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DEFINITION:
Percentage of seats held by women in country's national parliament or legislative houses.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 56.25% | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Andorra | 50% | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Cuba | 45.22% | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Sweden | 44.7% | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Seychelles | 43.75% | 2013 | ||
| 6 | Senegal | 42.67% | 2013 | ||
| 7 | Finland | 42.5% | 2013 | ||
| 8 | South Africa | 42.25% | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Nicaragua | 40.22% | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Iceland | 39.68% | 2013 | ||
| 11 | Norway | 39.64% | 2013 | ||
| 12 | Mozambique | 39.2% | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Denmark | 39.11% | 2013 | ||
| 14 | Netherlands | 38.67% | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Costa Rica | 38.6% | 2013 | ||
| 16 | East Timor | 38.46% | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Belgium | 38% | 2013 | ||
| 18 | Argentina | 37.35% | 2013 | ||
| 19 | Mexico | 36.8% | 2013 | ||
| =20 | Spain | 36% | 2013 | ||
| =20 | Tanzania | 36% | 2013 | ||
| 22 | Uganda | 34.97% | 2013 | ||
| 23 | Angola | 34.09% | 2013 | ||
| 24 | Serbia | 33.2% | 2013 | ||
| 25 | Nepal | 33.16% | 2013 | ||
| 26 | Germany | 32.9% | 2013 | ||
| 27 | Republic of Macedonia | 32.52% | 2013 | ||
| 28 | Ecuador | 32.26% | 2013 | ||
| 29 | New Zealand | 32.23% | 2013 | ||
| 30 | Slovenia | 32.22% | 2013 | ||
| 31 | Algeria | 31.6% | 2013 | ||
| 32 | Guyana | 31.34% | 2013 | ||
| 33 | Burundi | 30.48% | 2013 | ||
| 34 | Switzerland | 29% | 2013 | ||
| 35 | Portugal | 28.7% | 2013 | ||
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.57% | 2013 | ||
| 37 | Austria | 27.87% | 2013 | ||
| 38 | Ethiopia | 27.79% | 2013 | ||
| 39 | Afghanistan | 27.71% | 2013 | ||
| 40 | France | 26.86% | 2013 | ||
| 41 | Tunisia | 26.73% | 2013 | ||
| 42 | Lesotho | 26.67% | 2013 | ||
| 43 | Belarus | 26.61% | 2013 | ||
| 44 | South Sudan | 26.51% | 2013 | ||
| 45 | El Salvador | 26.19% | 2013 | ||
| 46 | Bolivia | 25.38% | 2013 | ||
| 47 | Iraq | 25.23% | 2013 | ||
| 48 | Laos | 25% | 2013 | ||
| 49 | Canada | 24.68% | 2013 | ||
| 50 | Australia | 24.67% | 2013 | ||
| 51 | Lithuania | 24.46% | 2013 | ||
| 52 | Vietnam | 24.4% | 2013 | ||
| 53 | Namibia | 24.36% | 2013 | ||
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 24.3% | 2013 | ||
| 55 | Singapore | 24.24% | 2013 | ||
| 56 | Liechtenstein | 24% | 2013 | ||
| 57 | Croatia | 23.84% | 2013 | ||
| 58 | Poland | 23.7% | 2013 | ||
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.33% | 2013 | ||
| 60 | Latvia | 23% | 2013 | ||
| 61 | Bulgaria | 22.92% | 2013 | ||
| 62 | Philippines | 22.89% | 2013 | ||
| 63 | Pakistan | 22.51% | 2013 | ||
| 64 | United Kingdom | 22.46% | 2013 | ||
| 65 | Malawi | 22.28% | 2013 | ||
| 66 | Mauritania | 22.11% | 2013 | ||
| =67 | Eritrea | 22% | 2013 | ||
| =67 | Czech Republic | 22% | 2013 | ||
| =67 | Uzbekistan | 22% | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Israel | 21.67% | 2013 | ||
| =70 | Luxembourg | 21.67% | 2013 | ||
| 72 | Peru | 21.54% | 2013 | ||
| =73 | Italy | 21.43% | 2013 | ||
| =73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.43% | 2013 | ||
| 75 | China | 21.32% | 2013 | ||
| 76 | Greece | 21% | 2013 | ||
| 77 | Cape Verde | 20.83% | 2013 | ||
| 78 | Estonia | 20.79% | 2013 | ||
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 20.77% | 2013 | ||
| 80 | Cambodia | 20.33% | 2013 | ||
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 19.87% | 2013 | ||
| 82 | Moldova | 19.8% | 2013 | ||
| 83 | Bangladesh | 19.71% | 2013 | ||
| 84 | Honduras | 19.53% | 2013 | ||
| 85 | Guinea | 19.3% | 2008 | ||
| =86 | Monaco | 19.05% | 2013 | ||
| =86 | Tajikistan | 19.05% | 2013 | ||
| 88 | Mauritius | 18.84% | 2013 | ||
| 89 | Slovakia | 18.67% | 2013 | ||
| 90 | Indonesia | 18.57% | 2013 | ||
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.18% | 2013 | ||
| 92 | United States | 17.78% | 2013 | ||
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 17.5% | 2013 | ||
| 94 | Madagascar | 17.49% | 2013 | ||
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.39% | 2013 | ||
| 96 | Montenegro | 17.28% | 2013 | ||
| 97 | Venezuela | 16.97% | 2013 | ||
| 98 | Morocco | 16.96% | 2013 | ||
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 16.8% | 2013 | ||
| =100 | Saint Lucia | 16.67% | 2013 | ||
| =100 | San Marino | 16.67% | 2013 | ||
| 102 | Libya | 16.5% | 2013 | ||
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 16% | 2013 | ||
| 104 | Thailand | 15.8% | 2013 | ||
| 105 | Gabon | 15.79% | 2013 | ||
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 15.75% | 2013 | ||
| 107 | Albania | 15.71% | 2013 | ||
| 108 | South Korea | 15.67% | 2013 | ||
| 109 | Soviet Union | 15.6% | 1990 | ||
| 110 | Ireland | 15.06% | 2013 | ||
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 14.95% | 2013 | ||
| 112 | Chad | 14.89% | 2013 | ||
| 113 | Mongolia | 14.86% | 2013 | ||
| 114 | Turkey | 14.18% | 2013 | ||
| 115 | Chile | 14.17% | 2013 | ||
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 14% | 2013 | ||
| 117 | Cameroon | 13.89% | 2013 | ||
| 118 | Djibouti | 13.85% | 2013 | ||
| 119 | Somalia | 13.82% | 2013 | ||
| 120 | Swaziland | 13.64% | 2013 | ||
| 121 | Russia | 13.56% | 2013 | ||
| 122 | Romania | 13.35% | 2013 | ||
| 123 | Grenada | 13.33% | 2013 | ||
| 124 | Guatemala | 13.29% | 2013 | ||
| 125 | Niger | 13.27% | 2013 | ||
| 126 | The Bahamas | 13.16% | 2013 | ||
| 127 | Jamaica | 12.7% | 2013 | ||
| =128 | Paraguay | 12.5% | 2013 | ||
| =128 | Central African Republic | 12.5% | 2013 | ||
| =128 | Dominica | 12.5% | 2013 | ||
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 12.4% | 2013 | ||
| =132 | Uruguay | 12.12% | 2013 | ||
| =132 | Colombia | 12.12% | 2013 | ||
| =134 | Syria | 12% | 2013 | ||
| =134 | Jordan | 12% | 2013 | ||
| =134 | Georgia | 12% | 2013 | ||
| 137 | Suriname | 11.76% | 2013 | ||
| 138 | Zambia | 11.46% | 2013 | ||
| 139 | Togo | 11.11% | 2013 | ||
| 140 | India | 11.01% | 2013 | ||
| 141 | Liberia | 10.96% | 2013 | ||
| 142 | Cyprus | 10.71% | 2013 | ||
| 143 | Armenia | 10.69% | 2013 | ||
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.53% | 2013 | ||
| 145 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.44% | 2013 | ||
| 146 | Malaysia | 10.41% | 2013 | ||
| 147 | Ghana | 10.26% | 2013 | ||
| 148 | Mali | 10.2% | 2013 | ||
| =149 | Equatorial Guinea | 10% | 2013 | ||
| =149 | Barbados | 10% | 2013 | ||
| =149 | Bahrain | 10% | 2013 | ||
| 152 | Kenya | 9.82% | 2013 | ||
| 153 | Ukraine | 9.44% | 2013 | ||
| 154 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.94% | 2013 | ||
| 155 | Hungary | 8.81% | 2013 | ||
| =156 | Malta | 8.7% | 2013 | ||
| =156 | Kiribati | 8.7% | 2013 | ||
| 158 | Brazil | 8.58% | 2013 | ||
| 159 | Bhutan | 8.51% | 2013 | ||
| 160 | Fiji | 8.5% | 2006 | ||
| 161 | Panama | 8.45% | 2013 | ||
| 162 | Benin | 8.43% | 2013 | ||
| 163 | Botswana | 7.94% | 2013 | ||
| 164 | Japan | 7.92% | 2013 | ||
| 165 | Serbia and Montenegro | 7.9% | 2006 | ||
| 166 | Gambia | 7.55% | 2013 | ||
| =167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.67% | 2013 | ||
| =167 | Tuvalu | 6.67% | 2013 | ||
| =167 | Nigeria | 6.67% | 2013 | ||
| 170 | Maldives | 6.49% | 2013 | ||
| 171 | Kuwait | 6.15% | 2013 | ||
| 172 | Burma | 6.03% | 2013 | ||
| 173 | Sri Lanka | 5.78% | 2013 | ||
| 174 | Haiti | 4.21% | 2013 | ||
| 175 | Samoa | 4.08% | 2013 | ||
| 176 | Tonga | 3.57% | 2013 | ||
| =177 | Lebanon | 3.12% | 2013 | ||
| =177 | Belize | 3.12% | 2013 | ||
| 179 | Iran | 3.1% | 2013 | ||
| =180 | Comoros | 3.03% | 2013 | ||
| =180 | Marshall Islands | 3.03% | 2013 | ||
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 2.7% | 2013 | ||
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 2% | 2013 | ||
| 184 | Egypt | 1.97% | 2013 | ||
| 185 | Oman | 1.19% | 2013 | ||
| 186 | Yemen | 0.332% | 2013 | ||
| =187 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
| =187 | Qatar | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
| =187 | Palau | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
| =187 | Nauru | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
| =187 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2013 |