Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) (World) - 2018



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Afghanistan 27.7 Albania 27.9 Algeria 25.8 American_Samoa Andorra 32.1 Angola 30.5 Antigua_and_Barbuda 11.1 Argentina 38.9 Armenia 18.1 Australia 28.7 Austria 34.4 Azerbaijan 16.8 Bahrain 7.5 Bangladesh 20.3 Barbados 20 Belarus 34.5 Belgium 38 Belize 9.4 Benin 7.2 Bhutan 8.5 Bolivia 53.1 Bosnia_and_Herzegovina 21.4 Botswana 9.5 Brazil 10.7 Brunei 9.1 Bulgaria 23.8 Burkina_Faso 11 Burundi 36.4 Cambodia 20 Cameroon 31.1 Canada 27 Cape_Verde 23.6 Central_African_Republic 8.6 Chad 15.3 Chile 22.6 China 24.9 Colombia 18.1 Comoros 6.1 Costa_Rica 45.6 Croatia 18.5 Cuba 53.2 Cyprus 17.9 Czech_Republic 22 Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo 8.9 Denmark 37.4 Djibouti 26.2 Dominica 25 Dominican_Republic 26.8 East_Timor 33.8 Ecuador 38 Egypt 14.9 El_Salvador 31 Equatorial_Guinea 20 Eritrea 22 Estonia 26.7 Ethiopia 38.8 Faroe_Islands Federated_States_of_Micronesia 0 Fiji 16 Finland 42 France 39.6 Gabon 17.1 Gambia 10.3 Georgia 16 Germany 30.7 Ghana 12.7 Greece 18.7 Greenland Grenada 46.7 Guam Guatemala 12.7 Guinea 21.9 Guinea_Bissau 13.7 Guyana 31.9 Haiti 2.5 Honduras 21.1 Hungary 12.6 Iceland 38.1 India 11.8 Indonesia 19.8 Iran 5.9 Iraq 25.5 Ireland 22.2 Israel 27.5 Italy 35.7 Ivory_Coast 10.6 Jamaica 17.5 Japan 10.1 Jordan 15.4 Kazakhstan 27.1 Kenya 21.8 Kiribati 6.5 Kuwait 3.1 Kyrgyzstan 19.2 Laos 27.5 Latvia 16 Lebanon 4.7 Lesotho 22.1 Liberia 12.3 Libya 16 Liechtenstein 12 Lithuania 21.3 Luxembourg 28.3 Macedonia 38.3 Madagascar 19.2 Malawi 16.7 Malaysia 13.9 Maldives 5.9 Mali 8.8 Malta 11.9 Marshall_Islands 9.1 Mauritania 20.3 Mauritius 11.6 Mexico 48.2 Moldova 22.8 Monaco 33.3 Mongolia 17.1 Montenegro 23.5 Morocco 20.5 Mozambique 39.6 Myanmar 10.2 Namibia 46.2 Nauru 10.5 Nepal 32.7 Netherlands 36 New_Zealand 38.3 Nicaragua 45.7 Niger 17 Nigeria 5.6 North_Korea 16.3 Northern_Cyprus Northern_Mariana_Islands Norway 41.4 Oman 1.2 Pakistan 20.6 Palau 12.5 Panama 18.3 Papua_New_Guinea 0 Paraguay 15 Peru 27.7 Philippines 29.5 Poland 28 Portugal 34.8 Puerto_Rico Qatar 9.8 Republic_of_Congo 11.3 Republic_of_Serbia 34.4 Romania 20.7 Russia 15.8 Rwanda 61.3 Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis 13.3 Saint_Lucia 16.7 Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines 13 Samoa 10 San_Marino 26.7 Sao_Tome_and_Principe 18.2 Saudi_Arabia 19.9 Senegal 41.8 Seychelles 21.2 Sierra_Leone 12.3 Singapore 23 Slovakia 20 Slovenia 24.4 Solomon_Islands 4 Somalia 24.4 South_Africa 42.3 South_Korea 17 South_Sudan 28.5 Spain 39.1 Sri_Lanka 5.8 Sudan 30.5 Suriname 25.5 Swaziland 7.2 Sweden 46.1 Switzerland 32.5 Syria 13.2 Tajikistan 19 Thailand 5.3 The_Bahamas 12.8 Togo 17.6 Tonga 7.4 Trinidad_and_Tobago 31 Tunisia 31.3 Turkey 17.4 Turkmenistan 24.8 Tuvalu 6.7 Uganda 34.3 Ukraine 12.3 United_Arab_Emirates 22.5 United_Kingdom 32.2 United_Republic_of_Tanzania 37.2 United_States_of_America 19.6 United_States_Virgin_Islands Uruguay 20.2 Uzbekistan 16 Vanuatu 0 Venezuela 22.2 Vietnam 26.7 Yemen 0 Zambia 18 Zimbabwe 31.5 Legend Type :

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* Data Description : Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

* Data Source : Worldbank.org

* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.

* Countries with the highest value of "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)" in the World (2018) : Rwanda(61.3), Cuba(53.2), Bolivia(53.1), Mexico(48.2), Grenada(46.7), Namibia(46.2), Sweden(46.1), Nicaragua(45.7), Costa Rica(45.6), South Africa(42.3).