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 December 2016. 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 46'048 Gender breakdown known for 45'773 Men 35'247 Women 10'526 Percentage of women 23.0%
Total MPs 39'151 Gender breakdown known for 38'876 Men 29'899 Women 8'977 Percentage of women 23.1%	Total MPs 6'897 Gender breakdown known for 6'897 Men 5'348 Women 1'549 Percentage of women 22.5%

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

	Single House or lower House	Upper House or Senate	Both Houses combined
Nordic countries	41.6%	---	---
Americas	27.8%	27.7%	27.8%
Europe - OSCE member countries including Nordic countries	25.9%	25.1%	25.7%
Europe - OSCE member countries excluding Nordic countries	24.4%	25.1%	24.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa	23.5%	22.0%	23.3%
Asia	19.5%	16.0%	19.2%
Arab States	19.1%	12.6%	18.2%
Pacific	14.2%	33.7%	16.4%