Situation as of 25 January 2000 |
The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 25 January 2000. 177 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. | ||
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Rank | Country | Lower or single House | Upper House or Senate | ||||||
Elections | Seats | Women | % W | Elections | Seats | Women | % W | ||
? | Albania | 06 1997 | 155 | 8 | 5.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Algeria | 06 1997 | 380 | 12 | 3.2 | 12 1997 | 144 | 8 | 5.6 |
? | Andorra | 02 1997 | 28 | 2 | 7.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Angola | 09 1992 | 220 | 34 | 15.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Antigua and Barbuda | 03 1999 | 19 | ? | ? | 03 1999 | 17 | ? | ? |
? | Argentina | 10 1999 | 257 | 72 | 28.0 | 12 1998 | 72 | 4 | 5.6 |
? | Armenia | 05 1999 | 131 | 4 | 3.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Australia | 10 1998 | 147 | 33 | 22.4 | 10 1998 | 76 | 22 | 28.9 |
? | Austria | 10 1999 | 183 | 49 | 26.8 | N.A. | 64 | 13 | 20.3 |
? | Azerbaijan | 11 1995 | 125 | 15 | 12.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Bahamas | 03 1997 | 40 | 6 | 15.0 | 03 1997 | 16 | 5 | 31.3 |
? | Bangladesh | 06 1996 | 330 | 30 | 9.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Barbados | 01 1999 | 28 | 3 | 10.7 | 01 1999 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 |
? | Belarus | 11 1996 | 110 | 5 | 4.5 | 02 1997 | 63 | 19 | 30.2 |
? | Belgium | 06 1999 | 150 | 35 | 23.3 | 06 1999 | 71 | 20 | 28.2 |
? | Belize | 08 1998 | 29 | 2 | 6.9 | 08 1998 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 |
? | Benin | 03 1999 | 83 | 5 | 6.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Bhutan | N.A. | 150 | 3 | 2.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Bolivia | 06 1997 | 130 | 15 | 11.5 | 06 1997 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 |
? | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 09 1998 | 42 | 12 | 28.6 | 09 1998 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 |
? | Botswana | 10 1999 | 47 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Brazil | 10 1998 | 513 | 29 | 5.7 | 10 1998 | 81 | 6 | 7.4 |
? | Bulgaria | 04 1997 | 240 | 26 | 10.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Burkina Faso | 05 1997 | 111 | 9 | 8.1 | 12 1995 | 176 | 21 | 11.9 |
? | Burundi | 06 1993 | 117 | 7 | 6.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Cambodia | 07 1998 | 122 | 10 | 8.2 | 03 1999 | 61 | ? | ? |
? | Cameroon | 05 1997 | 180 | 10 | 5.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Canada | 06 1997 | 301 | 62 | 20.6 | N.A. | 105 | 32 | 30.5 |
? | Cape Verde | 12 1995 | 72 | 8 | 11.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Central African Republic | 11 1998 | 109 | 8 | 7.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Chad | 01 1997 | 125 | 3 | 2.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Chile | 12 1997 | 120 | 13 | 10.8 | 12 1997 | 48 | 2 | 4.2 |
? | China | 1997-98 | 2979 | 650 | 21.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Colombia | 03 1998 | 161 | 19 | 11.8 | 03 1998 | 102 | 13 | 12.7 |
? | Congo | 01 1998 | 75 | 9 | 12.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Costa Rica | 02 1998 | 57 | 11 | 19.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Croatia | 01 2000 | 127 | ? | ? | 04 1997 | 68 | 4 | 5.9 |
? | Cuba | 01 1998 | 601 | 166 | 27.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Cyprus | 05 1996 | 56 | 3 | 5.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Czech Republic | 06 1998 | 200 | 30 | 15.0 | 11 1998 | 81 | 9 | 11.1 |
? | Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | 07 1998 | 687 | 138 | 20.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Denmark | 03 1998 | 179 | 67 | 37.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Djibouti | 12 1997 | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Dominica | 06 1995 | 32 | 3 | 9.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Dominican Republic | 05 1998 | 149 | 24 | 16.1 | 05 1998 | 30 | 2 | 6.7 |
? | Ecuador | 05 1998 | 121 | 21 | 17.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Egypt | 11 1995 | 454 | 9 | 2.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | El Salvador | 03 1997 | 84 | 14 | 16.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Equatorial Guinea | 03 1999 | 80 | 4 | 5.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Eritrea | 02 1994 | 150 | 22 | 14.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Estonia | 03 1999 | 101 | 18 | 17.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Ethiopia | 05 1995 | 543 | 11 | 2.0 | 05 1995 | 108 | ? | ? |
? | Fiji | 05 1999 | 71 | 8 | 11.3 | 06 1999 | 32 | 8 | 25.0 |
? | Finland | 03 1999 | 200 | 74 | 37.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | France | 05 1997 | 577 | 63 | 10.9 | 09 1998 | 321 | 19 | 5.9 |
? | Gabon | 12 1996 | 120 | 10 | 8.3 | 01 1997 | 91 | 10 | 11.0 |
? | Gambia | 01 1997 | 49 | 1 | 2.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Georgia | 10 1999 | 235 | 17 | 7.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Germany | 09 1998 | 669 | 207 | 30.9 | 01 2000 | 69 | 41 | 59.4 |
? | Ghana | 12 1996 | 200 | 18 | 9.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Greece | 09 1996 | 300 | 19 | 6.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Grenada | 01 1999 | 15 | ? | ? | 01 1999 | 13 | ? | ? |
? | Guatemala | 11 1999 | 113 | 8 | 7.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Guinea | 06 1995 | 114 | 10 | 8.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Guinea-Bissau | 11 1999 | 102 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Guyana | 12 1997 | 65 | 12 | 18.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Haiti | 06 1995 | 83 | 3 | 3.6 | 04 1997 | 27 | ? | ? |
? | Honduras | 11 1997 | 128 | 12 | 9.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Hungary | 05 1998 | 386 | 32 | 8.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Iceland | 05 1999 | 63 | 22 | 34.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | India | 09 1999 | 543 | 49 | 9.0 | 03 1998 | 220 | 19 | 8.6 |
? | Indonesia | 06 1999 | 500 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | 03 1996 | 266 | 13 | 4.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Iraq | 03 1996 | 250 | 16 | 6.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Ireland | 06 1997 | 166 | 20 | 12.0 | 08 1997 | 60 | 11 | 18.3 |
? | Israel | 05 1999 | 120 | 14 | 11.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Italy | 04 1996 | 630 | 70 | 11.1 | 04 1996 | 326 | 26 | 8.0 |
? | Jamaica | 12 1997 | 60 | 8 | 13.3 | 12 1997 | 21 | 5 | 23.8 |
? | Japan | 10 1996 | 500 | 23 | 4.6 | 07 1998 | 252 | 43 | 17.1 |
? | Jordan | 11 1997 | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 1997 | 40 | 3 | 7.5 |
? | Kazakhstan | 10 1999 | 77 | 8 | 10.4 | 09 1999 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 |
? | Kenya | 12 1997 | 224 | 8 | 3.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Kiribati | 09 1998 | 41 | 2 | 4.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Kuwait | 07 1999 | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Kyrgyzstan | 02 1995 | 70 | 1 | 1.4 | 02 1995 | 35 | 4 | 11.4 |
? | Lao People's Democratic Rep. | 12 1997 | 99 | 21 | 21.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Latvia | 10 1998 | 100 | 17 | 17.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Lebanon | 08 1996 | 128 | 3 | 2.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Lesotho | 05 1998 | 79 | 3 | 3.8 | 05 1998 | 33 | 9 | 27.3 |
? | Liberia | 07 1997 | 64 | ? | ? | 07 1997 | 26 | ? | ? |
? | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 03 1997 | 760 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Liechtenstein | 02 1997 | 25 | 1 | 4.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Lithuania | 10 1996 | 137 | 24 | 17.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Luxembourg | 06 1999 | 60 | 10 | 16.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Madagascar | 05 1998 | 150 | 12 | 8.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Malawi | 06 1999 | 193 | 16 | 8.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Malaysia | 11 1999 | 192 | ? | ? | 03 1998 | 69 | 12 | 17.4 |
? | Maldives | 11 1999 | 50 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Mali | 07 1997 | 147 | 18 | 12.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Malta | 09 1998 | 65 | 6 | 9.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Marshall Islands | 11 1999 | 33 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Mauritania | 10 1996 | 79 | 3 | 3.8 | 04 1998 | 56 | 0 | 0.0 |
? | Mauritius | 12 1995 | 66 | 5 | 7.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Mexico | 07 1997 | 500 | 91 | 18.2 | 07 1997 | 128 | 22 | 17.2 |
? | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 03 1999 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Monaco | 02 1998 | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Mongolia | 06 1996 | 76 | 6 | 7.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Morocco | 11 1997 | 325 | 2 | 0.6 | 12 1997 | 270 | 2 | 0.7 |
? | Mozambique | 12 1999 | 250 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Namibia | 12 1994 | 72 | 16 | 22.2 | 11 1999 | 26 | 2 | 7.7 |
? | Nauru | 02 1997 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Nepal | 05 1999 | 205 | 12 | 5.9 | 06 1997 | 60 | 5 | 8.3 |
? | Netherlands | 05 1998 | 150 | 54 | 36.0 | 05 1999 | 75 | 20 | 26.7 |
? | New Zealand | 11 1999 | 120 | 35 | 29.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Nicaragua | 10 1996 | 93 | 9 | 9.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Niger | 11 1999 | 83 | 1 | 1.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Nigeria | 02 1999 | 360 | ? | ? | 02 1999 | 109 | 3 | 2.8 |
? | Norway | 09 1997 | 165 | 60 | 36.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Palau | 11 1996 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 1996 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 |
? | Panama | 05 1999 | 72 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Papua New Guinea | 06 1997 | 109 | 2 | 1.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Paraguay | 05 1998 | 80 | 2 | 2.5 | 05 1998 | 45 | 8 | 17.8 |
? | Peru | 04 1995 | 120 | 13 | 10.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Philippines | 05 1998 | 217 | 27 | 12.4 | 05 1998 | 23 | 4 | 17.4 |
? | Poland | 09 1997 | 460 | 60 | 13.0 | 09 1997 | 100 | 11 | 11.0 |
? | Portugal | 10 1999 | 230 | 43 | 18.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Republic of Korea | 04 1996 | 299 | 11 | 3.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Republic of Moldova | 03 1998 | 101 | 9 | 8.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Romania | 11 1996 | 343 | 25 | 7.3 | 11 1996 | 143 | 2 | 1.4 |
? | Russian Federation | 12 1999 | 441 | 34 | 7.7 | N.A. | 178 | 1 | 0.6 |
? | Rwanda | 11 1994 | 70 | 12 | 17.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 07 1995 | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Saint Lucia | 05 1997 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 05 1997 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 |
? | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | 06 1998 | 21 | 1 | 4.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Samoa | 04 1996 | 49 | 4 | 8.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | San Marino | 05 1998 | 60 | 8 | 13.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Sao Tome and Principe | 11 1998 | 55 | 5 | 9.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Senegal | 05 1998 | 140 | 17 | 12.1 | 01 1999 | 60 | 11 | 18.3 |
? | Seychelles | 03 1998 | 34 | 8 | 23.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Sierra Leone | 02 1996 | 80 | 7 | 8.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Singapore | 01 1997 | 93 | 4 | 4.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Slovakia | 09 1998 | 150 | 19 | 12.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Slovenia | 11 1996 | 90 | 7 | 7.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Solomon Islands | 08 1997 | 49 | 1 | 2.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | South Africa | 06 1999 | 400 | 120 | 30.0 | 06 1999 | 54 | 17 | 31.5 |
? | Spain | 03 1996 | 348 | 75 | 21.6 | 03 1996 | 257 | 34 | 13.2 |
? | Sri Lanka | 08 1994 | 225 | 11 | 4.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Suriname | 05 1996 | 51 | 8 | 15.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Swaziland | 10 1998 | 65 | 2 | 3.1 | 10 1998 | 30 | 4 | 13.3 |
? | Sweden | 09 1998 | 349 | 149 | 42.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Switzerland | 10 1999 | 200 | 45 | 22.5 | 10 1999 | 46 | 9 | 19.6 |
? | Syrian Arab Republic | 11 1998 | 250 | 26 | 10.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Tajikistan | 02 1995 | 181 | 5 | 2.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Thailand | 11 1996 | 393 | 22 | 5.6 | 03 1996 | 262 | 21 | 8.0 |
? | The F.Y.R. of Macedonia | 10 1998 | 120 | 9 | 7.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Togo | 03 1999 | 81 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Tonga | 03 1999 | 30 | ? | ? | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 1995 | 36 | 4 | 11.1 | 11 1995 | 31 | 9 | 29.0 |
? | Tunisia | 10 1999 | 182 | 21 | 11.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Turkey | 04 1999 | 550 | 23 | 4.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Turkmenistan | 12 1999 | 50 | 13 | 26.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Tuvalu | 03 1998 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Uganda | 06 1996 | 279 | 50 | 17.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Ukraine | 03 1998 | 450 | 35 | 7.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | United Arab Emirates | 12 1997 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | United Kingdom | 05 1997 | 659 | 121 | 18.4 | N.A. | 666 | 4 | 0.6 |
? | United Rep. of Tanzania | 10 1995 | 275 | 45 | 16.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | United States of America | 11 1998 | 435 | 58 | 13.3 | 11 1998 | 100 | 9 | 9.0 |
? | Uruguay | 10 1999 | 99 | 12 | 12.1 | 10 1999 | 31 | 3 | 9.7 |
? | Uzbekistan | 12 1999 | 250 | 17 | 6.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Vanuatu | 03 1998 | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Venezuela | 11 1998 | 206 | 25 | 12.1 | 11 1998 | 57 | 5 | 8.8 |
? | Viet Nam | 07 1997 | 450 | 117 | 26.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Yemen | 04 1997 | 301 | 2 | 0.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Yugoslavia | 11 1996 | 138 | 7 | 5.1 | 03 1998 | 40 | 4 | 10.0 |
? | Zambia | 11 1996 | 158 | 16 | 10.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
? | Zimbabwe | 04 1995 | 150 | 21 | 14.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- |