Situation as of 1st October 2019 |
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 October 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. | ||
Consult the archive of statistical data on women in National Parliaments. |
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Single House or lower House |
Upper House or Senate |
Both Houses combined |
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Nordic countries | 44.0% | --- | --- |
Americas | 30.6% | 31.5% | 30.8% |
Europe (Nordic countries included) | 29.6% | 28.5% | 29.4% |
Europe (Nordic countries not included) | 28.1% | 28.5% | 28.2% |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
24.1% | 23.9% | 24.0% |
Asia | 20.1% | 16.7% | 19.7% |
Middle East and North Africa | 17.7% | 10.7% | 16.8% |
Pacific | 16.6% | 43.8% | 19.4% |