Seats held by women in national parliament

percent, 1997–2020

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    1997 Ranking
    1. Sweden 40.40
    2. Norway 36.36
    3. Finland 33.50
    4. Denmark 32.96
    5. Netherlands 31.33
    6. New Zealand 29.17
    7. Argentina 27.63
    8. Seychelles 27.27
    9. Austria 26.23
    10. Vietnam 26.22
    11. Germany 26.19
    12. Iceland 25.40
    13. Mozambique 25.20
    14. South Africa 25.00
    15. Spain 24.71
    16. Cuba 22.75
    17. Namibia 22.22
    18. Switzerland 21.00
    19. Eritrea 20.95
    20. Canada 20.60
    21. Luxembourg 20.00
    22. Grenada 20.00
    23. United Kingdom 18.21
    24. Uganda 18.12
    25. Turkmenistan 18.00
    26. Lithuania 17.52
    27. Tanzania 17.46
    28. Rwanda 17.14
    29. Costa Rica 15.79
    30. Suriname 15.69
    31. Australia 15.54
    32. El Salvador 15.48
    33. Bahamas 15.00
    34. Czech Republic 15.00
    35. Slovakia 14.67
    36. Zimbabwe 14.67
    37. Mexico 14.20
    38. Kazakhstan 13.43
    39. Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.33
    40. Portugal 13.04
    41. Poland 13.04
    42. Belgium 12.67
    43. Guatemala 12.50
    44. Mali 12.25
    45. Ireland 12.05
    46. Azerbaijan 12.00
    47. Saint Lucia 11.77
    48. United States 11.72
    49. Senegal 11.67
    50. San Marino 11.67
    51. Jamaica 11.67
    52. Dominican Republic 11.67
    53. Colombia 11.66
    54. Indonesia 11.40
    55. Hungary 11.40
    56. Italy 11.11
    57. Trinidad and Tobago 11.11
    58. Cape Verde 11.11
    59. Philippines 11.06
    60. France 10.92
    61. Estonia 10.89
    62. Peru 10.83
    63. Bulgaria 10.83
    64. Nicaragua 10.75
    65. Barbados 10.71
    66. Russia 10.22
    67. Guinea Bissau 10.00
    68. Panama 9.72
    69. Zambia 9.68
    70. Syria 9.60
    71. Angola 9.55
    72. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 9.52
    73. Dominica 9.38
    74. Bangladesh 9.09
    75. Burkina Faso 9.01
    76. Ghana 9.00
    77. Latvia 9.00
    78. Equatorial Guinea 8.75
    79. Botswana 8.51
    80. Gabon 8.33
    81. Tuvalu 8.33
    82. Ivory Coast 8.00
    83. Mongolia 7.90
    84. Croatia 7.87
    85. Malaysia 7.81
    86. Slovenia 7.78
    87. Mauritius 7.58
    88. Israel 7.50
    89. Chile 7.50
    90. Romania 7.29
    91. Saint Thomas and Principe 7.27
    92. Benin 7.23
    93. India 7.16
    94. Andorra 7.14
    95. Uruguay 7.07
    96. Guinea 7.02
    97. Georgia 6.93
    98. Tunisia 6.75
    99. Brazil 6.63
    100. Iraq 6.40
    101. Greece 6.33
    102. Armenia 6.32
    103. Maldives 6.25
    104. Uzbekistan 6.00
    105. Venezuela 5.91
    106. Cambodia 5.83
    107. Malta 5.80
    108. Malawi 5.65
    109. Thailand 5.60
    110. Cameroon 5.56
    111. Monaco 5.56
    112. Cyprus 5.36
    113. Sri Lanka 5.33
    114. Antigua and Barbuda 5.26
    115. Sudan 5.25
    116. Iran 4.89
    117. Moldova 4.81
    118. Singapore 4.76
    119. Lesotho 4.62
    120. Japan 4.60
    121. Fiji 4.29
    122. Samoa 4.08
    123. Liechtenstein 4.00
    124. Ukraine 3.78
    125. Madagascar 3.73
    126. Ecuador 3.66
    127. Haiti 3.61
    128. Central African Republic 3.53
    129. Belize 3.45
    130. Nepal 3.42
    131. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 3.33
    132. Algeria 3.16
    133. Swaziland 3.13
    134. South Korea 3.01
    135. Kenya 2.97
    136. Tajikistan 2.76
    137. Paraguay 2.50
    138. Chad 2.40
    139. Turkey 2.36
    140. Lebanon 2.34
    141. Pakistan 2.30
    142. Ethiopia 2.05
    143. Gambia 2.04
    144. Bhutan 2.00
    145. Egypt 1.98
    146. Papua New Guinea 1.84
    147. Kyrgyzstan 1.43
    148. Mauritania 1.27
    149. Togo 1.24
    150. Niger 1.21
    151. Morocco 0.62
    2020 Ranking
    1. Rwanda 61.25
    2. Cuba 53.22
    3. United Arab Emirates 50.00
    4. New Zealand 48.33
    5. Mexico 48.20
    6. Nicaragua 47.25
    7. Sweden 46.99
    8. South Africa 46.75
    9. Grenada 46.67
    10. Andorra 46.43
    11. Bolivia 46.15
    12. Finland 46.00
    13. Costa Rica 45.61
    14. Spain 44.00
    15. Namibia 43.27
    16. Senegal 43.03
    17. Mozambique 42.40
    18. Switzerland 41.50
    19. Norway 41.42
    20. Belgium 41.33
    21. Argentina 40.86
    22. Portugal 40.00
    23. Belarus 40.00
    24. Denmark 39.67
    25. France 39.52
    26. Ecuador 39.42
    27. Austria 39.34
    28. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 39.17
    29. Serbia 38.80
    30. Ethiopia 38.76
    31. Timor Leste 38.46
    32. Burundi 38.21
    33. Iceland 38.10
    34. Tanzania 36.72
    35. Guyana 35.71
    36. Italy 35.71
    37. Uganda 34.86
    38. Dominica 34.38
    39. Cameroon 33.89
    40. United Kingdom 33.85
    41. San Marino 33.33
    42. Netherlands 33.33
    43. Monaco 33.33
    44. El Salvador 33.33
    45. Nepal 32.73
    46. Uzbekistan 32.00
    47. Zimbabwe 31.85
    48. Germany 31.17
    49. Croatia 31.13
    50. Australia 30.46
    51. Luxembourg 30.00
    52. Latvia 30.00
    53. Angola 30.00
    54. Albania 29.51
    55. Singapore 29.47
    56. Suriname 29.41
    57. Canada 28.99
    58. Estonia 28.71
    59. Poland 28.70
    60. Jamaica 28.57
    61. South Sudan 28.46
    62. Philippines 27.96
    63. Dominican Republic 27.90
    64. Mali 27.89
    65. Slovenia 27.78
    66. Laos 27.52
    67. Israel 27.50
    68. United States 27.47
    69. Egypt 27.41
    70. Kazakhstan 27.10
    71. Afghanistan 27.02
    72. Lithuania 26.95
    73. Vietnam 26.72
    74. Bulgaria 26.67
    75. Iraq 26.44
    76. Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.19
    77. Trinidad and Tobago 26.19
    78. Peru 26.15
    79. Djibouti 26.15
    80. Algeria 25.76
    81. Turkmenistan 25.00
    82. Cape Verde 25.00
    83. Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.00
    84. China 24.94
    85. Tunisia 24.89
    86. Moldova 24.75
    87. Somalia 24.36
    88. Seychelles 24.24
    89. Tajikistan 23.81
    90. Saint Thomas and Principe 23.64
    91. Armenia 23.49
    92. Lesotho 23.33
    93. Malawi 22.92
    94. Slovakia 22.67
    95. Chile 22.58
    96. Panama 22.54
    97. Ireland 22.50
    98. Czech Republic 22.50
    99. Montenegro 22.22
    100. Venezuela 22.16
    101. Romania 21.88
    102. Kenya 21.78
    103. Greece 21.67
    104. Uruguay 21.21
    105. Honduras 21.09
    106. Equatorial Guinea 21.00
    107. Bangladesh 20.92
    108. Ukraine 20.80
    109. Georgia 20.67
    110. Morocco 20.51
    111. Indonesia 20.35
    112. Mauritania 20.26
    113. Pakistan 20.18
    114. Mauritius 20.00
    115. Barbados 20.00
    116. Cambodia 20.00
    117. Saudi Arabia 19.87
    118. Cyprus 19.64
    119. Fiji 19.61
    120. Guatemala 19.38
    121. South Korea 19.00
    122. Togo 18.68
    123. Colombia 18.34
    124. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 18.18
    125. Madagascar 17.88
    126. Azerbaijan 17.36
    127. Mongolia 17.33
    128. Turkey 17.32
    129. Niger 16.96
    130. Burma (Myanmar) 16.83
    131. Zambia 16.77
    132. Comoros 16.67
    133. Guinea 16.67
    134. Saint Lucia 16.67
    135. Kyrgyzstan 16.52
    136. Paraguay 16.25
    137. Libya 15.96
    138. Russia 15.78
    139. Thailand 15.75
    140. Chad 15.43
    141. Bahrain 15.00
    142. Bhutan 14.89
    143. Malaysia 14.87
    144. Gabon 14.79
    145. Brazil 14.62
    146. India 14.37
    147. Guinea Bissau 13.73
    148. Malta 13.43
    149. Ghana 13.09
    150. Bahamas 12.82
    151. Congo (Kinshasa) 12.80
    152. Liberia 12.33
    153. Sierra Leone 12.33
    154. Hungary 12.06
    155. Liechtenstein 12.00
    156. Jordan 11.54
    157. Ivory Coast 11.37
    158. Congo (Brazzaville) 11.26
    159. Syria 11.20
    160. Antigua and Barbuda 11.11
    161. Botswana 10.77
    162. Nauru 10.53
    163. Samoa 10.00
    164. Japan 9.89
    165. Qatar 9.76
    166. Belize 9.68
    167. Swaziland 9.59
    168. Brunei 9.09
    169. Kiribati 8.89
    170. Gambia 8.62
    171. Central African Republic 8.57
    172. Tonga 7.41
    173. Benin 7.23
    174. Nigeria 7.22
    175. Solomon Islands 6.38
    176. Kuwait 6.35
    177. Burkina Faso 6.30
    178. Palau 6.25
    179. Tuvalu 6.25
    180. Marshall Islands 6.06
    181. Iran 5.59
    182. Sri Lanka 5.38
    183. Lebanon 4.69
    184. Maldives 4.60
    185. Oman 2.33
    186. Yemen 0.33

    Related Women's Empowerment Datasets

    The proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments is the number of seats held by women members in single or lower chambers of national parliaments, expressed as a percentage of all occupied seats. National parliaments can be bicameral or unicameral. This indicator covers the single chamber in unicameral parliaments and the lower chamber in bicameral parliaments. It does not cover the upper chamber of bicameral parliaments. Seats are usually won by members in general parliamentary elections. Seats may also be filled by nomination, appointment, indirect election, rotation of members and by-election. Seats refer to the number of parliamentary mandates, or the number of members of parliament.

    Source: UN MDG