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 2017. 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 46'149 Gender breakdown known for 45'670 Men 34'920 Women 10'750 Percentage of women 23.5%
Total MPs 39'292 Gender breakdown known for 38'910 Men 29'731 Women 9'179 Percentage of women 23.6%	Total MPs 6'857 Gender breakdown known for 6'760 Men 5'189 Women 1'571 Percentage of women 23.2%

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	41.4%	---	---
Americas	28.6%	28.1%	28.5%
Europe - OSCE member countries including Nordic countries	27.3%	26.2%	27.1%
Europe - OSCE member countries excluding Nordic countries	25.9%	26.2%	26.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa	23.7%	23.2%	23.6%
Asia	19.7%	16.0%	19.4%
Arab States	18.3%	12.6%	17.5%
Pacific	15.5%	37.1%	17.9%