Women in Parliaments: World Classification

Women
in national parliaments

Situation as of 1st February 2016

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 February 2016. 191 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	9 2013	80	51	63.8%	9 2011	26	10	38.5%
2	Bolivia	10 2014	130	69	53.1%	10 2014	36	17	47.2%
3	Cuba	2 2013	612	299	48.9%	---	---	---	---
4	Seychelles	9 2011	32	14	43.8%	---	---	---	---
5	Sweden	9 2014	349	152	43.6%	---	---	---	---
6	Senegal	7 2012	150	64	42.7%	---	---	---	---
7	Mexico	6 2015	498	211	42.4%	7 2012	128	43	33.6%
8	South Africa ¹	5 2014	400	168	42.0%	5 2014	54	19	35.2%
9	Ecuador	2 2013	137	57	41.6%	---	---	---	---
10	Finland	4 2015	200	83	41.5%	---	---	---	---
11	Iceland	4 2013	63	26	41.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Namibia	11 2014	104	43	41.3%	12 2015	42	10	23.8%
"	Nicaragua	11 2011	92	38	41.3%	---	---	---	---
14	Spain	12 2015	350	140	40.0%	12 2015	265	104	39.2%
15	Mozambique	10 2014	250	99	39.6%	---	---	---	---
"	Norway	9 2013	169	67	39.6%	---	---	---	---
17	Andorra	3 2015	28	11	39.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Belgium	5 2014	150	59	39.3%	7 2014	60	30	50.0%
19	Ethiopia	5 2015	547	212	38.8%	10 2015	153	49	32.0%
20	Timor-Leste	7 2012	65	25	38.5%	---	---	---	---
21	Denmark	6 2015	179	67	37.4%	---	---	---	---
22	Netherlands	9 2012	150	56	37.3%	5 2015	75	26	34.7%
23	Angola	8 2012	220	81	36.8%	---	---	---	---
24	Slovenia	7 2014	90	33	36.7%	11 2012	40	3	7.5%
25	United Republic of Tanzania	10 2015	372	136	36.6%	---	---	---	---
26	Germany	9 2013	631	230	36.5%	N.A.	69	28	40.6%
27	Burundi	6 2015	121	44	36.4%	7 2015	43	18	41.9%
28	Argentina	10 2015	257	92	35.8%	10 2015	72	30	41.7%
29	Uganda	2 2011	386	135	35.0%	---	---	---	---
30	Portugal	10 2015	230	80	34.8%	---	---	---	---
31	Serbia	3 2014	250	85	34.0%	---	---	---	---
32	Costa Rica	2 2014	57	19	33.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Grenada	2 2013	15	5	33.3%	3 2013	13	2	15.4%
"	The F.Y.R. of Macedonia	4 2014	123	41	33.3%	---	---	---	---
35	El Salvador	3 2015	84	27	32.1%	---	---	---	---
36	Switzerland	10 2015	200	64	32.0%	10 2011	46	7	15.2%
37	Algeria	5 2012	462	146	31.6%	12 2015	137	8	5.8%
38	Zimbabwe	7 2013	270	85	31.5%	7 2013	80	38	47.5%
39	New Zealand	9 2014	121	38	31.4%	---	---	---	---
40	Tunisia	10 2014	217	68	31.3%	---	---	---	---
41	Cameroon	9 2013	180	56	31.1%	4 2013	100	20	20.0%
42	Italy	2 2013	630	195	31.0%	2 2013	321	91	28.3%
"	Trinidad and Tobago	9 2015	42	13	31.0%	9 2015	31	10	32.3%
44	Austria	9 2013	183	56	30.6%	N.A.	61	18	29.5%
45	Sudan	4 2015	426	130	30.5%	6 2015	54	19	35.2%
46	Guyana	5 2015	69	21	30.4%	---	---	---	---
47	Nepal	11 2013	599	177	29.5%	---	---	---	---
48	United Kingdom	5 2015	650	191	29.4%	N.A.	782	192	24.6%
49	Luxembourg	10 2013	60	17	28.3%	---	---	---	---
50	Afghanistan	9 2010	249	69	27.7%	1 2015	68	18	26.5%
51	Poland	10 2015	460	126	27.4%	10 2015	100	13	13.0%
52	Belarus	9 2012	110	30	27.3%	8 2012	58	19	32.8%
53	Philippines	5 2013	290	79	27.2%	5 2013	24	6	25.0%
54	Australia	9 2013	150	40	26.7%	9 2013	76	29	38.2%
"	Israel	3 2015	120	32	26.7%	---	---	---	---
56	Iraq	4 2014	328	87	26.5%	---	---	---	---
"	South Sudan	8 2011	332	88	26.5%	8 2011	50	5	10.0%
58	France	6 2012	577	151	26.2%	9 2014	348	87	25.0%
"	Kazakhstan	1 2012	107	28	26.2%	10 2014	47	3	6.4%
60	Canada	10 2015	338	88	26.0%	N.A.	83	31	37.3%
61	Honduras	11 2013	128	33	25.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkmenistan	12 2013	124	32	25.8%	---	---	---	---
63	Suriname	5 2015	51	13	25.5%	---	---	---	---
64	Mauritania	11 2013	147	37	25.2%	11 2009	56	8	14.3%
65	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4 2011	132	33	25.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Lesotho	2 2015	120	30	25.0%	3 2015	33	8	24.2%
67	Viet Nam	5 2011	498	121	24.3%	---	---	---	---
68	Equatorial Guinea	5 2013	100	24	24.0%	5 2013	73	10	13.7%
69	Estonia	3 2015	101	24	23.8%	---	---	---	---
70	China	3 2013	2959	699	23.6%	---	---	---	---
71	Lithuania	10 2012	141	33	23.4%	---	---	---	---
72	Singapore	9 2015	91	21	23.1%	---	---	---	---
73	United Arab Emirates	9 2011	40	9	22.5%	---	---	---	---
74	Peru	4 2011	130	29	22.3%	---	---	---	---
75	Eritrea	2 1994	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---	---
76	Dominica	12 2014	32	7	21.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Guinea	9 2013	114	25	21.9%	---	---	---	---
78	Republic of Moldova	11 2014	101	22	21.8%	---	---	---	---
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 2014	42	9	21.4%	1 2015	15	2	13.3%
80	Cabo Verde	2 2011	72	15	20.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Dominican Republic	5 2010	183	38	20.8%	5 2010	32	3	9.4%
"	Monaco	2 2013	24	5	20.8%	---	---	---	---
83	Albania	6 2013	140	29	20.7%	---	---	---	---
84	Pakistan	5 2013	340	70	20.6%	3 2015	104	19	18.3%
85	Madagascar	12 2013	151	31	20.5%	12 2015	63	12	19.0%
86	Bulgaria	10 2014	240	49	20.4%	---	---	---	---
87	Cambodia	7 2013	123	25	20.3%	1 2012	61	10	16.4%
88	Bangladesh	1 2014	350	70	20.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Czech Republic	10 2013	200	40	20.0%	10 2014	81	15	18.5%
"	Liechtenstein	2 2013	25	5	20.0%	---	---	---	---
91	Colombia	3 2014	166	33	19.9%	3 2014	102	23	22.5%
"	Saudi Arabia	1 2013	151	30	19.9%	---	---	---	---
93	Greece	9 2015	300	59	19.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Kenya	3 2013	350	69	19.7%	3 2013	68	18	26.5%
95	United States of America	11 2014	434	84	19.4%	11 2014	100	20	20.0%
96	Kyrgyzstan	10 2015	120	23	19.2%	---	---	---	---
97	Tajikistan	3 2015	63	12	19.0%	3 2015	32	2	6.3%
98	Slovakia	3 2012	150	28	18.7%	---	---	---	---
99	Panama	5 2014	71	13	18.3%	---	---	---	---
100	Sao Tome and Principe	10 2014	55	10	18.2%	---	---	---	---
101	Latvia	10 2014	100	18	18.0%	---	---	---	---
102	Togo	7 2013	91	16	17.6%	---	---	---	---
103	Montenegro	10 2012	81	14	17.3%	---	---	---	---
104	Indonesia	4 2014	555	95	17.1%	---	---	---	---
105	Morocco	11 2011	395	67	17.0%	10 2015	120	14	11.7%
106	Azerbaijan	11 2015	124	21	16.9%	---	---	---	---
107	Barbados	2 2013	30	5	16.7%	3 2013	21	5	23.8%
"	Malawi	5 2014	192	32	16.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Saint Lucia	11 2011	18	3	16.7%	1 2012	11	3	27.3%
"	San Marino	11 2012	60	10	16.7%	---	---	---	---
111	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 2014	687	112	16.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Ireland	2 2011	166	27	16.3%	4 2011	60	18	30.0%
"	Republic of Korea	4 2012	300	49	16.3%	---	---	---	---
114	Uruguay	10 2014	99	16	16.2%	10 2014	31	9	29.0%
115	Fiji	9 2014	50	8	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Libya	6 2014	188	30	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Uzbekistan	12 2014	150	24	16.0%	1 2015	100	17	17.0%
118	Chile	11 2013	120	19	15.8%	11 2013	38	6	15.8%
119	Croatia	11 2015	151	23	15.2%	---	---	---	---
120	Paraguay	4 2013	80	12	15.0%	4 2013	45	9	20.0%
121	Chad	2 2011	188	28	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Egypt	10 2015	596	89	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkey	11 2015	550	82	14.9%	---	---	---	---
124	Mongolia	6 2012	76	11	14.5%	---	---	---	---
125	Venezuela	12 2015	167	24	14.4%	---	---	---	---
126	Gabon	12 2011	120	17	14.2%	12 2014	99	18	18.2%
127	Guatemala	9 2015	158	22	13.9%	---	---	---	---
128	Somalia	8 2012	275	38	13.8%	---	---	---	---
129	Guinea-Bissau	4 2014	102	14	13.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Romania	12 2012	401	55	13.7%	12 2012	168	13	7.7%
131	Russian Federation	12 2011	450	61	13.6%	N.A.	170	29	17.1%
132	Niger	1 2011	113	15	13.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 2015	15	2	13.3%	---	---	---	---
134	Bahamas	5 2012	38	5	13.2%	5 2012	16	4	25.0%
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12 2015	23	3	13.0%	---	---	---	---
136	Malta	3 2013	70	9	12.9%	---	---	---	---
137	Djibouti	2 2013	55	7	12.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Jamaica	12 2011	63	8	12.7%	9 2007	21	6	28.6%
"	Zambia	9 2011	158	20	12.7%	---	---	---	---
140	Cyprus	5 2011	56	7	12.5%	---	---	---	---
141	Sierra Leone	11 2012	121	15	12.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Syrian Arab Republic	5 2012	250	31	12.4%	---	---	---	---
143	Ukraine	10 2014	422	51	12.1%	---	---	---	---
144	India	4 2014	543	65	12.0%	1 2014	243	31	12.8%
"	Jordan	1 2013	150	18	12.0%	10 2013	75	8	10.7%
146	Mauritius	12 2014	69	8	11.6%	---	---	---	---
147	Georgia	10 2012	150	17	11.3%	---	---	---	---
148	Antigua and Barbuda	6 2014	18	2	11.1%	6 2014	17	7	41.2%
149	Liberia	10 2011	73	8	11.0%	12 2014	30	3	10.0%
150	Ghana	12 2012	275	30	10.9%	---	---	---	---
151	Armenia	5 2012	131	14	10.7%	---	---	---	---
152	Malaysia	5 2013	222	23	10.4%	N.A.	65	15	23.1%
153	Hungary	4 2014	198	20	10.1%	---	---	---	---
154	Brazil	10 2014	513	51	9.9%	10 2014	81	13	16.0%
"	Myanmar	11 2015	433	43	9.9%	11 2015	224	23	10.3%
156	Botswana	10 2014	63	6	9.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Japan	12 2014	475	45	9.5%	7 2013	242	38	15.7%
158	Burkina Faso	11 2015	127	12	9.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Gambia	3 2012	53	5	9.4%	---	---	---	---
160	Cote d'Ivoire	12 2011	251	23	9.2%	---	---	---	---
161	Marshall Islands	11 2015	33	3	9.1%	---	---	---	---
162	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11 2011	492	44	8.9%	1 2007	108	5	4.6%
163	Mali	11 2013	147	13	8.8%	---	---	---	---
164	Bhutan	7 2013	47	4	8.5%	4 2013	25	2	8.0%
165	Bahrain	11 2014	40	3	7.5%	12 2014	40	9	22.5%
166	Congo	7 2012	136	10	7.4%	10 2014	72	14	19.4%
167	Benin	4 2015	83	6	7.2%	---	---	---	---
168	Tuvalu	3 2015	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
169	Kiribati	12 2015	46	3	6.5%	---	---	---	---
170	Swaziland	9 2013	65	4	6.2%	10 2013	30	10	33.3%
171	Samoa	3 2011	49	3	6.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Thailand	8 2014	197	12	6.1%	---	---	---	---
173	Maldives	3 2014	85	5	5.9%	---	---	---	---
174	Sri Lanka	8 2015	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---	---
175	Nigeria	3 2015	360	20	5.6%	3 2015	108	7	6.5%
176	Nauru	6 2013	19	1	5.3%	---	---	---	---
177	Belize	3 2012	32	1	3.1%	3 2012	13	5	38.5%
"	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5 2012	290	9	3.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Lebanon	6 2009	128	4	3.1%	---	---	---	---
180	Comoros	1 2015	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
181	Papua New Guinea	6 2012	111	3	2.7%	---	---	---	---
182	Solomon Islands	11 2014	50	1	2.0%	---	---	---	---
183	Kuwait	7 2013	65	1	1.5%	---	---	---	---
184	Oman	10 2015	85	1	1.2%	11 2015	85	13	15.3%
185	Haiti	8 2015	92	0	0.0%	8 2015	24	0	0.0%
"	Micronesia (Federated States of)	3 2015	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Palau	11 2012	16	0	0.0%	11 2012	13	3	23.1%
"	Qatar	7 2013	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Tonga	11 2014	26	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Vanuatu	1 2016	52	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Yemen	4 2003	300	0	0.0%	4 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.