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in national parliaments
Situation as of 1st September 2017  
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 September 2017. 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%------------
4Iceland29.10.2016633047.6%------------
5Nicaragua06.11.2016924245.7%------------
6Sweden14.09.201434915243.6%------------
7Mexico07.06.201550021342.6%01.07.20121284736.7%
8Finland19.04.20152008442.0%------------
"South Africa 107.05.201439516642.0%21.05.2014541935.2%
10Senegal30.07.20171656941.8%------------
11Namibia29.11.20141044341.3%08.12.2015421023.8%
12Mozambique15.10.20142509939.6%------------
"Norway09.09.20131696739.6%------------
14Spain26.06.201635013739.1%26.06.201626610138.0%
15France11.06.201757722539.0%28.09.20143489527.3%
16Argentina25.10.201525710038.9%25.10.2015723041.7%
17Ethiopia24.05.201554721238.8%05.10.20151534932.0%
18Angola31.08.20122208438.2%------------
19Belgium25.05.20141505738.0%03.07.2014603050.0%
"Ecuador19.02.20171375238.0%------------
21Denmark18.06.20151796737.4%------------
22Germany22.09.201363023337.0%N.A.692739.1%
23Slovenia13.07.2014903336.7%20.11.20124037.5%
24Burundi29.06.20151214436.4%24.07.2015431841.9%
"United Republic of Tanzania25.10.201539314336.4%------------
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%
30Serbia24.04.20162508634.4%------------
31Uganda18.02.201644915434.3%------------
32New Zealand20.09.20141204134.2%------------
"The F.Y.R. of Macedonia11.12.20161204134.2%------------
34Grenada19.02.201315533.3%27.03.201313215.4%
35Zimbabwe31.07.20132708832.6%31.07.2013803847.5%
36Switzerland18.10.20152006532.5%23.10.201146715.2%
37Timor-Leste22.07.2017652132.3%------------
38Andorra01.03.201528932.1%------------
"El Salvador01.03.2015842732.1%------------
40United Kingdom08.06.201765020832.0%N.A.80520725.7%
41Guyana11.05.2015692231.9%------------
42Tunisia26.10.20142176831.3%------------
43Cameroon30.09.20131805631.1%14.04.20131002020.0%
44Italy24.02.201363019531.0%24.02.20133209128.4%
"Trinidad and Tobago07.09.2015421331.0%23.09.201531929.0%
46Austria29.09.20131835630.6%N.A.611931.1%
47Sudan13.04.201542613030.5%01.06.2015541935.2%
48Nepal19.11.201359517629.6%------------
49Philippines09.05.20162928629.5%09.05.201624625.0%
50Australia02.07.20161504328.7%02.07.2016763140.8%
51South Sudan04.08.201638310928.5%05.08.201150612.0%
52Luxembourg20.10.2013601728.3%------------
53Poland25.10.201546012928.0%25.10.20151001414.0%
54Albania25.06.20171403927.9%------------
55Afghanistan18.09.20102496927.7%10.01.2015681826.5%
"Peru10.04.20161303627.7%------------
57Israel17.03.20151203327.5%------------
"Lao People's Democratic Republic20.03.20161494127.5%------------
59Kazakhstan20.03.20161072927.1%28.06.201747510.6%
60Dominican Republic15.05.20161905126.8%15.05.20163239.4%
61Estonia01.03.20151012726.7%------------
"San Marino20.11.2016601626.7%------------
"Viet Nam22.05.201649413226.7%------------
64Canada19.10.20153358826.3%N.A.1004343.0%
65Algeria04.05.201746211925.8%29.12.2015143107.0%
"Honduras24.11.20131283325.8%------------
"Turkmenistan15.12.20131243225.8%------------
68Suriname24.05.2015511325.5%------------
69Iraq30.04.20143288325.3%------------
70Mauritania23.11.20131473725.2%------------
71Dominica08.12.201432825.0%------------
72Somalia23.10.20162756724.4%23.10.2016541324.1%
73China05.03.2013292470924.2%------------
74Equatorial Guinea26.05.20131002424.0%26.05.2013731216.4%
75Bulgaria26.03.20172405723.8%------------
76Cabo Verde20.03.2016721723.6%------------
77Montenegro16.10.2016811923.5%------------
78Singapore11.09.20151002323.0%------------
79Lesotho03.06.20171182722.9%11.07.201731825.8%
80Republic of Moldova30.11.20141012322.8%------------
81United Arab Emirates03.10.201540922.5%------------
82Ireland26.02.20161583522.2%25.04.2016601830.0%
"Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)06.12.20151673722.2%------------
84Eritrea01.02.19941503322.0%------------
85Guinea28.09.20131142521.9%------------
86Kenya08.07.20173497621.8%08.07.2017682130.9%
87Bosnia and Herzegovina12.10.201442921.4%29.01.201515213.3%
88Lithuania09.10.20161413021.3%------------
89Seychelles08.09.201633721.2%------------
90Monaco10.02.201324520.8%------------
91Romania11.12.20163296820.7%11.12.20161361914.0%
92Pakistan11.05.20133407020.6%05.03.20151041918.3%
93Morocco07.10.20163958120.5%02.10.20151201411.7%
94Bangladesh05.01.20143507120.3%------------
"Cambodia28.07.20131232520.3%29.01.201261914.8%
96Uruguay26.10.2014992020.2%26.10.201431929.0%
97Czech Republic25.10.20132004020.0%07.10.2016801518.8%
"Slovakia05.03.20161503020.0%------------
99Saudi Arabia02.12.20161513019.9%------------
100Indonesia09.04.201456011119.8%------------
101United States of America08.11.20164338419.4%08.11.20161002121.0%
102Kyrgyzstan04.10.20151202319.2%------------
"Madagascar20.12.20131512919.2%29.12.2015631320.6%
104Tajikistan01.03.2015631219.0%27.03.201532721.9%
105Colombia09.03.20141663118.7%09.03.20141022221.6%
106Croatia11.09.20161512818.5%------------
107Greece20.09.20153005518.3%------------
"Panama04.05.2014711318.3%------------
109Sao Tome and Principe12.10.2014551018.2%------------
110Armenia02.04.20171051918.1%------------
111Zambia11.08.20161673018.0%------------
112Cyprus22.05.2016561017.9%------------
113Togo25.07.2013911617.6%------------
114Jamaica22.02.2016631117.5%10.03.201621523.8%
115Gabon17.12.20111172017.1%13.12.20141021817.6%
"Mongolia29.06.2016761317.1%------------
117Niger21.02.20161712917.0%------------
"Republic of Korea13.04.20163005117.0%------------
119Azerbaijan01.11.20151252116.8%------------
120Barbados21.02.201330516.7%06.03.201321523.8%
"Malawi20.05.20141923216.7%------------
"Saint Lucia06.06.201618316.7%05.01.201211327.3%
123Democratic People's Republic of Korea09.03.201468711216.3%------------
124Fiji17.09.201450816.0%------------
"Georgia08.10.20161502416.0%------------
"Latvia04.10.20141001616.0%------------
"Libya25.06.20141883016.0%------------
"Uzbekistan21.12.20141502416.0%13.01.20151001717.0%
129Chile17.11.20131201915.8%17.11.201338615.8%
"Russian Federation18.09.20164507115.8%N.A.1702917.1%
131Jordan20.09.20161302015.4%27.09.2016651015.4%
132Egypt17.10.20155968914.9%------------
133Turkey01.11.20155498014.6%------------
134Paraguay21.04.2013801113.8%21.04.201345920.0%
135Guinea-Bissau13.04.20141021413.7%------------
136Saint Kitts and Nevis16.02.201515213.3%------------
137Syrian Arab Republic13.04.20162503313.2%------------
138Saint Vincent and the Grenadines09.12.201523313.0%------------
139Bahamas24.05.201739512.8%24.05.201716743.8%
"Chad13.02.20111882412.8%------------
141Ghana07.12.20162753512.7%------------
"Guatemala06.09.20151582012.7%------------
143Palau01.11.201616212.5%01.11.201613215.4%
144Sierra Leone17.11.20121211512.4%------------
145Liberia11.10.201173912.3%20.12.201430310.0%
"Ukraine26.10.20144235212.3%------------
147Liechtenstein05.02.201725312.0%------------
148Malta03.06.201767811.9%------------
149India07.04.20145426411.8%21.03.20162442711.1%
150Mauritius10.12.201469811.6%------------
151Congo16.07.20171511711.3%31.08.2017711419.7%
152Antigua and Barbuda12.06.201418211.1%25.06.201417529.4%
153Burkina Faso29.11.20151271411.0%------------
154Djibouti22.02.201365710.8%------------
155Brazil05.10.20145135510.7%05.10.2014811214.8%
156Cote d'Ivoire18.12.20162552710.6%------------
157Nauru09.07.201619210.5%------------
158Malaysia05.05.20132222310.4%N.A.681522.1%
159Gambia06.04.201758610.3%------------
160Myanmar08.11.20154334410.2%08.11.20152212310.4%
161Hungary06.04.20141992010.1%------------
162Samoa04.03.201650510.0%------------
163Botswana24.10.20146369.5%------------
164Belize04.11.20153239.4%13.11.201513215.4%
165Japan14.12.2014475449.3%10.07.20162425020.7%
166Brunei Darussalam13.01.20173339.1%------------
"Marshall Islands16.11.20153339.1%------------
168Democratic Republic of the Congo28.11.2011492448.9%19.01.200710854.6%
169Mali24.11.2013147138.8%------------
170Central African Republic14.02.2016140128.6%------------
171Bhutan13.07.20134748.5%23.04.20132528.0%
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%------------
183Tonga27.11.20142613.8%------------
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%------------
"Qatar01.07.20133500.0%------------
"Vanuatu22.01.20165200.0%------------
"Yemen27.04.200327500.0%28.04.200111121.8%
* 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.