The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 1st Janurary 2019. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage of women in each National Parliament 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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Total MPs 46'182 Gender breakdown known for 46'182 Men 34'972 Women 11'210 Percentage of women 24.3%
Total MPs 39'181 Gender breakdown known for 39'181 Men 29'659 Women 9'522 Percentage of women 24.3%	Total MPs 7'001 Gender breakdown known for 7'001 Men 5'313 Women 1'688 Percentage of women 24.1%

Regions are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House

IPU's regional groupings for calculatiing regional averages of women in national parliaments have been reorganized at 1 January 2019. the current composition of each group may be consulted in this document

	Single House or lower House	Upper House or Senate	Both Houses combined
Nordic countries	42.5%	---	---
Americas	30.6%	31.3%	30.6%
Europe (Nordic countries included)	28.6%	28.0%	28.5%
Europe (Nordic countries not included)	27.2%	28.0%	27.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa	23.9%	22.2%	23.7%
Asia	19.9%	17.4%	19.6%
Middle East and North Africa	19.0%	12.5%	18.1%
Pacific	16.3%	36.0%	18.4%