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Government Statistics > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % (1997) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Sweden: 40 %   1997 Time series
# 2     Norway: 39 %   1997 Time series
# 3     Finland: 34 %   1997 Time series
# 4     Denmark: 33 %   1997 Time series
# 5     Netherlands: 31 %   1997 Time series
# 6     New Zealand: 29 %   1997 Time series
# 7     Austria: 27 %   1997 Time series
# 8     Seychelles: 27 %   1997 Time series
# 9     Germany: 26 %   1997 Time series
# 10     Argentina: 25 %   1997 Time series
# 11     Spain: 25 %   1997 Time series
# 12     South Africa: 25 %   1997 Time series
# 13     Mozambique: 25 %   1997 Time series
# 14     Iceland: 25 %   1997 Time series
# 15     Cuba: 23 %   1997 Time series
# 16     Eritrea: 21 %   1997 Time series
# 17     China: 21 %   1997 Time series
# 18     Switzerland: 21 %   1997 Time series
# 19     Korea, North: 20 %   1997 Time series
# 20     Guyana: 20 %   1997 Time series
# 21     Luxembourg: 20 %   1997 Time series
# 22     Grenada: 20 %   1997 Time series
# 23     Vietnam: 19 %   1997 Time series
# 24     Lithuania: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 25     Canada: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 26     Turkmenistan: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 27     Namibia: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 28     Uganda: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 29     Tanzania: 18 %   1997 Time series
# 30     Rwanda: 17 %   1997 Time series
# 31     Chad: 17 %   1997 Time series
# 32     Suriname: 16 %   1997 Time series
# 33     Australia: 16 %   1997 Time series
# 34     Costa Rica: 16 %   1997 Time series
# 35     Slovakia: 15 %   1997 Time series
# 36     Zimbabwe: 15 %   1997 Time series
# 37     Czech Republic: 15 %   1997 Time series
# 38     Ireland: 14 %   1997 Time series
# 39     Mexico: 14 %   1997 Time series
# 40     Poland: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 41     Bulgaria: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 42     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 43     Guatemala: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 44     Indonesia: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 45     Kazakhstan: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 46     Portugal: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 47     Estonia: 13 %   1997 Time series
# 48     San Marino: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 49     Azerbaijan: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 50     Belgium: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 51     Colombia: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 52     Senegal: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 53     United States: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 54     Cameroon: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 55     Dominican Republic: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 56     Jamaica: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 57     Albania: 12 %   1997 Time series
# 58     Peru: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 59     Philippines: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 60     Nicaragua: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 61     Hungary: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 62     Italy: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 63     Cape Verde: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 64     Trinidad and Tobago: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 65     El Salvador: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 66     Barbados: 11 %   1997 Time series
# 67     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 68     Angola: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 69     Panama: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 70     Zambia: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 71     Russia: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 72     Syria: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 73     Guinea-Bissau: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 74     United Kingdom: 10 %   1997 Time series
# 75     Botswana: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 76     Bangladesh: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 77     Equatorial Guinea: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 78     Dominica: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 79     Latvia: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 80     Laos: 9 %   1997 Time series
# 81     Israel: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 82     Liechtenstein: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 83     Chile: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 84     Mauritius: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 85     Côte d'Ivoire: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 86     Honduras: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 87     Slovenia: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 88     Malaysia: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 89     Croatia: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 90     Bahamas, The: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 91     Mongolia: 8 %   1997 Time series
# 92     Algeria: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 93     Uruguay: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 94     Tunisia: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 95     São Tomé and Príncipe: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 96     Brazil: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 97     Romania: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 98     Guinea: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 99     Benin: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 100     Georgia: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 101     India: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 102     Bolivia: 7 %   1997 Time series
# 103     Thailand: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 104     Malta: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 105     Maldives: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 106     Uzbekistan: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 107     Armenia: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 108     Malawi: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 109     Sierra Leone: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 110     Monaco: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 111     Greece: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 112     France: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 113     Liberia: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 114     Venezuela: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 115     Cambodia: 6 %   1997 Time series
# 116     Cyprus: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 117     Antigua and Barbuda: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 118     Japan: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 119     Lesotho: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 120     Moldova: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 121     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 122     Sudan: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 123     Sri Lanka: 5 %   1997 Time series
# 124     Iran: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 125     Fiji: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 126     Haiti: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 127     Madagascar: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 128     Samoa: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 129     Central African Republic: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 130     Ukraine: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 131     Andorra: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 132     Burkina Faso: 4 %   1997 Time series
# 133     Swaziland: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 134     Singapore: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 135     Paraguay: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 136     Kenya: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 137     Tajikistan: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 138     Macedonia, Republic of: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 139     Korea, South: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 140     Belize: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 141     Nepal: 3 %   1997 Time series
# 142     Solomon Islands: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 143     Turkey: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 144     Egypt: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 145     Ethiopia: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 146     Congo, Republic of the: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 147     Lebanon: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 148     Bhutan: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 149     Mali: 2 %   1997 Time series
# 150     Yemen: 1 %   1997 Time series
# 151     Mauritania: 1 %   1997 Time series
# 152     Kyrgyzstan: 1 %   1997 Time series
# 153     Morocco: 1 %   1997 Time series
# 154     Togo: 1 %   1997 Time series
# 155     Jordan: 1 %   1997 Time series
Weighted average: 10.9 %  


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 > % (1997) 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&date=1997

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