Women in National Parliaments
Situation as of 25 January 2000

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 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. Regional parliamentary assemblies
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World Classification
RankCountryLower or single HouseUpper House or Senate
ElectionsSeatsWomen% WElectionsSeatsWomen% 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 --- --- --- ---

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