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in national parliaments
Situation as of 1st January 2018  
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 2018. 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%------------
4Nicaragua06.11.2016924245.7%------------
5Sweden14.09.201434915243.6%------------
6Mexico07.06.201550021342.6%01.07.20121284736.7%
7South Africa 107.05.201439416642.1%21.05.2014541935.2%
8Finland19.04.20152008442.0%------------
9Senegal30.07.20171656941.8%------------
10Norway11.09.20171697041.4%------------
11Namibia29.11.20141044341.3%08.12.2015421023.8%
12Mozambique15.10.20142509939.6%------------
13Spain26.06.201635013739.1%26.06.201626610138.0%
14France11.06.201757722539.0%24.09.201734810229.3%
15Argentina22.10.201725710038.9%22.10.2017723041.7%
16Ethiopia24.05.201554721238.8%05.10.20151534932.0%
17New Zealand23.09.20171204638.3%------------
18Iceland28.10.2017632438.1%------------
19Belgium25.05.20141505738.0%03.07.2014603050.0%
"Ecuador19.02.20171375238.0%------------
21The F.Y.R. of Macedonia11.12.20161204537.5%------------
22Denmark18.06.20151796737.4%------------
23United Republic of Tanzania25.10.201539014537.2%------------
24Slovenia13.07.2014903336.7%22.11.201739410.3%
25Burundi29.06.20151214436.4%24.07.2015431841.9%
26Netherlands15.03.20171505436.0%26.05.2015752634.7%
27Costa Rica02.02.2014572035.1%------------
28Portugal04.10.20152308034.8%------------
29Belarus11.09.20161103834.5%30.08.2012561730.4%
30Austria15.10.20171836334.4%N.A.611931.1%
"Serbia24.04.20162508634.4%------------
32Uganda18.02.201644915434.3%------------
33Grenada19.02.201315533.3%27.03.201313215.4%
34Zimbabwe31.07.20132648632.6%31.07.2013793848.1%
35Switzerland18.10.20152006532.5%23.10.201146715.2%
36Timor-Leste22.07.2017652132.3%------------
37Andorra01.03.201528932.1%------------
"El Salvador01.03.2015842732.1%------------
39United Kingdom08.06.201765020832.0%N.A.80520725.7%
40Guyana11.05.2015692231.9%------------
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%
45Germany24.09.201770921830.7%N.A.692739.1%
46Angola23.08.20172206730.5%------------
"Sudan13.04.201542613030.5%01.06.2015541935.2%
48Philippines09.05.20162928629.5%09.05.201624625.0%
49Australia02.07.20161504328.7%02.07.2016763140.8%
50South Sudan04.08.201638310928.5%05.08.201150612.0%
51Luxembourg20.10.2013601728.3%------------
52Poland25.10.201546012928.0%25.10.20151001414.0%
53Albania25.06.20171403927.9%------------
54Afghanistan18.09.20102496927.7%10.01.2015681826.5%
"Peru10.04.20161303627.7%------------
56Israel17.03.20151203327.5%------------
"Lao People's Democratic Republic20.03.20161494127.5%------------
58Kazakhstan20.03.20161072927.1%28.06.201747510.6%
59Canada19.10.20153379127.0%N.A.944345.7%
60Dominican Republic15.05.20161905126.8%15.05.20163239.4%
61Estonia01.03.20151012726.7%------------
"San Marino20.11.2016601626.7%------------
"Viet Nam22.05.201649413226.7%------------
64Algeria04.05.201746211925.8%29.12.2015143107.0%
"Turkmenistan15.12.20131243225.8%------------
66Suriname24.05.2015511325.5%------------
67Iraq30.04.20143288325.3%------------
68Mauritania23.11.20131473725.2%------------
69Dominica08.12.201432825.0%------------
70Somalia23.10.20162756724.4%23.10.2016541324.1%
71China05.03.2013292470924.2%------------
72Bulgaria26.03.20172405723.8%------------
73Cabo Verde20.03.2016721723.6%------------
74Montenegro16.10.2016811923.5%------------
75Singapore11.09.20151002323.0%------------
76Republic of Moldova30.11.20141012322.8%------------
77United Arab Emirates03.10.201540922.5%------------
78Ireland26.02.20161583522.2%25.04.2016601830.0%
"Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)06.12.20151673722.2%------------
80Lesotho03.06.20171222722.1%11.07.201732825.0%
81Czech Republic20.10.20172004422.0%07.10.2016801518.8%
"Eritrea01.02.19941503322.0%------------
83Guinea28.09.20131142521.9%------------
84Kenya08.07.20173497621.8%08.07.2017682130.9%
85Bosnia and Herzegovina12.10.201442921.4%29.01.201515213.3%
86Lithuania09.10.20161413021.3%------------
87Seychelles08.09.201633721.2%------------
88Honduras26.11.20171282721.1%------------
89Monaco10.02.201324520.8%------------
90Romania11.12.20163296820.7%11.12.20161361914.0%
91Pakistan11.05.20133407020.6%05.03.20151041918.3%
92Morocco07.10.20163958120.5%02.10.20151201411.7%
93Bangladesh05.01.20143507120.3%------------
"Cambodia28.07.20131232520.3%29.01.201261914.8%
95Uruguay26.10.2014992020.2%26.10.201431929.0%
96Equatorial Guinea12.11.20171002020.0%12.11.2017721115.3%
"Slovakia05.03.20161503020.0%------------
98Saudi Arabia02.12.20161513019.9%------------
99Indonesia09.04.201456011119.8%------------
100United States of America08.11.20164328419.4%08.11.20161002121.0%
101Kyrgyzstan04.10.20151202319.2%------------
"Madagascar20.12.20131512919.2%29.12.2015631320.6%
103Tajikistan01.03.2015631219.0%27.03.201532721.9%
104Colombia09.03.20141663118.7%09.03.20141022221.6%
105Croatia11.09.20161512818.5%------------
106Greece20.09.20153005518.3%------------
"Panama04.05.2014711318.3%------------
108Sao Tome and Principe12.10.2014551018.2%------------
109Armenia02.04.20171051918.1%------------
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%
128Russian Federation18.09.20164507115.8%N.A.1702917.1%
129Jordan20.09.20161302015.4%27.09.2016651015.4%
130Egypt17.10.20155968914.9%------------
131Turkey01.11.20155498014.6%------------
132Paraguay21.04.2013801113.8%21.04.201345920.0%
133Guinea-Bissau13.04.20141021413.7%------------
134Saint Kitts and Nevis16.02.201515213.3%------------
135Syrian Arab Republic13.04.20162503313.2%------------
136Saint Vincent and the Grenadines09.12.201523313.0%------------
137Bahamas24.05.201739512.8%24.05.201716743.8%
"Chad13.02.20111882412.8%------------
139Ghana07.12.20162753512.7%------------
"Guatemala06.09.20151582012.7%------------
141Palau01.11.201616212.5%01.11.201613215.4%
142Sierra Leone17.11.20121211512.4%------------
143Ukraine26.10.20144235212.3%------------
144Liechtenstein05.02.201725312.0%------------
145Malta03.06.201767811.9%------------
146India07.04.20145426411.8%21.03.20162442711.1%
147Mauritius10.12.201469811.6%------------
148Congo16.07.20171511711.3%31.08.2017711419.7%
149Antigua and Barbuda12.06.201418211.1%25.06.201417529.4%
150Burkina Faso29.11.20151271411.0%------------
151Djibouti22.02.201365710.8%------------
152Brazil05.10.20145135510.7%05.10.2014811214.8%
153Cote d'Ivoire18.12.20162552710.6%------------
154Nauru09.07.201619210.5%------------
155Malaysia05.05.20132222310.4%N.A.681522.1%
156Gambia06.04.201758610.3%------------
157Myanmar08.11.20154334410.2%08.11.20152212310.4%
158Hungary06.04.20141992010.1%------------
"Japan22.10.20174654710.1%10.07.20162425020.7%
160Samoa04.03.201650510.0%------------
161Liberia10.10.20177179.9%20.12.201430310.0%
162Qatar01.07.20134149.8%------------
163Botswana24.10.20146369.5%------------
164Belize04.11.20153239.4%13.11.201513215.4%
165Brunei Darussalam13.01.20173339.1%------------
"Marshall Islands16.11.20153339.1%------------
167Democratic Republic of the Congo28.11.2011492448.9%19.01.200710854.6%
168Mali24.11.2013147138.8%------------
169Central African Republic14.02.2016140128.6%------------
170Bhutan13.07.20134748.5%23.04.20132528.0%
171Tonga16.11.20172627.7%------------
172Bahrain22.11.20144037.5%07.12.201440922.5%
173Benin26.04.20158367.2%------------
174Tuvalu31.03.20151516.7%------------
175Kiribati30.12.20154636.5%------------
176Swaziland20.09.20136546.2%30.10.2013301033.3%
177Comoros25.01.20153326.1%------------
178Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.02.2016289175.9%------------
"Maldives22.03.20148555.9%------------
180Sri Lanka17.08.2015225135.8%------------
181Nigeria28.03.2015360205.6%28.03.201510876.5%
182Thailand07.08.2014250124.8%------------
183Nepal 2 07.12.201716563.6%------------
184Kuwait26.11.20166523.1%------------
"Lebanon07.06.200912843.1%------------
186Haiti09.08.201511832.5%20.11.20162813.6%
187Solomon Islands19.11.20145012.0%------------
188Oman25.10.20158511.2%07.11.2015851416.5%
189Micronesia (Federated States of)07.03.20171400.0%------------
"Papua New Guinea24.06.201710600.0%------------
"Vanuatu22.01.20165200.0%------------
"Yemen27.04.200327500.0%28.04.200111121.8%
?Chile 3 19.11.2017155??19.11.201743??
* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament

1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats in the Upper House 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.

2 - Nepal: Partial results of elecitons to be completed on 8 February 2018.

3 - Chile: The preliminary results of the election held on 19 November 2017 indicate that 35 women were elected to the Chamber of deputies and 6 women were elected to the Senate. The figures may change in March when the Parliament hold its first session.