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High income OECD countries Compared by Government > Democracy > Female parliamentarians

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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.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Sweden 42.7% 2002
2 Denmark 38% 2002
3 Finland 36.5% 2002
4 Norway 36.4% 2002
5 Iceland 34.9% 2002
6 Netherlands 32.9% 2002
7 Germany 31% 2002
8 New Zealand 30.8% 2002
9 Spain 26.6% 2002
10 Australia 26.5% 2002
11 Austria 25.1% 2002
12 Belgium 24.9% 2002
13 Canada 23.6% 2002
14 Switzerland 22.4% 2002
15 Poland 20.7% 2002
16 Portugal 18.7% 2002
17 Estonia 17.8% 2002
18 United Kingdom 17.1% 2002
19 Luxembourg 16.7% 2002
20 Czech Republic 14.2% 2002
21 Slovakia 14% 2002
22 United States 13.8% 2002
23 Ireland 13.7% 2002
24 Israel 13.3% 2002
25 Slovenia 12.2% 2002
26 France 10.9% 2002
27 Chile 10.1% 2002
28 Japan 10% 2002
29 Italy 9.1% 2002
30 Greece 8.7% 2002
31 South Korea 5.9% 2002

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