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in national parliaments
Situation as of 1st January 2017  
World and regional averages The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 1st January 2017. 193 countries are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House. Comparative data on the world and regional averages as well as data concerning the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on separate pages. You can use the PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by country. Regional parliamentary assemblies
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WORLD CLASSIFICATION
RankCountryLower or single HouseUpper House or Senate
ElectionsSeats*Women% WElectionsSeats*Women% W
1Rwanda16.09.2013804961.3%26.09.2011261038.5%
2Bolivia12.10.20141306953.1%12.10.2014361747.2%
3Cuba03.02.201361229948.9%------------
4Iceland29.10.2016633047.6%------------
5Nicaragua06.11.2016924245.7%------------
6Sweden14.09.201434915243.6%------------
7Senegal01.07.20121506442.7%------------
8Mexico07.06.201550021342.6%01.07.20121284736.7%
9Finland19.04.20152008442.0%------------
"South Africa 107.05.201439816742.0%21.05.2014541935.2%
11Ecuador17.02.20131375741.6%------------
12Namibia29.11.20141044341.3%08.12.2015421023.8%
13Mozambique15.10.20142509939.6%------------
"Norway09.09.20131696739.6%------------
15Spain26.06.201635013739.1%26.06.201626610138.0%
16Argentina25.10.201525710038.9%25.10.2015723041.7%
17Ethiopia24.05.201554721238.8%05.10.20151534932.0%
18Timor-Leste07.07.2012652538.5%------------
19Angola31.08.20122208438.2%------------
20Belgium25.05.20141505738.0%03.07.2014603050.0%
"Netherlands12.09.20121505738.0%26.05.2015752634.7%
22Denmark18.06.20151796737.4%------------
23Germany22.09.201363023337.0%N.A.692739.1%
24Slovenia13.07.2014903336.7%20.11.20124037.5%
25Burundi29.06.20151214436.4%24.07.2015431841.9%
"United Republic of Tanzania25.10.201539314336.4%------------
27Costa Rica02.02.2014572035.1%------------
28Portugal04.10.20152308034.8%------------
29Belarus11.09.20161103834.5%30.08.2012561730.4%
30Serbia24.04.20162508634.4%------------
31Uganda18.02.201644915434.3%------------
32New Zealand20.09.20141204134.2%------------
33Grenada19.02.201315533.3%27.03.201313215.4%
34Zimbabwe31.07.20132708832.6%31.07.2013803847.5%
35Switzerland18.10.20152006532.5%23.10.201146715.2%
36Andorra01.03.201528932.1%------------
"El Salvador01.03.2015842732.1%------------
38Guyana11.05.2015692231.9%------------
39The F.Y.R. of Macedonia11.12.20161203831.7%------------
40Algeria10.05.201246214631.6%29.12.2015143107.0%
41Tunisia26.10.20142176831.3%------------
42Cameroon30.09.20131805631.1%14.04.20131002020.0%
43Italy24.02.201363019531.0%24.02.20133209128.4%
"Trinidad and Tobago07.09.2015421331.0%23.09.201531929.0%
45Austria29.09.20131835630.6%N.A.611931.1%
46Sudan13.04.201542613030.5%01.06.2015541935.2%
47United Kingdom07.05.201565019530.0%N.A.80920925.8%
48Nepal19.11.201359517629.6%------------
49Philippines09.05.20162928629.5%09.05.201624625.0%
50Australia02.07.20161504328.7%02.07.2016763140.8%
51South Sudan04.08.201638310928.5%05.08.201150612.0%
52Luxembourg20.10.2013601728.3%------------
53Poland25.10.201546012928.0%25.10.20151001414.0%
54Afghanistan18.09.20102496927.7%10.01.2015682130.9%
"Peru10.04.20161303627.7%------------
56Israel17.03.20151203327.5%------------
"Lao People's Democratic Republic20.03.20161494127.5%------------
58Kazakhstan20.03.20161072927.1%01.10.20144736.4%
59Dominican Republic15.05.20161905126.8%15.05.20163239.4%
60Estonia01.03.20151012726.7%------------
"Viet Nam22.05.201649413226.7%------------
62Canada19.10.20153358826.3%N.A.1004343.0%
63France10.06.201257714925.8%28.09.20143489527.3%
"Honduras24.11.20131283325.8%------------
"Turkmenistan15.12.20131243225.8%------------
66Suriname24.05.2015511325.5%------------
67Iraq30.04.20143288325.3%------------
68Mauritania23.11.20131473725.2%08.11.200956814.3%
69Dominica08.12.201432825.0%------------
"Lesotho28.02.20151203025.0%26.03.201533824.2%
71Somalia23.10.20162646424.2%N.A.531222.6%
72Equatorial Guinea26.05.20131002424.0%26.05.2013701115.7%
73Singapore11.09.20151012423.8%------------
74China05.03.2013294969923.7%------------
75Cabo Verde20.03.2016721723.6%------------
76Montenegro16.10.2016811923.5%------------
77San Marino20.11.2016601423.3%------------
78Albania23.06.20131403222.9%------------
79Republic of Moldova30.11.20141012322.8%------------
80Ireland26.02.20161583522.2%25.04.2016601830.0%
"Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)06.12.20151673722.2%------------
82Eritrea01.02.19941503322.0%------------
83Guinea28.09.20131142521.9%------------
84Bosnia and Herzegovina12.10.201442921.4%29.01.201515213.3%
85Lithuania09.10.20161413021.3%------------
86Seychelles08.09.201633721.2%------------
87Monaco10.02.201324520.8%------------
88Romania11.12.20163296820.7%11.12.20161362014.7%
89Pakistan11.05.20133407020.6%05.03.20151041918.3%
90Morocco07.10.20163958120.5%02.10.20151201411.7%
91Bangladesh05.01.20143507120.3%------------
"Cambodia28.07.20131232520.3%29.01.201261914.8%
93Uruguay26.10.2014992020.2%26.10.201431929.0%
94Czech Republic25.10.20132004020.0%07.10.2016801518.8%
"Slovakia05.03.20161503020.0%------------
"United Arab Emirates24.09.201140820.0%------------
97Croatia11.09.20161513019.9%------------
"Saudi Arabia02.12.20161513019.9%------------
99Indonesia09.04.201456011119.8%------------
100Kenya04.03.20133506819.4%04.03.2013681826.5%
101Bulgaria05.10.20142404619.2%------------
"Kyrgyzstan04.10.20151202319.2%------------
"Madagascar20.12.20131512919.2%29.12.2015631320.6%
104United States of America08.11.20164358319.1%08.11.20161002121.0%
105Tajikistan01.03.2015631219.0%27.03.201532721.9%
106Colombia09.03.20141663118.7%09.03.20141022221.6%
107Greece20.09.20153005518.3%------------
"Panama04.05.2014711318.3%------------
109Sao Tome and Principe12.10.2014551018.2%------------
110Zambia11.08.20161673018.0%------------
111Cyprus22.05.2016561017.9%------------
112Togo25.07.2013911617.6%------------
113Jamaica22.02.2016631117.5%10.03.201621523.8%
114Gabon17.12.20111172017.1%13.12.20141021817.6%
"Mongolia29.06.2016761317.1%------------
116Niger21.02.20161712917.0%------------
"Republic of Korea13.04.20163005117.0%------------
118Azerbaijan01.11.20151252116.8%------------
119Barbados21.02.201330516.7%06.03.201321523.8%
"Malawi20.05.20141923216.7%------------
"Saint Lucia06.06.201618316.7%05.01.201211327.3%
122Democratic People's Republic of Korea09.03.201468711216.3%------------
123Fiji17.09.201450816.0%------------
"Georgia08.10.20161502416.0%------------
"Latvia04.10.20141001616.0%------------
"Libya25.06.20141883016.0%------------
"Uzbekistan21.12.20141502416.0%13.01.20151001717.0%
128Chile17.11.20131201915.8%17.11.201338615.8%
"Russian Federation18.09.20164507115.8%N.A.1702917.1%
130Jordan20.09.20161302015.4%27.09.2016651015.4%
131Egypt17.10.20155968914.9%------------
"Turkey01.11.20155508214.9%------------
133Paraguay21.04.2013801113.8%21.04.201345920.0%
134Guinea-Bissau13.04.20141021413.7%------------
135Saint Kitts and Nevis16.02.201515213.3%------------
136Bahamas07.05.201238513.2%23.05.201216425.0%
"Syrian Arab Republic13.04.20162503313.2%------------
138Saint Vincent and the Grenadines09.12.201523313.0%------------
139Chad13.02.20111882412.8%------------
140 Ghana 07.12.2016 275 35 12.7% --- --- --- ---
" Guatemala 06.09.2015 158 20 12.7% --- --- --- ---
142 Malta 09.03.2013 72 9 12.5% --- --- --- ---
" Palau 01.11.2016 16 2 12.5% 01.11.2016 13 2 15.4%
144 Sierra Leone 17.11.2012 121 15 12.4% --- --- --- ---
145 Liberia 11.10.2011 73 9 12.3% 20.12.2014 30 3 10.0%
" Ukraine 26.10.2014 423 52 12.3% --- --- --- ---
147 Liechtenstein 03.02.2013 25 3 12.0% --- --- --- ---
148 India 07.04.2014 542 64 11.8% 21.03.2016 245 27 11.0%
149 Mauritius 10.12.2014 69 8 11.6% --- --- --- ---
150 Cote d'Ivoire 18.12.2016 253 29 11.5% --- --- --- ---
151 Antigua and Barbuda 12.06.2014 18 2 11.1% 25.06.2014 17 5 29.4%
152 Burkina Faso 29.11.2015 127 14 11.0% --- --- --- ---
153 Djibouti 22.02.2013 65 7 10.8% --- --- --- ---
154Brazil05.10.20145135510.7%05.10.2014811214.8%
155Nauru09.07.201619210.5%------------
156Malaysia05.05.20132222310.4%N.A.681522.1%
157Myanmar08.11.20154334410.2%08.11.20152212310.4%
158Hungary06.04.20141992010.1%------------
159Samoa04.03.201650510.0%------------
160Armenia06.05.2012131139.9%------------
161Botswana24.10.20146369.5%------------
162Gambia29.03.20125359.4%------------
163Japan14.12.2014475449.3%10.07.20162425020.7%
164Brunei Darussalam05.03.20163339.1%------------
"Marshall Islands16.11.20153339.1%------------
166Democratic Republic of the Congo28.11.2011492448.9%19.01.200710854.6%
167Mali24.11.2013147138.8%------------
168Central African Republic14.02.2016140128.6%------------
169Bhutan13.07.20134748.5%23.04.20132528.0%
170Bahrain22.11.20144037.5%07.12.201440922.5%
171Congo15.07.2012136107.4%12.10.2014721419.4%
172Benin26.04.20158367.2%------------
173Tuvalu31.03.20151516.7%------------
174Kiribati30.12.20154636.5%------------
175Swaziland20.09.20136546.2%30.10.2013301033.3%
176Comoros25.01.20153326.1%------------
177Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.02.2016289175.9%------------
"Maldives22.03.20148555.9%------------
179Sri Lanka17.08.2015225135.8%------------
180Nigeria28.03.2015360205.6%28.03.201510876.5%
181Thailand07.08.2014247124.9%------------
182Tonga27.11.20142613.8%------------
183Belize07.03.20123213.1%21.03.201213430.8%
"Kuwait26.11.20166523.1%------------
"Lebanon07.06.200912843.1%------------
186Papua New Guinea23.06.201211132.7%------------
187Haiti09.08.201511732.6%20.11.20162200.0%
188Solomon Islands19.11.20145012.0%------------
189Oman25.10.20158511.2%07.11.2015851416.5%
190Micronesia (Federated States of)03.03.20151400.0%------------
"Qatar01.07.20133500.0%------------
"Vanuatu22.01.20165200.0%------------
"Yemen27.04.200327500.0%28.04.200111121.8%
* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament

1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.