Women in Parliaments: World Classification

Women
in national parliaments

Situation as of 1st April 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 April 2016. 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	51	63.8%	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	Seychelles	29.09.2011	32	14	43.8%	---	---	---	---
5	Sweden	14.09.2014	349	152	43.6%	---	---	---	---
6	Senegal	01.07.2012	150	64	42.7%	---	---	---	---
7	Mexico	07.06.2015	500	212	42.4%	01.07.2012	128	43	33.6%
"	South Africa ¹	07.05.2014	399	169	42.4%	21.05.2014	54	19	35.2%
9	Ecuador	17.02.2013	137	57	41.6%	---	---	---	---
10	Finland	19.04.2015	200	83	41.5%	---	---	---	---
11	Iceland	27.04.2013	63	26	41.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Namibia	29.11.2014	104	43	41.3%	08.12.2015	42	10	23.8%
"	Nicaragua	06.11.2011	92	38	41.3%	---	---	---	---
14	Spain	20.12.2015	350	140	40.0%	20.12.2015	265	104	39.2%
15	Mozambique	15.10.2014	250	99	39.6%	---	---	---	---
"	Norway	09.09.2013	169	67	39.6%	---	---	---	---
17	Andorra	01.03.2015	28	11	39.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Belgium	25.05.2014	150	59	39.3%	03.07.2014	60	30	50.0%
19	Ethiopia	24.05.2015	547	212	38.8%	05.10.2015	153	49	32.0%
20	Timor-Leste	07.07.2012	65	25	38.5%	---	---	---	---
21	Denmark	18.06.2015	179	67	37.4%	---	---	---	---
22	Netherlands	12.09.2012	150	56	37.3%	26.05.2015	75	26	34.7%
23	Angola	31.08.2012	220	81	36.8%	---	---	---	---
24	Slovenia	13.07.2014	90	33	36.7%	20.11.2012	40	3	7.5%
25	United Republic of Tanzania	25.10.2015	372	136	36.6%	---	---	---	---
26	Germany	22.09.2013	631	230	36.5%	N.A.	69	28	40.6%
27	Burundi	29.06.2015	121	44	36.4%	24.07.2015	43	18	41.9%
28	Argentina	25.10.2015	257	92	35.8%	25.10.2015	72	30	41.7%
29	Portugal	04.10.2015	230	80	34.8%	---	---	---	---
30	Serbia	16.03.2014	250	85	34.0%	---	---	---	---
31	Uganda	18.02.2016	427	143	33.5%	---	---	---	---
32	Costa Rica	02.02.2014	57	19	33.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Grenada	19.02.2013	15	5	33.3%	27.03.2013	13	2	15.4%
"	The F.Y.R. of Macedonia	27.04.2014	123	41	33.3%	---	---	---	---
35	El Salvador	01.03.2015	84	27	32.1%	---	---	---	---
36	Switzerland	18.10.2015	200	64	32.0%	23.10.2011	46	7	15.2%
37	Algeria	10.05.2012	462	146	31.6%	29.12.2015	143	10	7.0%
38	Zimbabwe	31.07.2013	270	85	31.5%	31.07.2013	80	38	47.5%
39	New Zealand	20.09.2014	121	38	31.4%	---	---	---	---
40	Tunisia	26.10.2014	217	68	31.3%	---	---	---	---
41	Cameroon	30.09.2013	180	56	31.1%	14.04.2013	100	20	20.0%
42	Italy	24.02.2013	630	195	31.0%	24.02.2013	321	91	28.3%
"	Trinidad and Tobago	07.09.2015	42	13	31.0%	23.09.2015	31	10	32.3%
44	Austria	29.09.2013	183	56	30.6%	N.A.	61	18	29.5%
45	Sudan	13.04.2015	426	130	30.5%	01.06.2015	54	19	35.2%
46	Guyana	11.05.2015	69	21	30.4%	---	---	---	---
47	Nepal	19.11.2013	595	176	29.6%	---	---	---	---
48	United Kingdom	07.05.2015	650	191	29.4%	N.A.	782	192	24.6%
49	Luxembourg	20.10.2013	60	17	28.3%	---	---	---	---
50	Afghanistan	18.09.2010	249	69	27.7%	10.01.2015	68	18	26.5%
51	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20.03.2016	149	41	27.5%	---	---	---	---
52	Poland	25.10.2015	460	126	27.4%	25.10.2015	100	13	13.0%
53	Belarus	23.09.2012	110	30	27.3%	30.08.2012	58	19	32.8%
54	Philippines	13.05.2013	290	79	27.2%	13.05.2013	24	6	25.0%
55	Kazakhstan	20.03.2016	107	29	27.1%	01.10.2014	47	3	6.4%
56	Australia	07.09.2013	150	40	26.7%	07.09.2013	76	29	38.2%
"	Israel	17.03.2015	120	32	26.7%	---	---	---	---
58	Iraq	30.04.2014	328	87	26.5%	---	---	---	---
"	South Sudan	06.08.2011	332	88	26.5%	05.08.2011	50	5	10.0%
60	France	10.06.2012	577	151	26.2%	28.09.2014	348	87	25.0%
61	Canada	19.10.2015	338	88	26.0%	N.A.	88	34	38.6%
62	Honduras	24.11.2013	128	33	25.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkmenistan	15.12.2013	124	32	25.8%	---	---	---	---
64	Suriname	24.05.2015	51	13	25.5%	---	---	---	---
65	Mauritania	23.11.2013	147	37	25.2%	08.11.2009	56	8	14.3%
66	Lesotho	28.02.2015	120	30	25.0%	26.03.2015	33	8	24.2%
67	Viet Nam	22.05.2011	498	121	24.3%	---	---	---	---
68	Equatorial Guinea	26.05.2013	100	24	24.0%	26.05.2013	73	10	13.7%
"	Singapore	11.09.2015	100	24	24.0%	---	---	---	---
70	Estonia	01.03.2015	101	24	23.8%	---	---	---	---
71	Cabo Verde	20.03.2016	72	17	23.6%	---	---	---	---
"	China	05.03.2013	2959	699	23.6%	---	---	---	---
73	Lithuania	14.10.2012	141	33	23.4%	---	---	---	---
74	United Arab Emirates	24.09.2011	40	9	22.5%	---	---	---	---
75	Peru	10.04.2011	130	29	22.3%	---	---	---	---
76	Ireland	26.02.2016	158	35	22.2%	26.04.2011	60	18	30.0%
77	Eritrea	01.02.1994	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---	---
78	Dominica	08.12.2014	32	7	21.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Guinea	28.09.2013	114	25	21.9%	---	---	---	---
80	Republic of Moldova	30.11.2014	101	22	21.8%	---	---	---	---
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.10.2014	42	9	21.4%	29.01.2015	15	2	13.3%
82	Dominican Republic	16.05.2010	183	38	20.8%	16.05.2010	32	3	9.4%
"	Monaco	10.02.2013	24	5	20.8%	---	---	---	---
84	Albania	23.06.2013	140	29	20.7%	---	---	---	---
85	Pakistan	11.05.2013	340	70	20.6%	05.03.2015	104	19	18.3%
86	Madagascar	20.12.2013	151	31	20.5%	29.12.2015	63	12	19.0%
87	Bulgaria	05.10.2014	240	49	20.4%	---	---	---	---
88	Cambodia	28.07.2013	123	25	20.3%	29.01.2012	61	10	16.4%
89	Bangladesh	05.01.2014	350	70	20.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Czech Republic	25.10.2013	200	40	20.0%	10.10.2014	81	15	18.5%
"	Liechtenstein	03.02.2013	25	5	20.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Slovakia	05.03.2016	150	30	20.0%	---	---	---	---
93	Colombia	09.03.2014	166	33	19.9%	09.03.2014	102	23	22.5%
"	Saudi Arabia	15.01.2013	151	30	19.9%	---	---	---	---
95	Greece	20.09.2015	300	59	19.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Kenya	04.03.2013	350	69	19.7%	04.03.2013	68	18	26.5%
97	United States of America	04.11.2014	434	84	19.4%	04.11.2014	100	20	20.0%
98	Kyrgyzstan	04.10.2015	120	23	19.2%	---	---	---	---
99	Tajikistan	01.03.2015	63	12	19.0%	27.03.2015	32	2	6.3%
100	Panama	04.05.2014	71	13	18.3%	---	---	---	---
101	Sao Tome and Principe	12.10.2014	55	10	18.2%	---	---	---	---
102	Latvia	04.10.2014	100	18	18.0%	---	---	---	---
103	Togo	25.07.2013	91	16	17.6%	---	---	---	---
104	Jamaica	22.02.2016	63	11	17.5%	10.03.2016	21	5	23.8%
105	Montenegro	14.10.2012	81	14	17.3%	---	---	---	---
106	Indonesia	09.04.2014	555	95	17.1%	---	---	---	---
107	Morocco	25.11.2011	395	67	17.0%	02.10.2015	120	14	11.7%
108	Azerbaijan	01.11.2015	124	21	16.9%	---	---	---	---
109	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	28.11.2011	18	3	16.7%	05.01.2012	11	3	27.3%
"	San Marino	11.11.2012	60	10	16.7%	---	---	---	---
113	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	09.03.2014	687	112	16.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Republic of Korea	11.04.2012	300	49	16.3%	---	---	---	---
115	Uruguay	26.10.2014	99	16	16.2%	26.10.2014	31	9	29.0%
116	Fiji	17.09.2014	50	8	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%
119	Chile	17.11.2013	120	19	15.8%	17.11.2013	38	6	15.8%
120	Croatia	08.11.2015	151	23	15.2%	---	---	---	---
121	Paraguay	21.04.2013	80	12	15.0%	21.04.2013	45	9	20.0%
122	Chad	13.02.2011	188	28	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Egypt	17.10.2015	596	89	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Turkey	01.11.2015	550	82	14.9%	---	---	---	---
125	Niger	21.02.2016	171	25	14.6%	---	---	---	---
126	Mongolia	28.06.2012	76	11	14.5%	---	---	---	---
127	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	06.12.2015	167	24	14.4%	---	---	---	---
128	Gabon	17.12.2011	120	17	14.2%	13.12.2014	99	18	18.2%
129	Guatemala	06.09.2015	158	22	13.9%	---	---	---	---
130	Somalia	20.08.2012	275	38	13.8%	---	---	---	---
131	Guinea-Bissau	13.04.2014	102	14	13.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Romania	09.12.2012	401	55	13.7%	09.12.2012	168	13	7.7%
133	Russian Federation	04.12.2011	450	61	13.6%	N.A.	170	29	17.1%
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.02.2015	15	2	13.3%	---	---	---	---
135	Bahamas	07.05.2012	38	5	13.2%	23.05.2012	16	4	25.0%
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	09.12.2015	23	3	13.0%	---	---	---	---
137	Malta	09.03.2013	70	9	12.9%	---	---	---	---
138	Djibouti	22.02.2013	55	7	12.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Zambia	20.09.2011	158	20	12.7%	---	---	---	---
140	Cyprus	22.05.2011	56	7	12.5%	---	---	---	---
141	Sierra Leone	17.11.2012	121	15	12.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Syrian Arab Republic	07.05.2012	250	31	12.4%	---	---	---	---
143	Ukraine	26.10.2014	422	51	12.1%	---	---	---	---
144	India	07.04.2014	543	65	12.0%	21.03.2016	241	29	12.0%
"	Jordan	23.01.2013	150	18	12.0%	25.10.2013	75	8	10.7%
146	Mauritius	10.12.2014	69	8	11.6%	---	---	---	---
147	Georgia	01.10.2012	150	17	11.3%	---	---	---	---
148	Antigua and Barbuda	12.06.2014	18	2	11.1%	25.06.2014	17	7	41.2%
149	Liberia	11.10.2011	73	8	11.0%	20.12.2014	30	3	10.0%
150	Ghana	07.12.2012	275	30	10.9%	---	---	---	---
151	Armenia	06.05.2012	131	14	10.7%	---	---	---	---
152	Malaysia	05.05.2013	222	23	10.4%	N.A.	64	14	21.9%
153	Hungary	06.04.2014	198	20	10.1%	---	---	---	---
154	Samoa	04.03.2016	50	5	10.0%	---	---	---	---
155	Brazil	05.10.2014	513	51	9.9%	05.10.2014	81	13	16.0%
"	Myanmar	08.11.2015	433	43	9.9%	08.11.2015	224	23	10.3%
157	Botswana	24.10.2014	63	6	9.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Japan	14.12.2014	475	45	9.5%	21.07.2013	242	38	15.7%
159	Burkina Faso	29.11.2015	127	12	9.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Gambia	29.03.2012	53	5	9.4%	---	---	---	---
161	Cote d'Ivoire	11.12.2011	251	23	9.2%	---	---	---	---
162	Marshall Islands	16.11.2015	33	3	9.1%	---	---	---	---
163	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.11.2011	492	44	8.9%	19.01.2007	108	5	4.6%
164	Mali	24.11.2013	147	13	8.8%	---	---	---	---
165	Central African Republic	14.02.2016	128	11	8.6%	---	---	---	---
166	Bhutan	13.07.2013	47	4	8.5%	23.04.2013	25	2	8.0%
167	Bahrain	22.11.2014	40	3	7.5%	07.12.2014	40	9	22.5%
168	Congo	15.07.2012	136	10	7.4%	12.10.2014	72	14	19.4%
169	Benin	26.04.2015	83	6	7.2%	---	---	---	---
170	Tuvalu	31.03.2015	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
171	Brunei Darussalam	05.03.2016	31	2	6.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Kiribati	30.12.2015	46	3	6.5%	---	---	---	---
173	Swaziland	20.09.2013	65	4	6.2%	30.10.2013	30	10	33.3%
174	Thailand	07.08.2014	197	12	6.1%	---	---	---	---
175	Maldives	22.03.2014	85	5	5.9%	---	---	---	---
176	Sri Lanka	17.08.2015	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---	---
177	Nigeria	28.03.2015	360	20	5.6%	28.03.2015	108	7	6.5%
178	Nauru	08.06.2013	19	1	5.3%	---	---	---	---
179	Belize	07.03.2012	32	1	3.1%	21.03.2012	13	5	38.5%
"	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	04.05.2012	290	9	3.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Lebanon	07.06.2009	128	4	3.1%	---	---	---	---
182	Comoros	25.01.2015	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
183	Papua New Guinea	23.06.2012	111	3	2.7%	---	---	---	---
184	Solomon Islands	19.11.2014	50	1	2.0%	---	---	---	---
185	Kuwait	27.07.2013	65	1	1.5%	---	---	---	---
186	Oman	25.10.2015	85	1	1.2%	07.11.2015	85	14	16.5%
187	Haiti	09.08.2015	92	0	0.0%	09.08.2015	23	0	0.0%
"	Micronesia (Federated States of)	03.03.2015	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Palau	06.11.2012	16	0	0.0%	06.11.2012	13	3	23.1%
"	Qatar	01.07.2013	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Tonga	27.11.2014	26	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Vanuatu	22.01.2016	52	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Yemen	27.04.2003	300	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.