Women in Parliaments: World Classification

Women
in national parliaments

Situation as of 1st January 2017

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.

New: You can now consult our archive of statistical data on the percentage of women in national parliaments.

WORLD CLASSIFICATION
Rank	Country	Lower or single House				Upper House or Senate
Rank	Country	Elections	Seats*	Women	% W	Elections	Seats*	Women	% W
1	Rwanda	16.09.2013	80	49	61.3%	26.09.2011	26	10	38.5%
2	Bolivia	12.10.2014	130	69	53.1%	12.10.2014	36	17	47.2%
3	Cuba	03.02.2013	612	299	48.9%	---	---	---	---
4	Iceland	29.10.2016	63	30	47.6%	---	---	---	---
5	Nicaragua	06.11.2016	92	42	45.7%	---	---	---	---
6	Sweden	14.09.2014	349	152	43.6%	---	---	---	---
7	Senegal	01.07.2012	150	64	42.7%	---	---	---	---
8	Mexico	07.06.2015	500	213	42.6%	01.07.2012	128	47	36.7%
9	Finland	19.04.2015	200	84	42.0%	---	---	---	---
"	South Africa ¹	07.05.2014	398	167	42.0%	21.05.2014	54	19	35.2%
11	Ecuador	17.02.2013	137	57	41.6%	---	---	---	---
12	Namibia	29.11.2014	104	43	41.3%	08.12.2015	42	10	23.8%
13	Mozambique	15.10.2014	250	99	39.6%	---	---	---	---
"	Norway	09.09.2013	169	67	39.6%	---	---	---	---
15	Spain	26.06.2016	350	137	39.1%	26.06.2016	266	101	38.0%
16	Argentina	25.10.2015	257	100	38.9%	25.10.2015	72	30	41.7%
17	Ethiopia	24.05.2015	547	212	38.8%	05.10.2015	153	49	32.0%
18	Timor-Leste	07.07.2012	65	25	38.5%	---	---	---	---
19	Angola	31.08.2012	220	84	38.2%	---	---	---	---
20	Belgium	25.05.2014	150	57	38.0%	03.07.2014	60	30	50.0%
"	Netherlands	12.09.2012	150	57	38.0%	26.05.2015	75	26	34.7%
22	Denmark	18.06.2015	179	67	37.4%	---	---	---	---
23	Germany	22.09.2013	630	233	37.0%	N.A.	69	27	39.1%
24	Slovenia	13.07.2014	90	33	36.7%	20.11.2012	40	3	7.5%
25	Burundi	29.06.2015	121	44	36.4%	24.07.2015	43	18	41.9%
"	United Republic of Tanzania	25.10.2015	393	143	36.4%	---	---	---	---
27	Costa Rica	02.02.2014	57	20	35.1%	---	---	---	---
28	Portugal	04.10.2015	230	80	34.8%	---	---	---	---
29	Belarus	11.09.2016	110	38	34.5%	30.08.2012	56	17	30.4%
30	Serbia	24.04.2016	250	86	34.4%	---	---	---	---
31	Uganda	18.02.2016	449	154	34.3%	---	---	---	---
32	New Zealand	20.09.2014	120	41	34.2%	---	---	---	---
33	Grenada	19.02.2013	15	5	33.3%	27.03.2013	13	2	15.4%
34	Zimbabwe	31.07.2013	270	88	32.6%	31.07.2013	80	38	47.5%
35	Switzerland	18.10.2015	200	65	32.5%	23.10.2011	46	7	15.2%
36	Andorra	01.03.2015	28	9	32.1%	---	---	---	---
"	El Salvador	01.03.2015	84	27	32.1%	---	---	---	---
38	Guyana	11.05.2015	69	22	31.9%	---	---	---	---
39	The F.Y.R. of Macedonia	11.12.2016	120	38	31.7%	---	---	---	---
40	Algeria	10.05.2012	462	146	31.6%	29.12.2015	143	10	7.0%
41	Tunisia	26.10.2014	217	68	31.3%	---	---	---	---
42	Cameroon	30.09.2013	180	56	31.1%	14.04.2013	100	20	20.0%
43	Italy	24.02.2013	630	195	31.0%	24.02.2013	320	91	28.4%
"	Trinidad and Tobago	07.09.2015	42	13	31.0%	23.09.2015	31	9	29.0%
45	Austria	29.09.2013	183	56	30.6%	N.A.	61	19	31.1%
46	Sudan	13.04.2015	426	130	30.5%	01.06.2015	54	19	35.2%
47	United Kingdom	07.05.2015	650	195	30.0%	N.A.	809	209	25.8%
48	Nepal	19.11.2013	595	176	29.6%	---	---	---	---
49	Philippines	09.05.2016	292	86	29.5%	09.05.2016	24	6	25.0%
50	Australia	02.07.2016	150	43	28.7%	02.07.2016	76	31	40.8%
51	South Sudan	04.08.2016	383	109	28.5%	05.08.2011	50	6	12.0%
52	Luxembourg	20.10.2013	60	17	28.3%	---	---	---	---
53	Poland	25.10.2015	460	129	28.0%	25.10.2015	100	14	14.0%
54	Afghanistan	18.09.2010	249	69	27.7%	10.01.2015	68	21	30.9%
"	Peru	10.04.2016	130	36	27.7%	---	---	---	---
56	Israel	17.03.2015	120	33	27.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20.03.2016	149	41	27.5%	---	---	---	---
58	Kazakhstan	20.03.2016	107	29	27.1%	01.10.2014	47	3	6.4%
59	Dominican Republic	15.05.2016	190	51	26.8%	15.05.2016	32	3	9.4%
60	Estonia	01.03.2015	101	27	26.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Viet Nam	22.05.2016	494	132	26.7%	---	---	---	---
62	Canada	19.10.2015	335	88	26.3%	N.A.	100	43	43.0%
63	France	10.06.2012	577	149	25.8%	28.09.2014	348	95	27.3%
"	Honduras	24.11.2013	128	33	25.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkmenistan	15.12.2013	124	32	25.8%	---	---	---	---
66	Suriname	24.05.2015	51	13	25.5%	---	---	---	---
67	Iraq	30.04.2014	328	83	25.3%	---	---	---	---
68	Mauritania	23.11.2013	147	37	25.2%	08.11.2009	56	8	14.3%
69	Dominica	08.12.2014	32	8	25.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Lesotho	28.02.2015	120	30	25.0%	26.03.2015	33	8	24.2%
71	Somalia	23.10.2016	264	64	24.2%	N.A.	53	12	22.6%
72	Equatorial Guinea	26.05.2013	100	24	24.0%	26.05.2013	70	11	15.7%
73	Singapore	11.09.2015	101	24	23.8%	---	---	---	---
74	China	05.03.2013	2949	699	23.7%	---	---	---	---
75	Cabo Verde	20.03.2016	72	17	23.6%	---	---	---	---
76	Montenegro	16.10.2016	81	19	23.5%	---	---	---	---
77	San Marino	20.11.2016	60	14	23.3%	---	---	---	---
78	Albania	23.06.2013	140	32	22.9%	---	---	---	---
79	Republic of Moldova	30.11.2014	101	23	22.8%	---	---	---	---
80	Ireland	26.02.2016	158	35	22.2%	25.04.2016	60	18	30.0%
"	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	06.12.2015	167	37	22.2%	---	---	---	---
82	Eritrea	01.02.1994	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---	---
83	Guinea	28.09.2013	114	25	21.9%	---	---	---	---
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.10.2014	42	9	21.4%	29.01.2015	15	2	13.3%
85	Lithuania	09.10.2016	141	30	21.3%	---	---	---	---
86	Seychelles	08.09.2016	33	7	21.2%	---	---	---	---
87	Monaco	10.02.2013	24	5	20.8%	---	---	---	---
88	Romania	11.12.2016	329	68	20.7%	11.12.2016	136	20	14.7%
89	Pakistan	11.05.2013	340	70	20.6%	05.03.2015	104	19	18.3%
90	Morocco	07.10.2016	395	81	20.5%	02.10.2015	120	14	11.7%
91	Bangladesh	05.01.2014	350	71	20.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Cambodia	28.07.2013	123	25	20.3%	29.01.2012	61	9	14.8%
93	Uruguay	26.10.2014	99	20	20.2%	26.10.2014	31	9	29.0%
94	Czech Republic	25.10.2013	200	40	20.0%	07.10.2016	80	15	18.8%
"	Slovakia	05.03.2016	150	30	20.0%	---	---	---	---
"	United Arab Emirates	24.09.2011	40	8	20.0%	---	---	---	---
97	Croatia	11.09.2016	151	30	19.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Saudi Arabia	02.12.2016	151	30	19.9%	---	---	---	---
99	Indonesia	09.04.2014	560	111	19.8%	---	---	---	---
100	Kenya	04.03.2013	350	68	19.4%	04.03.2013	68	18	26.5%
101	Bulgaria	05.10.2014	240	46	19.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Kyrgyzstan	04.10.2015	120	23	19.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Madagascar	20.12.2013	151	29	19.2%	29.12.2015	63	13	20.6%
104	United States of America	08.11.2016	435	83	19.1%	08.11.2016	100	21	21.0%
105	Tajikistan	01.03.2015	63	12	19.0%	27.03.2015	32	7	21.9%
106	Colombia	09.03.2014	166	31	18.7%	09.03.2014	102	22	21.6%
107	Greece	20.09.2015	300	55	18.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Panama	04.05.2014	71	13	18.3%	---	---	---	---
109	Sao Tome and Principe	12.10.2014	55	10	18.2%	---	---	---	---
110	Zambia	11.08.2016	167	30	18.0%	---	---	---	---
111	Cyprus	22.05.2016	56	10	17.9%	---	---	---	---
112	Togo	25.07.2013	91	16	17.6%	---	---	---	---
113	Jamaica	22.02.2016	63	11	17.5%	10.03.2016	21	5	23.8%
114	Gabon	17.12.2011	117	20	17.1%	13.12.2014	102	18	17.6%
"	Mongolia	29.06.2016	76	13	17.1%	---	---	---	---
116	Niger	21.02.2016	171	29	17.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Republic of Korea	13.04.2016	300	51	17.0%	---	---	---	---
118	Azerbaijan	01.11.2015	125	21	16.8%	---	---	---	---
119	Barbados	21.02.2013	30	5	16.7%	06.03.2013	21	5	23.8%
"	Malawi	20.05.2014	192	32	16.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Saint Lucia	06.06.2016	18	3	16.7%	05.01.2012	11	3	27.3%
122	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	09.03.2014	687	112	16.3%	---	---	---	---
123	Fiji	17.09.2014	50	8	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Georgia	08.10.2016	150	24	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Latvia	04.10.2014	100	16	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Libya	25.06.2014	188	30	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Uzbekistan	21.12.2014	150	24	16.0%	13.01.2015	100	17	17.0%
128	Chile	17.11.2013	120	19	15.8%	17.11.2013	38	6	15.8%
"	Russian Federation	18.09.2016	450	71	15.8%	N.A.	170	29	17.1%
130	Jordan	20.09.2016	130	20	15.4%	27.09.2016	65	10	15.4%
131	Egypt	17.10.2015	596	89	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkey	01.11.2015	550	82	14.9%	---	---	---	---
133	Paraguay	21.04.2013	80	11	13.8%	21.04.2013	45	9	20.0%
134	Guinea-Bissau	13.04.2014	102	14	13.7%	---	---	---	---
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.02.2015	15	2	13.3%	---	---	---	---
136	Bahamas	07.05.2012	38	5	13.2%	23.05.2012	16	4	25.0%
"	Syrian Arab Republic	13.04.2016	250	33	13.2%	---	---	---	---
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	09.12.2015	23	3	13.0%	---	---	---	---
139	Chad	13.02.2011	188	24	12.8%	---	---	---	---
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%	---	---	---	---
154	Brazil	05.10.2014	513	55	10.7%	05.10.2014	81	12	14.8%
155	Nauru	09.07.2016	19	2	10.5%	---	---	---	---
156	Malaysia	05.05.2013	222	23	10.4%	N.A.	68	15	22.1%
157	Myanmar	08.11.2015	433	44	10.2%	08.11.2015	221	23	10.4%
158	Hungary	06.04.2014	199	20	10.1%	---	---	---	---
159	Samoa	04.03.2016	50	5	10.0%	---	---	---	---
160	Armenia	06.05.2012	131	13	9.9%	---	---	---	---
161	Botswana	24.10.2014	63	6	9.5%	---	---	---	---
162	Gambia	29.03.2012	53	5	9.4%	---	---	---	---
163	Japan	14.12.2014	475	44	9.3%	10.07.2016	242	50	20.7%
164	Brunei Darussalam	05.03.2016	33	3	9.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Marshall Islands	16.11.2015	33	3	9.1%	---	---	---	---
166	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.11.2011	492	44	8.9%	19.01.2007	108	5	4.6%
167	Mali	24.11.2013	147	13	8.8%	---	---	---	---
168	Central African Republic	14.02.2016	140	12	8.6%	---	---	---	---
169	Bhutan	13.07.2013	47	4	8.5%	23.04.2013	25	2	8.0%
170	Bahrain	22.11.2014	40	3	7.5%	07.12.2014	40	9	22.5%
171	Congo	15.07.2012	136	10	7.4%	12.10.2014	72	14	19.4%
172	Benin	26.04.2015	83	6	7.2%	---	---	---	---
173	Tuvalu	31.03.2015	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
174	Kiribati	30.12.2015	46	3	6.5%	---	---	---	---
175	Swaziland	20.09.2013	65	4	6.2%	30.10.2013	30	10	33.3%
176	Comoros	25.01.2015	33	2	6.1%	---	---	---	---
177	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	26.02.2016	289	17	5.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Maldives	22.03.2014	85	5	5.9%	---	---	---	---
179	Sri Lanka	17.08.2015	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---	---
180	Nigeria	28.03.2015	360	20	5.6%	28.03.2015	108	7	6.5%
181	Thailand	07.08.2014	247	12	4.9%	---	---	---	---
182	Tonga	27.11.2014	26	1	3.8%	---	---	---	---
183	Belize	07.03.2012	32	1	3.1%	21.03.2012	13	4	30.8%
"	Kuwait	26.11.2016	65	2	3.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Lebanon	07.06.2009	128	4	3.1%	---	---	---	---
186	Papua New Guinea	23.06.2012	111	3	2.7%	---	---	---	---
187	Haiti	09.08.2015	117	3	2.6%	20.11.2016	22	0	0.0%
188	Solomon Islands	19.11.2014	50	1	2.0%	---	---	---	---
189	Oman	25.10.2015	85	1	1.2%	07.11.2015	85	14	16.5%
190	Micronesia (Federated States of)	03.03.2015	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Qatar	01.07.2013	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Vanuatu	22.01.2016	52	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Yemen	27.04.2003	275	0	0.0%	28.04.2001	111	2	1.8%

* 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.