WORLD CLASSIFICATION |
Rank | Country | Lower or single House | Upper House or Senate |
Elections | Seats* | Women | % W | Elections | Seats* | Women | % W |
1 | Rwanda | 9 2013 | 80 | 51 | 63.8% | 9 2011 | 26 | 10 | 38.5%
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2 | Bolivia | 10 2014 | 130 | 69 | 53.1% | 10 2014 | 36 | 17 | 47.2%
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3 | Cuba | 2 2013 | 612 | 299 | 48.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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4 | Seychelles | 9 2011 | 32 | 14 | 43.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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5 | Sweden | 9 2014 | 349 | 152 | 43.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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6 | Senegal | 7 2012 | 150 | 64 | 42.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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7 | Mexico | 6 2015 | 500 | 212 | 42.4% | 7 2012 | 128 | 43 | 33.6%
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" | South Africa 1 | 5 2014 | 399 | 169 | 42.4% | 5 2014 | 54 | 19 | 35.2%
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9 | Ecuador | 2 2013 | 137 | 57 | 41.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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10 | Finland | 4 2015 | 200 | 83 | 41.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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11 | Iceland | 4 2013 | 63 | 26 | 41.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Namibia | 11 2014 | 104 | 43 | 41.3% | 12 2015 | 42 | 10 | 23.8%
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" | Nicaragua | 11 2011 | 92 | 38 | 41.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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14 | Spain | 12 2015 | 350 | 140 | 40.0% | 12 2015 | 265 | 104 | 39.2%
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15 | Mozambique | 10 2014 | 250 | 99 | 39.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Norway | 9 2013 | 169 | 67 | 39.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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17 | Andorra | 3 2015 | 28 | 11 | 39.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Belgium | 5 2014 | 150 | 59 | 39.3% | 7 2014 | 60 | 30 | 50.0%
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19 | Ethiopia | 5 2015 | 547 | 212 | 38.8% | 10 2015 | 153 | 49 | 32.0%
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20 | Timor-Leste | 7 2012 | 65 | 25 | 38.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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21 | Denmark | 6 2015 | 179 | 67 | 37.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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22 | Netherlands | 9 2012 | 150 | 56 | 37.3% | 5 2015 | 75 | 26 | 34.7%
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23 | Angola | 8 2012 | 220 | 81 | 36.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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24 | Slovenia | 7 2014 | 90 | 33 | 36.7% | 11 2012 | 40 | 3 | 7.5%
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25 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10 2015 | 372 | 136 | 36.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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26 | Germany | 9 2013 | 631 | 230 | 36.5% | N.A. | 69 | 28 | 40.6%
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27 | Burundi | 6 2015 | 121 | 44 | 36.4% | 7 2015 | 43 | 18 | 41.9%
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28 | Argentina | 10 2015 | 257 | 92 | 35.8% | 10 2015 | 72 | 30 | 41.7%
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29 | Uganda | 2 2011 | 386 | 135 | 35.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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30 | Portugal | 10 2015 | 230 | 80 | 34.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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31 | Serbia | 3 2014 | 250 | 85 | 34.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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32 | Costa Rica | 2 2014 | 57 | 19 | 33.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Grenada | 2 2013 | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | 3 2013 | 13 | 2 | 15.4%
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" | The F.Y.R. of Macedonia | 4 2014 | 123 | 41 | 33.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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35 | El Salvador | 3 2015 | 84 | 27 | 32.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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36 | Switzerland | 10 2015 | 200 | 64 | 32.0% | 10 2011 | 46 | 7 | 15.2%
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37 | Algeria | 5 2012 | 462 | 146 | 31.6% | 12 2015 | 143 | 10 | 7.0%
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38 | Zimbabwe | 7 2013 | 270 | 85 | 31.5% | 7 2013 | 80 | 38 | 47.5%
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39 | New Zealand | 9 2014 | 121 | 38 | 31.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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40 | Tunisia | 10 2014 | 217 | 68 | 31.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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41 | Cameroon | 9 2013 | 180 | 56 | 31.1% | 4 2013 | 100 | 20 | 20.0%
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42 | Italy | 2 2013 | 630 | 195 | 31.0% | 2 2013 | 321 | 91 | 28.3%
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" | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 2015 | 42 | 13 | 31.0% | 9 2015 | 31 | 10 | 32.3%
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44 | Austria | 9 2013 | 183 | 56 | 30.6% | N.A. | 61 | 18 | 29.5%
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45 | Sudan | 4 2015 | 426 | 130 | 30.5% | 6 2015 | 54 | 19 | 35.2%
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46 | Guyana | 5 2015 | 69 | 21 | 30.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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47 | Nepal | 11 2013 | 595 | 176 | 29.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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48 | United Kingdom | 5 2015 | 650 | 191 | 29.4% | N.A. | 782 | 192 | 24.6%
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49 | Luxembourg | 10 2013 | 60 | 17 | 28.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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50 | Afghanistan | 9 2010 | 249 | 69 | 27.7% | 1 2015 | 68 | 18 | 26.5%
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51 | Poland | 10 2015 | 460 | 126 | 27.4% | 10 2015 | 100 | 13 | 13.0%
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52 | Belarus | 9 2012 | 110 | 30 | 27.3% | 8 2012 | 58 | 19 | 32.8%
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53 | Philippines | 5 2013 | 290 | 79 | 27.2% | 5 2013 | 24 | 6 | 25.0%
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54 | Australia | 9 2013 | 150 | 40 | 26.7% | 9 2013 | 76 | 29 | 38.2%
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" | Israel | 3 2015 | 120 | 32 | 26.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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56 | Iraq | 4 2014 | 328 | 87 | 26.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | South Sudan | 8 2011 | 332 | 88 | 26.5% | 8 2011 | 50 | 5 | 10.0%
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58 | France | 6 2012 | 577 | 151 | 26.2% | 9 2014 | 348 | 87 | 25.0%
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" | Kazakhstan | 1 2012 | 107 | 28 | 26.2% | 10 2014 | 47 | 3 | 6.4%
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60 | Canada | 10 2015 | 338 | 88 | 26.0% | N.A. | 83 | 31 | 37.3%
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61 | Honduras | 11 2013 | 128 | 33 | 25.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Turkmenistan | 12 2013 | 124 | 32 | 25.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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63 | Suriname | 5 2015 | 51 | 13 | 25.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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64 | Mauritania | 11 2013 | 147 | 37 | 25.2% | 11 2009 | 56 | 8 | 14.3%
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65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4 2011 | 132 | 33 | 25.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Lesotho | 2 2015 | 120 | 30 | 25.0% | 3 2015 | 33 | 8 | 24.2%
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67 | Viet Nam | 5 2011 | 498 | 121 | 24.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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68 | Equatorial Guinea | 5 2013 | 100 | 24 | 24.0% | 5 2013 | 73 | 10 | 13.7%
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69 | Estonia | 3 2015 | 101 | 24 | 23.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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70 | China | 3 2013 | 2959 | 699 | 23.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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71 | Lithuania | 10 2012 | 141 | 33 | 23.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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72 | Singapore | 9 2015 | 92 | 21 | 22.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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73 | United Arab Emirates | 9 2011 | 40 | 9 | 22.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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74 | Peru | 4 2011 | 130 | 29 | 22.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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75 | Ireland | 2 2016 | 158 | 35 | 22.2% | 4 2011 | 60 | 18 | 30.0%
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76 | Eritrea | 2 1994 | 150 | 33 | 22.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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77 | Dominica | 12 2014 | 32 | 7 | 21.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Guinea | 9 2013 | 114 | 25 | 21.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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79 | Republic of Moldova | 11 2014 | 101 | 22 | 21.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 2014 | 42 | 9 | 21.4% | 1 2015 | 15 | 2 | 13.3%
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81 | Cabo Verde | 2 2011 | 72 | 15 | 20.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Dominican Republic | 5 2010 | 183 | 38 | 20.8% | 5 2010 | 32 | 3 | 9.4%
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" | Monaco | 2 2013 | 24 | 5 | 20.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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84 | Albania | 6 2013 | 140 | 29 | 20.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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85 | Pakistan | 5 2013 | 340 | 70 | 20.6% | 3 2015 | 104 | 19 | 18.3%
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86 | Madagascar | 12 2013 | 151 | 31 | 20.5% | 12 2015 | 63 | 12 | 19.0%
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87 | Bulgaria | 10 2014 | 240 | 49 | 20.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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88 | Cambodia | 7 2013 | 123 | 25 | 20.3% | 1 2012 | 61 | 10 | 16.4%
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89 | Bangladesh | 1 2014 | 350 | 70 | 20.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Czech Republic | 10 2013 | 200 | 40 | 20.0% | 10 2014 | 81 | 15 | 18.5%
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" | Liechtenstein | 2 2013 | 25 | 5 | 20.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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92 | Colombia | 3 2014 | 166 | 33 | 19.9% | 3 2014 | 102 | 23 | 22.5%
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" | Saudi Arabia | 1 2013 | 151 | 30 | 19.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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94 | Greece | 9 2015 | 300 | 59 | 19.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Kenya | 3 2013 | 350 | 69 | 19.7% | 3 2013 | 68 | 18 | 26.5%
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96 | United States of America | 11 2014 | 434 | 84 | 19.4% | 11 2014 | 100 | 20 | 20.0%
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97 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 2015 | 120 | 23 | 19.2% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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98 | Tajikistan | 3 2015 | 63 | 12 | 19.0% | 3 2015 | 32 | 2 | 6.3%
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99 | Slovakia | 3 2012 | 150 | 28 | 18.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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100 | Panama | 5 2014 | 71 | 13 | 18.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 2014 | 55 | 10 | 18.2% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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102 | Latvia | 10 2014 | 100 | 18 | 18.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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103 | Togo | 7 2013 | 91 | 16 | 17.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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104 | Jamaica | 2 2016 | 63 | 11 | 17.5% | 9 2007 | 21 | 6 | 28.6%
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105 | Montenegro | 10 2012 | 81 | 14 | 17.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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106 | Indonesia | 4 2014 | 555 | 95 | 17.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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107 | Morocco | 11 2011 | 395 | 67 | 17.0% | 10 2015 | 120 | 14 | 11.7%
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108 | Azerbaijan | 11 2015 | 124 | 21 | 16.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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109 | Barbados | 2 2013 | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 3 2013 | 21 | 5 | 23.8%
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" | Malawi | 5 2014 | 192 | 32 | 16.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Saint Lucia | 11 2011 | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | 1 2012 | 11 | 3 | 27.3%
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" | San Marino | 11 2012 | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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113 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3 2014 | 687 | 112 | 16.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Republic of Korea | 4 2012 | 300 | 49 | 16.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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115 | Uruguay | 10 2014 | 99 | 16 | 16.2% | 10 2014 | 31 | 9 | 29.0%
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116 | Fiji | 9 2014 | 50 | 8 | 16.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Libya | 6 2014 | 188 | 30 | 16.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Uzbekistan | 12 2014 | 150 | 24 | 16.0% | 1 2015 | 100 | 17 | 17.0%
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119 | Chile | 11 2013 | 120 | 19 | 15.8% | 11 2013 | 38 | 6 | 15.8%
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120 | Croatia | 11 2015 | 151 | 23 | 15.2% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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121 | Paraguay | 4 2013 | 80 | 12 | 15.0% | 4 2013 | 45 | 9 | 20.0%
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122 | Chad | 2 2011 | 188 | 28 | 14.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Egypt | 10 2015 | 596 | 89 | 14.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Turkey | 11 2015 | 550 | 82 | 14.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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125 | Niger | 2 2016 | 171 | 25 | 14.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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126 | Mongolia | 6 2012 | 76 | 11 | 14.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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127 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12 2015 | 167 | 24 | 14.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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128 | Gabon | 12 2011 | 120 | 17 | 14.2% | 12 2014 | 99 | 18 | 18.2%
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129 | Guatemala | 9 2015 | 158 | 22 | 13.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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130 | Somalia | 8 2012 | 275 | 38 | 13.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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131 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 2014 | 102 | 14 | 13.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Romania | 12 2012 | 401 | 55 | 13.7% | 12 2012 | 168 | 13 | 7.7%
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133 | Russian Federation | 12 2011 | 450 | 61 | 13.6% | N.A. | 170 | 29 | 17.1%
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134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 2015 | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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135 | Bahamas | 5 2012 | 38 | 5 | 13.2% | 5 2012 | 16 | 4 | 25.0%
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136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12 2015 | 23 | 3 | 13.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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137 | Malta | 3 2013 | 70 | 9 | 12.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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138 | Djibouti | 2 2013 | 55 | 7 | 12.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Zambia | 9 2011 | 158 | 20 | 12.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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140 | Cyprus | 5 2011 | 56 | 7 | 12.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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141 | Sierra Leone | 11 2012 | 121 | 15 | 12.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Syrian Arab Republic | 5 2012 | 250 | 31 | 12.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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143 | Ukraine | 10 2014 | 422 | 51 | 12.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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144 | India | 4 2014 | 543 | 65 | 12.0% | 1 2014 | 243 | 31 | 12.8%
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" | Jordan | 1 2013 | 150 | 18 | 12.0% | 10 2013 | 75 | 8 | 10.7%
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146 | Mauritius | 12 2014 | 69 | 8 | 11.6% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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147 | Georgia | 10 2012 | 150 | 17 | 11.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 2014 | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 6 2014 | 17 | 7 | 41.2%
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149 | Liberia | 10 2011 | 73 | 8 | 11.0% | 12 2014 | 30 | 3 | 10.0%
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150 | Ghana | 12 2012 | 275 | 30 | 10.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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151 | Armenia | 5 2012 | 131 | 14 | 10.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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152 | Malaysia | 5 2013 | 222 | 23 | 10.4% | N.A. | 65 | 15 | 23.1%
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153 | Hungary | 4 2014 | 198 | 20 | 10.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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154 | Brazil | 10 2014 | 513 | 51 | 9.9% | 10 2014 | 81 | 13 | 16.0%
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" | Myanmar | 11 2015 | 433 | 43 | 9.9% | 11 2015 | 224 | 23 | 10.3%
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156 | Botswana | 10 2014 | 63 | 6 | 9.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Japan | 12 2014 | 475 | 45 | 9.5% | 7 2013 | 242 | 38 | 15.7%
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158 | Burkina Faso | 11 2015 | 127 | 12 | 9.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Gambia | 3 2012 | 53 | 5 | 9.4% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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160 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12 2011 | 251 | 23 | 9.2% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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161 | Marshall Islands | 11 2015 | 33 | 3 | 9.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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162 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11 2011 | 492 | 44 | 8.9% | 1 2007 | 108 | 5 | 4.6%
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163 | Mali | 11 2013 | 147 | 13 | 8.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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164 | Bhutan | 7 2013 | 47 | 4 | 8.5% | 4 2013 | 25 | 2 | 8.0%
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165 | Bahrain | 11 2014 | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | 12 2014 | 40 | 9 | 22.5%
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166 | Congo | 7 2012 | 136 | 10 | 7.4% | 10 2014 | 72 | 14 | 19.4%
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167 | Benin | 4 2015 | 83 | 6 | 7.2% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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168 | Tuvalu | 3 2015 | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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169 | Kiribati | 12 2015 | 46 | 3 | 6.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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170 | Swaziland | 9 2013 | 65 | 4 | 6.2% | 10 2013 | 30 | 10 | 33.3%
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171 | Samoa | 3 2011 | 49 | 3 | 6.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Thailand | 8 2014 | 197 | 12 | 6.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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173 | Maldives | 3 2014 | 85 | 5 | 5.9% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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174 | Sri Lanka | 8 2015 | 225 | 13 | 5.8% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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175 | Nigeria | 3 2015 | 360 | 20 | 5.6% | 3 2015 | 108 | 7 | 6.5%
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176 | Nauru | 6 2013 | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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177 | Belize | 3 2012 | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | 3 2012 | 13 | 5 | 38.5%
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" | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5 2012 | 290 | 9 | 3.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Lebanon | 6 2009 | 128 | 4 | 3.1% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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180 | Comoros | 1 2015 | 33 | 1 | 3.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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181 | Papua New Guinea | 6 2012 | 111 | 3 | 2.7% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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182 | Solomon Islands | 11 2014 | 50 | 1 | 2.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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183 | Kuwait | 7 2013 | 65 | 1 | 1.5% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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184 | Oman | 10 2015 | 85 | 1 | 1.2% | 11 2015 | 85 | 14 | 16.5%
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185 | Haiti | 8 2015 | 92 | 0 | 0.0% | 8 2015 | 23 | 0 | 0.0%
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" | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3 2015 | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Palau | 11 2012 | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 11 2012 | 13 | 3 | 23.1%
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" | Qatar | 7 2013 | 35 | 0 | 0.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Tonga | 11 2014 | 26 | 0 | 0.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Vanuatu | 1 2016 | 52 | 0 | 0.0% | --- | --- | --- | ---
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" | Yemen | 4 2003 | 300 | 0 | 0.0% | 4 2001 | 111 | 2 | 1.8%
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