Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Mozambique | 30% | 2002 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 29.8% | 2002 | |
| 3 | Rwanda | 25.7% | 2002 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 24.7% | 2002 | |
| 5 | Seychelles | 23.5% | 2002 | |
| 6 | Namibia | 20.4% | 2002 | |
| 7 | Senegal | 19.2% | 2002 | |
| 8 | Botswana | 17% | 2002 | |
| 9 | Angola | 15.5% | 2002 | |
| 10 | Eritrea | 14.7% | 2002 | |
| 11 | Burundi | 14.4% | 2002 | |
| 12 | Mali | 12.2% | 2002 | |
| =13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12% | 2002 | |
| =13 | Zambia | 12% | 2002 | |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 11.1% | 2002 | |
| =16 | Burkina Faso | 11% | 2002 | |
| =16 | Gabon | 11% | 2002 | |
| 18 | Lesotho | 10.7% | 2002 | |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 10% | 2002 | |
| 20 | Sudan | 9.7% | 2002 | |
| 21 | Malawi | 9.3% | 2002 | |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.1% | 2002 | |
| 23 | Ghana | 9% | 2002 | |
| =24 | Guinea | 8.8% | 2002 | |
| =24 | Sierra Leone | 8.8% | 2002 | |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.5% | 2002 | |
| 27 | Madagascar | 8% | 2002 | |
| =28 | Ethiopia | 7.8% | 2002 | |
| =28 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.8% | 2002 | |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 7.3% | 2002 | |
| 31 | Swaziland | 6.3% | 2002 | |
| 32 | Benin | 6% | 2002 | |
| 33 | Mauritius | 5.7% | 2002 | |
| 34 | Cameroon | 5.6% | 2002 | |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 5% | 2002 | |
| 36 | Togo | 4.9% | 2002 | |
| 37 | Kenya | 3.6% | 2002 | |
| 38 | Nigeria | 3.3% | 2002 | |
| 39 | Mauritania | 3% | 2002 | |
| 40 | Chad | 2.4% | 2002 | |
| 41 | The Gambia | 2% | 2002 | |
| 42 | Niger | 1.2% | 2002 | |
| 43 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 2002 |
