Women in Parliaments: World Classification

Women
in national parliaments

Situation as of 1st September 2013

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 September 2013. 188 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 2008	80	45	56.3%	9 2011	26	10	38.5%
2	Andorra	4 2011	28	14	50.0%	---	---	---	---
3	Cuba	2 2013	612	299	48.9%	---	---	---	---
4	Sweden	9 2010	349	156	44.7%	---	---	---	---
5	Seychelles	9 2011	32	14	43.8%	---	---	---	---
6	Senegal	7 2012	150	64	42.7%	---	---	---	---
7	Finland	4 2011	200	85	42.5%	---	---	---	---
8	South Africa ¹	4 2009	400	169	42.3%	4 2009	53	17	32.1%
9	Nicaragua	11 2011	92	37	40.2%	---	---	---	---
10	Iceland	4 2013	63	25	39.7%	---	---	---	---
11	Norway	9 2009	169	67	39.6%	---	---	---	---
12	Mozambique	10 2009	250	98	39.2%	---	---	---	---
13	Denmark	9 2011	179	70	39.1%	---	---	---	---
14	Ecuador	2 2013	137	53	38.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Netherlands	9 2012	150	58	38.7%	5 2011	75	27	36.0%
15	Costa Rica	2 2010	57	22	38.6%	---	---	---	---
16	Timor-Leste	7 2012	65	25	38.5%	---	---	---	---
17	Belgium	6 2010	150	57	38.0%	6 2010	71	29	40.8%
18	Argentina	10 2011	257	96	37.4%	10 2011	72	28	38.9%
19	Mexico	7 2012	500	184	36.8%	7 2012	128	42	32.8%
20	Spain	11 2011	350	126	36.0%	11 2011	266	91	34.2%
"	United Republic of Tanzania	10 2010	350	126	36.0%	---	---	---	---
21	Uganda	2 2011	386	135	35.0%	---	---	---	---
22	Angola	8 2012	220	75	34.1%	---	---	---	---
"	The F.Y.R. of Macedonia	6 2011	123	42	34.1%	---	---	---	---
23	Grenada	2 2013	15	5	33.3%	3 2013	13	2	15.4%
24	Nepal	4 2008	594	197	33.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Serbia	5 2012	250	83	33.2%	---	---	---	---
25	Germany	9 2009	620	204	32.9%	N.A.	69	19	27.5%
26	New Zealand	11 2011	121	39	32.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Slovenia	12 2011	90	29	32.2%	11 2012	40	3	7.5%
27	Algeria	5 2012	462	146	31.6%	12 2012	142	10	7.0%
28	Zimbabwe	7 2013	270	85	31.5%	7 2013	80	38	47.5%
29	Italy	2 2013	630	198	31.4%	2 2013	317	92	29.0%
30	Guyana	11 2011	67	21	31.3%	---	---	---	---
31	Burundi	7 2010	105	32	30.5%	7 2010	41	19	46.3%
32	Switzerland	10 2011	200	58	29.0%	10 2011	46	9	19.6%
33	Portugal	6 2011	230	66	28.7%	---	---	---	---
34	Trinidad and Tobago	5 2010	42	12	28.6%	6 2010	31	7	22.6%
35	Austria	9 2008	183	51	27.9%	N.A.	61	19	31.1%
36	Ethiopia	5 2010	547	152	27.8%	5 2010	135	22	16.3%
37	Afghanistan	9 2010	249	69	27.7%	1 2011	102	28	27.5%
38	Philippines	5 2013	288	78	27.1%	5 2013	24	6	25.0%
39	France	6 2012	577	155	26.9%	9 2011	347	77	22.2%
40	Lesotho	5 2012	120	32	26.7%	6 2012	33	9	27.3%
"	Tunisia	10 2011	217	58	26.7%	---	---	---	---
41	Belarus	9 2012	109	29	26.6%	8 2012	57	20	35.1%
42	South Sudan	8 2011	332	88	26.5%	8 2011	50	5	10.0%
43	El Salvador	3 2012	84	22	26.2%	---	---	---	---
44	Bolivia	12 2009	130	33	25.4%	12 2009	36	17	47.2%
45	Iraq	3 2010	325	82	25.2%	---	---	---	---
46	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4 2011	132	33	25.0%	---	---	---	---
47	Australia	8 2010	150	37	24.7%	8 2010	76	29	38.2%
"	Canada	5 2011	308	76	24.7%	N.A.	103	39	37.9%
48	Bulgaria	5 2013	240	59	24.6%	---	---	---	---
"	Sudan	4 2010	354	87	24.6%	5 2010	28	5	17.9%
49	Namibia	11 2009	78	19	24.4%	11 2010	26	7	26.9%
"	Viet Nam	5 2011	500	122	24.4%	---	---	---	---
50	Kazakhstan	1 2012	107	26	24.3%	8 2011	47	2	4.3%
51	Singapore	5 2011	99	24	24.2%	---	---	---	---
52	Lithuania	10 2012	141	34	24.1%	---	---	---	---
53	Croatia	12 2011	151	36	23.8%	---	---	---	---
54	Poland	10 2011	460	109	23.7%	10 2011	100	13	13.0%
55	China	3 2013	2987	699	23.4%	---	---	---	---
56	Kyrgyzstan	10 2010	120	28	23.3%	---	---	---	---
57	Latvia	9 2011	100	23	23.0%	---	---	---	---
58	Israel	1 2013	120	27	22.5%	---	---	---	---
"	United Kingdom	5 2010	650	146	22.5%	N.A.	760	172	22.6%
59	Malawi	5 2009	193	43	22.3%	---	---	---	---
60	Mauritania	11 2006	95	21	22.1%	11 2009	56	8	14.3%
61	Czech Republic	5 2010	200	44	22.0%	10 2012	81	14	17.3%
"	Equatorial Guinea	5 2013	100	22	22.0%	5 2013	70	10	14.3%
"	Eritrea	2 1994	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Uzbekistan	12 2009	150	33	22.0%	1 2010	100	15	15.0%
62	Luxembourg	6 2009	60	13	21.7%	---	---	---	---
63	Peru	4 2011	130	28	21.5%	---	---	---	---
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 2010	42	9	21.4%	6 2011	15	2	13.3%
65	Greece	6 2012	300	63	21.0%	---	---	---	---
66	Cape Verde	2 2011	72	15	20.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Dominican Republic	5 2010	183	38	20.8%	5 2010	32	3	9.4%
"	Estonia	3 2011	101	21	20.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Monaco	2 2013	24	5	20.8%	---	---	---	---
67	Pakistan	5 2013	323	67	20.7%	3 2012	104	17	16.3%
68	Liechtenstein	2 2013	25	5	20.0%	---	---	---	---
69	Saudi Arabia	1 2013	151	30	19.9%	---	---	---	---
70	Republic of Moldova	11 2010	101	20	19.8%	---	---	---	---
71	Bangladesh	12 2008	350	69	19.7%	---	---	---	---
72	Honduras	11 2009	128	25	19.5%	---	---	---	---
73	Tajikistan	2 2010	63	12	19.0%	3 2010	34	5	14.7%
74	Mauritius	5 2010	69	13	18.8%	---	---	---	---
75	Slovakia	3 2012	150	28	18.7%	---	---	---	---
76	Indonesia	4 2009	560	104	18.6%	---	---	---	---
"	Kenya	3 2013	350	65	18.6%	3 2013	68	18	26.5%
77	San Marino	11 2012	60	11	18.3%	---	---	---	---
78	Sao Tome and Principe	8 2010	55	10	18.2%	---	---	---	---
79	Albania	6 2013	140	25	17.9%	---	---	---	---
80	United States of America	11 2012	433	77	17.8%	11 2012	100	20	20.0%
81	Madagascar	10 2010	366	64	17.5%	10 2010	164	20	12.2%
"	Paraguay	4 2013	80	14	17.5%	4 2013	45	9	20.0%
"	United Arab Emirates	9 2011	40	7	17.5%	---	---	---	---
82	Montenegro	10 2012	81	14	17.3%	---	---	---	---
83	Morocco	11 2011	395	67	17.0%	10 2009	270	6	2.2%
"	Venezuela	9 2010	165	28	17.0%	---	---	---	---
84	Turkmenistan	12 2008	125	21	16.8%	---	---	---	---
85	Barbados	2 2013	30	5	16.7%	3 2013	21	6	28.6%
"	Saint Lucia	11 2011	18	3	16.7%	1 2012	11	2	18.2%
86	Libya	7 2012	200	33	16.5%	---	---	---	---
87	Azerbaijan	11 2010	125	20	16.0%	---	---	---	---
88	Gabon	12 2011	114	18	15.8%	1 2009	102	18	17.6%
"	Thailand	7 2011	500	79	15.8%	4 2011	149	23	15.4%
89	Burkina Faso	12 2012	127	20	15.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Ireland	2 2011	166	26	15.7%	4 2011	60	18	30.0%
"	Republic of Korea	4 2012	300	47	15.7%	---	---	---	---
90	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3 2009	687	107	15.6%	---	---	---	---
91	Togo	7 2013	91	14	15.4%	---	---	---	---
92	Chad	2 2011	188	28	14.9%	---	---	---	---
"	Mongolia	6 2012	74	11	14.9%	---	---	---	---
93	Malta	3 2013	70	10	14.3%	---	---	---	---
94	Chile	12 2009	120	17	14.2%	12 2009	38	5	13.2%
"	Turkey	6 2011	550	78	14.2%	---	---	---	---
95	Guinea-Bissau	11 2008	100	14	14.0%	---	---	---	---
96	Cameroon	7 2007	180	25	13.9%	4 2013	100	20	20.0%
97	Somalia	8 2012	275	38	13.8%	---	---	---	---
98	Russian Federation	12 2011	450	61	13.6%	N.A.	163	13	8.0%
"	Swaziland	9 2008	66	9	13.6%	10 2008	30	12	40.0%
99	Guatemala	9 2011	158	21	13.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Niger	1 2011	113	15	13.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Romania	12 2012	412	55	13.3%	12 2012	176	13	7.4%
100	Bahamas	5 2012	38	5	13.2%	5 2012	16	4	25.0%
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12 2010	23	3	13.0%	---	---	---	---
102	Djibouti	2 2013	55	7	12.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Jamaica	12 2011	63	8	12.7%	9 2007	21	5	23.8%
103	Dominica	12 2009	32	4	12.5%	---	---	---	---
104	Sierra Leone	11 2012	121	15	12.4%	---	---	---	---
105	Jordan	1 2013	148	18	12.2%	10 2011	60	7	11.7%
106	Colombia	3 2010	165	20	12.1%	3 2010	100	16	16.0%
"	Uruguay	10 2009	99	12	12.1%	10 2009	31	4	12.9%
107	Georgia	10 2012	150	18	12.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Syrian Arab Republic	5 2012	250	30	12.0%	---	---	---	---
108	Suriname	5 2010	51	6	11.8%	---	---	---	---
109	Zambia	9 2011	157	18	11.5%	---	---	---	---
110	India	4 2009	545	60	11.0%	1 2012	245	26	10.6%
"	Liberia	10 2011	73	8	11.0%	10 2011	30	4	13.3%
111	Ghana	12 2012	275	30	10.9%	---	---	---	---
112	Armenia	5 2012	131	14	10.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Cyprus	5 2011	56	6	10.7%	---	---	---	---
113	Antigua and Barbuda	3 2009	19	2	10.5%	4 2009	17	5	29.4%
114	Cote d'Ivoire	12 2011	249	26	10.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Malaysia	5 2013	222	23	10.4%	N.A.	51	15	29.4%
115	Mali	7 2007	147	15	10.2%	---	---	---	---
116	Bahrain	10 2010	40	4	10.0%	11 2010	40	11	27.5%
117	Ukraine	10 2012	445	42	9.4%	---	---	---	---
118	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11 2011	492	44	8.9%	1 2007	108	6	5.6%
119	Hungary	4 2010	386	34	8.8%	---	---	---	---
120	Kiribati	10 2011	46	4	8.7%	---	---	---	---
121	Brazil	10 2010	513	44	8.6%	10 2010	81	13	16.0%
122	Panama	5 2009	71	6	8.5%	---	---	---	---
123	Benin	4 2011	83	7	8.4%	---	---	---	---
124	Japan	12 2012	480	39	8.1%	7 2013	242	39	16.1%
125	Botswana	10 2009	63	5	7.9%	---	---	---	---
126	Gambia	3 2012	53	4	7.5%	---	---	---	---
127	Congo	7 2012	136	10	7.4%	10 2011	72	10	13.9%
128	Nigeria	4 2011	360	24	6.7%	4 2011	109	7	6.4%
"	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 2010	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Tuvalu	9 2010	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
129	Maldives	5 2009	77	5	6.5%	---	---	---	---
130	Bhutan	7 2013	47	3	6.4%	4 2013	25	2	8.0%
131	Kuwait	7 2013	65	4	6.2%	---	---	---	---
132	Myanmar	11 2010	431	26	6.0%	11 2010	224	4	1.8%
133	Sri Lanka	4 2010	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---	---
134	Nauru	6 2013	19	1	5.3%	---	---	---	---
135	Haiti	11 2010	95	4	4.2%	11 2010	20	0	0.0%
136	Samoa	3 2011	49	2	4.1%	---	---	---	---
137	Tonga	11 2010	28	1	3.6%	---	---	---	---
138	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%	---	---	---	---
139	Comoros	12 2009	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Marshall Islands	11 2011	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
140	Papua New Guinea	6 2012	111	3	2.7%	---	---	---	---
141	Solomon Islands	8 2010	50	1	2.0%	---	---	---	---
142	Oman	10 2011	84	1	1.2%	10 2011	83	15	18.1%
143	Yemen	4 2003	301	1	0.3%	4 2001	111	2	1.8%
144	Micronesia (Federated States of)	3 2013	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Palau	11 2012	16	0	0.0%	11 2012	13	3	23.1%
"	Qatar	7 2013	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Vanuatu	10 2012	52	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
142	Cambodia	7 2013	123	?	?	1 2012	61	9	14.8%

* 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.