russia: 9.8 %   2006 Time series
= 129     Cambodia: 9.8 %   2006 Time series
= 131     Georgia: 9.4 %   2006 Time series
= 131     Japan: 9.4 %   2006 Time series
= 133     Malta: 9.2 %   2006 Time series
= 133     Gabon: 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     Côte d'Ivoire: 8.5 %   2006 Time series
= 140     Congo, Republic of the: 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     Kiribati: 7.1 %   2006 Time series
= 152     Albania: 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     Marshall Islands: 3 %   2006 Time series
= 172     Comoros: 3 %   2006 Time series
# 174     Bhutan: 2.7 %   2006 Time series
= 175     Oman: 2.4 %   2006 Time series
= 175     Haiti: 2.4 %   2006 Time series
= 177     Egypt: 2 %   2006 Time series
= 177     Solomon Islands: 2 %   2001 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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"Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/gov_pro_of_sea_hel_by_wom_in_nat_par-seats-held-women-national-parliament

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